Matilda of Carinthia

Matilda of Carinthia (Mathilde of Sponheim; died 13 December 1160 or 1161) was a daughter of Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia[1] and his wife Uta of Passau. She married Theobald II, Count of Champagne in 1123.[2]

Matilda of Carinthia
Countess of Chartres appealing to Louis the Fat
Died	13 December 1160 or 1161
Spouse(s)	Theobald II, Count of Champagne
Father	Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia
Mother	Uta of Passau

Her children with Theobald were:

• Henry I, Count of Champagne[2]
• Theobald V, Count of Blois[2]
• Adela of Champagne[2]
• Elizabeth, wife of Roger III, Duke of Apulia[3] and William Gouet IV
• Mary, wife of Odo II, Duke of Burgundy[4]
• William White Hands[2]
• Stephen I of Sancerre[2]
• Agnes, wife of Reginald II, Count of Bar[4]
• Margaret, nun at Fontevrault
• Matilda, wife of Rotrou IV, Count of Perche[5]

Matilda was the maternal grandmother of Philip II of France.

References

1. Chibnall 2002, p. 42-43.
2. Cline 2007, p. 501-502.
3. Evergates 2016, p. x.
4. Fassler 2010, p. 457.
5. Baldwin 2002, p. 46.

Sources

• Baldwin, John W. (2002). Aristocratic Life in Medieval France. Johns Hopkins University.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Chibnall, Marjorie, ed. (2002). The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis. Vol. VI Book XI. Clarendon Press Texts.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Cline, Ruth Harwood (2007). "Abbot Hugh: An Overlooked Brother of Henry I, Count of Champagne". The Catholic Historical Review. Catholic University of America Press. Vol. 93, No. 3 July.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Evergates, Theodore (2016). Henry the Liberal: Count of Champagne, 1127-1181. University of Pennsylvania Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Fassler, Margot Elsbeth (2010). The Virgin of Chartres: Making History Through Liturgy and the Arts. Yale University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)