[MR] Wikipedia: Empress Maude of England

[Grazia Morgano via Atlantia]

The book and miniseries "Pillars of the Earth" starts out with the White Ship Disaster and surrounds a hypothetical family living at the time. It's definite historical fiction, but, hey I didn't know about Maude until my cathedral-obsessed friend sat the whole friend group down to watch it.

Grazia

On April 7, 2016 5:06:25 AM EDT, Garth Groff via Atlantia <atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org> wrote:
>Noble Friends,
>
>On this day in 1141, Empress Matilda (aka Empress Maude, or "Matilda, 
>Lady of the English") became the first female ruler of England: 
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Matilda .
>
>Empress Matilda was the granddaughter of William the Conqueror, and 
>widow of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, which accounts for the 
>"Empress" title. When her brother William of Adelin perished in the 
>White Ship Disaster ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Ship ), 
>Matilda became the heir of her father Henry I of England. Upon Henry's 
>death, some Anglo-Norman Barons and the church refused to accept a
>woman 
>as ruler, and backed her cousin Stephen of Blois ( 
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen,_King_of_England ). England was 
>torn by years of civil war and stalemate during a period known as "The 
>Anarchy". In a brokered settlement, Matilda's son, yet another Henry, 
>inherited the throne as Henry II upon Stephen's death in 1154.
>
>Didn't know about Matilda? Didn't you watch the BROTHER CADFAEL 
>mysteries on PBS? :~) The conflict forms the background for most of the
>
>Cadfael stories.
>
>Yours Aye,
>
>
>Lord Mungo Napier, That Crazy Scot
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