Saint Matilda of Ringelheim -, Queen of Germany

Abt 895 - 968  (~ 73 years)

• Name	Matilda of Ringelheim -  [1]
  Prefix	Saint
  Suffix	Queen of Germany
  Born	Abt 895	Enger, Duchy of Saxony, East Francia   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Biography	She was Duchess consort of Saxony from 912 and German Queen from 919 until 936. From Wikipdeia: As a young girl, she was sent to the convent of Herford, where her grandmother Matilda was abbess and where her reputation for beauty and virtue (probably also her Westphalian dowry) is said to have attracted the attention of Duke Otto I of Saxony, who betrothed her to his recently divorced son and heir, Henry the Fowler. They were married at Wallhausen in 909.... After her husband had died in 936, Matilda and her son Otto established Quedlinburg Abbey in his memory, a convent of noble canonesses, where in 966 her granddaughter Matilda became the first abbess..... She was later canonized, with her cult largely confined to Saxony and Bavaria. St. Mathilda's feast day according to the German calendar of saints is on March 14.
  Died	14 Mar 968	Quedlinburg, Duchy of Saxony, Germany   [1]
  Person ID	I3193	Our Family
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	Dietrich -, Count of Westphalian
  Mother	Reinhild -
  Married	Y  [1]
  Family ID	F1114	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry the Fowler -, King of Germany,   b. Abt 876, Memleben, Germany ,   d. 2 Jul 936, Memleben  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Married	909	Wallhausen, Germany   [2]
  Children	1. Hedwig of Saxony -,   b. Abt 910,   d. 10 May 965  (Age ~ 55 years)   2. Otto -, I, Holy Roman Emperor,   b. 23 Nov 912, Wallhausen, Germany ,   d. 7 May 973, Memleben, Germany  (Age 60 years)   3. Gerberga of Saxony -,   b. Abt 913,   d. 5 May 984  (Age ~ 71 years)   4. Henry -, I, Duke of Bavaria,   b. Abt 920,   d. 1 Nov 955  (Age ~ 35 years)   5. Bruno the Great -, Archbishop of Cologne,   b. 925,   d. 965  (Age 40 years)
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F1115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 895 - Enger, Duchy of Saxony, East Francia  = Link to Google Earth
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  Saint Matilda Queen of Germany

  
  

• Sources

  [S249] Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Ringelheim [S249] Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Fowler