Matilda of Scotland

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Matilda of Scotland was a 12th-century Scottish princess who became Queen of England as the wife of King Henry I and was noted for her piety and political influence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 11th-century Scottish person
12th-century English person
Scottish princess
medieval noblewoman
queen consort of England
alsoKnownAs Edith of Scotland NERFINISHED
Good Queen Maud NERFINISHED
associatedWith reform of the English royal court’s religious life
birthDate c. 1080
birthPlace Dunfermline, Scotland NERFINISHED
burialPlace Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED
child Empress Matilda NERFINISHED
William Adelin NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Scotland
deathDate 1 May 1118
deathPlace Westminster Palace, London, England NERFINISHED
dynasticConnection link between the Anglo-Saxon royal line and the Norman dynasty
father Malcolm III of Scotland NERFINISHED
founded St Giles’ Hospital, London NERFINISHED
leper hospital at St Giles-in-the-Fields
fullName Matilda of Scotland NERFINISHED
house House of Dunkeld NERFINISHED
marriageDate 11 November 1100
marriagePlace Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED
mother Saint Margaret of Scotland NERFINISHED
motherTongue Old English NERFINISHED
notableFor charitable works
patronage of religious institutions
piety
political influence at the English court
patronOf Augustinian canons NERFINISHED
hospitals and leper houses
positionHeld Queen consort of England
predecessorAsQueenConsort Matilda of Flanders NERFINISHED
reignAsQueenConsortEnd 1 May 1118
reignAsQueenConsortStart 11 November 1100
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Westminster Palace NERFINISHED
Winchester NERFINISHED
roleIn strengthening ties between Norman England and Scotland
sibling Alexander I of Scotland NERFINISHED
David I of Scotland NERFINISHED
Edgar, King of Scotland NERFINISHED
spokeLanguage Gaelic
Latin
Norman French NERFINISHED
spouse Henry I of England NERFINISHED
successorAsQueenConsort Adeliza of Louvain NERFINISHED

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Alexander I of Scotland sibling Matilda of Scotland
subject linked to: Alexander I
Good Queen Maud alsoKnownAs Matilda of Scotland
Good Queen Maud alsoKnownAs Matilda, Queen of England
linked to: Matilda of Scotland
William Adelin mother Matilda of Scotland
Henry I of England spouse Edith of Scotland
subject linked to: Edith
linked to: Matilda of Scotland
Edith of Scotland sibling Matilda of Scotland, Duchess of Brittany
subject linked to: Edith
linked to: Matilda of Scotland
Edith of Scotland alsoKnownAs Matilda of Scotland
subject linked to: Edith
Empress Matilda mother Matilda of Scotland
Matilda hasNotableBearer Matilda of Scotland
Henry Beauclerc spouse Matilda of Scotland