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 Baldwin III (–962), called the Young, was Count of Flanders, who briefly ruled the County of Flanders together with his father, Arnulf I, from 958 until his early death. Baldwin III was born . He was the son of Count Arnulf I of Flanders and ...

Life

Matilda was the daughter of

Hermann Billung Hermann Billung (900 or 912 – 27 March 973) was the margrave of the Billung March from 936 until his death. The first of the Saxon House of Billung, Hermann was a trusted lieutenant of Emperor Otto I. Though never Duke of Saxony himself, w ...

. She first married Baldwin III, count of Flanders, with whom she had one son: *

Arnulf II, Count of Flanders Arnulf II (960 or 961 – 30 March 987) was Count of Flanders from 965 until his death. Life He was the son of Baldwin III of Flanders and Mathilde Billung of Saxony, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony.Detlev Schwennicke, '' Europäische Stammt ...

After Baldwin's death, Matilda married Godfrey I, Count of Verdun, with whom she had several children: *

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(d. 1022), count of Verdun * Godfrey (d. 1023),

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(1012–1023) * Adalberon (d. 988),

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(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

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* Adela, married Count Godizo of

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. Their daughter Irmgard married Berthold von Walbeck, son of

Lothair I, Margrave of the Nordmark Lothair I (Lothar, Liuthar) (ca. 940 – 25 January 1003) was Margrave of the Nordmark ( Northern March) from about 983 until his death. He was also a member of Saxon nobility as Count of Derlingau and of Nordthüringgau. Born the eldest son o ...

. Matilda died on 25 May 1008 and was buried in

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* House of Billung Countesses of Flanders 10th-century births 1008 deaths {{Belgium-noble-stub