Matilda of Carinthia
Matilda of Spanheim († December 13, 1160 or 1161 ), also known as Matilda of Carinthia, was descended from the noble Spannheimer and was the daughter of the Carinthian Duke Engelbert II of Spanheim and his wife Uta of Passau. She was the mother of Queen Adela of France.
Life and work
About the life of Mathilde 's down to their ancestry and their courtship unknown. She was born one of six children of Engelbert II of Spanheim and Uta of Passau. Mathilde was the only daughter of the couple.
At the Diet of King Lothair III. in Regensburg, in November 1125 came with Norbert of Xanten emissaries of Count Theobald IV of Champagne to advertise Mathilde, daughter of Engelbert, the brother of the local Bishop Hartwig I..
Family
Mathilde was married to Theobald IV of Champagne. From this marriage the following children come from:
- Henry I of bountiful (* 1126, † March 17, 1181 ), Count of Champagne
- Maria ( * 1128, † March 11 or August 7, 1190 ), since 1174 the abbess of the Abbey Fontevraud, ∞ since 1145 with Duke Odo II of Burgundy ( † 1162 )
- Theobald V. the Good ( † 1191 at the siege of Acre ), Count of Blois, Chartres and Châteaudun, Seneschal of France
- Isabella ( * 1130, †? ), 1st marriage: ∞ since 1140/43 with Duke Roger III. of Apulia, 2nd marriage: ∞ since 1050/55 with Guillaume gods, Lord of Montmirail
- Stephen I († 1191 at the siege of Acre ), Count of Sancerre
- Wilhelm with white hands (* 1135, † September 7, 1202 ), bishop of Chartres, Archbishop of Sens, Archbishop of Rheims, Cardinal and Papal Legate
- Hugo (†? ), Abbot of Citeaux
- Mathilde († January 1, 1184 ), ∞ with Count Rotrou of Perche IV († 1191 at the siege of Acre )
- Agnes († August 7, 1207 ), Lady of Ligny -en- Barrois, ∞ since 1155 Rainald II († 1170 ), Count of Bar (House Scarponnois )
- Adela (* 1140, † June 14, 1206 in Paris), Regent of France, ∞ since November 13, 1160 with King Louis VII of France ( † 1180)
- Margarethe (†? ) Nun in Fontevraud