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12th-century depiction of Matilda and Henry's wedding feast, original at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, MS 373 3895B |
Empress Matilda (1102 – 1167) was the major claimant to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy. (See Wikipedia article). The daughter of King Henry I of England, she moved to Germany as a child when she married the future Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. |