Matilda of Amboise
Matilda of Amboise (Mahaut, Mathilde d'Amboise; c. 1200 ‒ 12 May 1256) was a French medieval noblewoman, the Countess of Chartres.[1] She was the daughter of Sulpice III of Amboise[2] and Isabella of Blois[3] and thus a sister of Hugh and granddaughter of Theobald V, Count of Blois.[4]
She married Richard II, Vicomte de Beaumont, but it seems they were childless. Richard died on 17 September 1242.[5] In 1232 Matilda and Richard gave land to the nuns of Lieu.[6] Matilda later married Jean II de Nesle. She was also childless with him.
On Matilda’s death, her cousin John I, Count of Blois reunited Chartres with Blois.
References
- ^ Généalogie de la maison d'Amboise
- ^ J-X Carré de Busserolle, Dictionnaire géographique historique et biographique d'Indre et Loire, T1, Paris, 1878
- ^ Mathilde d'Amboise
- ^ Michel Démorest, La dynastie d'Amboise, 2008
- ^ Richard II, Vicomte de Beaumont
- ^ Katherine Allen Smith and Scott Wells, Negotiating community and difference in medieval Europe: gender, power, patronage, and the authority of religion in Latin Christendom, p. 146