Matilda (Maud), Princess of England

     Matilda (Maud), Princess of England was born on 5 August 1102 at Winchester, Middlesex, England.¹ She was the daughter of Henry I Beauclerc and Edith Matilda of Scotland. Matilda (Maud), Princess of England married Geoffrey V of Anjou, son of Fulk V of Anjou and (?) Ermengarde of Maine, on 22 May 1127 at Le Mans, Sarthe, France.² Matilda (Maud), Princess of England died on 10 September 1167 at Rouen, France, at age 65.¹ She was buried at Abbey of Bec, France; The tomb was destroyed by fire in 1263, and her remains were found wrapped in ox hide when it was restored in 1282. Finally the church was demolished in 1841, her lead coffin discovered in 1846, and she was moved to the cathedral church of Rouen.¹