Matilda of Franconia
Matilda of Franconia (c. 1027[1] – 1034) was a daughter of Emperor Conrad II and Gisela of Swabia from the Salian dynasty.[2] Matilda’s elder brother was Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor.
At a meeting with King Henry I of France in Deville in Lorraine in May 1033, Conrad agreed to marry five-year-old Matilda to Henry.[3] However, before she could marry, she died in early 1034. Her marriage was arranged to confirm a peace compact agreed between Henry and Conrad.
She was buried in Worms Cathedral.
Conrad’s chaplain Wipo of Burgundy mentioned Matilda as “filia imperatoris Chuonradi et Giselæ, Mahthilda”.
Notes
- ^ Szabolcs de Vajay, Mathilde, Reine de France inconnue, Journal des Savants (Oct-Dec 1971), pp. 241-60, 244 footnote 17
- ^ The family of Emperor Conrad II
- ^ Wipo of Burgundy, Vita Chuonradi II Imperatoris 32, MGH SS XI, p. 271