A woman with this name founded the Abbey of Sainte-TrinitÃ© to go with her husband's Abbey of Saint-Ã‰tienne in Caen.
A woman with this name founded the Abbey of Sainte-TrinitÃ© to go with her husband's Abbey of Saint-Ã‰tienne in Caen. Another woman with this name was arrested after her mother Beatrice married a Duke of Lower Lorraine named Godfrey the Bearded. A woman with this name was supposedly dragged to the ground by her braids after refusing to marry her bastard husband, but she later gifted him the flagship Mora. This was the name of the wives of Stephen of Blois, Henry I of England, Henry the Fowler, and (*) William the Conqueror. A woman with this name forced Henry IV to reconcile with Gregory VII at her castle in Canossa while she ruled Tuscany. Another woman with this name claimed the English throne her brother William Adelin, son of Henry I, was killed in the White Ship disaster. For 10 points, during the 12th-century "anarchy" Stephen of Blois fought against an "Empress" with what name?
A woman with this name founded the Abbey of Sainte-TrinitÃ© to go with her husband's Abbey of Saint-Ã‰tienne in Caen.
Matilda (accept Maude; accept Matilda of Flanders, Matilda of Tuscany, Matilda of Canossa, Matilda of Boulogne, Matilda of Scotland, Saint Matilda, Matilda of Ringelheim, Empress Matilda, or Mathilda of England)