Connected Bloodlines

Mechtild or Mathilde, of Saxony, Countess of Flanders

Female 942 - 1008  (~ 66 years)


Personal Information    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Mechtild or Mathilde  
    Suffix of Saxony, Countess of Flanders 
    Born ca 935-942 
    Gender Female 
    Died 25 May 1008 
    Notes 
    • From Wikipedia (9 Jun 2023)
      Matilda of Saxony, Countess of Flanders
      “Matilda of Saxony (c. 935-942 – 25 May 1008) was a Saxon aristocrat who became countess of Flanders by marriage to Baldwin III, Count of Flanders.

      Life
      Matilda was the daughter of Hermann Billung. She first married Baldwin III, count of Flanders, with whom she had one son:
      -Arnulf II, Count of Flanders

      After Baldwin's death, Matilda married Godfrey I, Count of Verdun, with whom she had several children:
      -Frederick (d. 1022), count of Verdun
      -Godfrey (d. 1023), duke of Lower Lorraine (1012–1023)
      -Adalberon (d. 988), bishop of Verdun (984–988)
      -Herman of Ename (d. 1024), count of Brabant (retired as a monk in the abbey of Verdun abt. 1022)
      -Gothelo (d. 1044), margrave of Antwerp, duke of Lower (1023–1044) and later also Upper (1033–1044) Lorraine
      -Ermengarde (d. 1042), married Otto of Hammerstein, count in the Wettergau
      -Ermentrude, married Arnold de Rumigny (d. 1010), lord of Florennes
      -Adela, married Count Godizo of Aspelt. Their daughter Irmgard married Berthold von Walbeck, son of Lothair I, Margrave of the Nordmark.

      Matilda died on 25 May 1008 and was buried in Ghent.”
    Person ID I12663  Lowell&Block
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2023 

    Father Herman BILLUNG, Count and Margrave of Saxony,   b. 905/10,   d. 27 Mar 973  (Age 63 years) 
    Family ID F4367  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Baldwin III, Count of Flanders,   b. 940,   d. 1 Jan 962  (Age 22 years) 
    Children 
     1. Arnulf II, Count of Flanders,   b. Abt 961,   d. 987  (Age ~ 26 years)
    Family ID F4366  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Godefroi, Comte de Verdun 
    Children 
     1. Adalbero, Bishop of Verdun,   d. 18 Apr 988
     2. Frederic, Comte de Verdun,   d. 6 Jan 1022
     3. Herman,   d. 28 May 1029
     4. Godefroi I, Duke of Lower Lotharingia,   d. 26 Sep 1023
     5. Gozelon I, Duke of Upper Lotharingia
     6. Adela
     7. Irmgard,   d. 1042
     8. Ermentrude
     9. Regenlind,   d. 1 Feb 1050
     10. ?
    Family ID F4839  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart