Matilda of Guelders and Zutphen (died October 28 1247 or later), was a countess from the
House of Wassenberg
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and by marriage countess of
Nassau. She is a direct ancestor of both the
Kings of the Netherlands and the
Grand Dukes of Luxembourg
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House of Ard ...
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Life
Matilda was the youngest daughter of Count
Otto I of Guelders and Zutphen and
Richardis of Bavaria,
[Cawley (Holland, Frisia, Gelre).][Dek (1970).] daughter of
Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
Otto I (1117 – 11 July 1183), called the Redhead (german: der Rotkopf), was Duke of Bavaria from 1180 until his death. He was also called Otto VI as Count Palatine of Bavaria from 1156 to 1180. He was the first Bavarian ruler from the House ...
and
Agnes of Loon.
[Cawley (Bavaria, Dukes).]
Matilda is among others mentioned in the following
charters:
[Cawley (Nassau).]
* A charter dated 11 December 1215, in which ''‘Heinricus et Roppertus comites de Nassovva’'' with the consent of ''‘uxorum nostrarum Methildis et Gertrudis’'' bought property from
Mainz Cathedral
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* A charter dated 9 June 1239, in which ''‘Heinricus … comes de Nassowe … collateralis nostra … Methildis’'' confirmed the dependence of ''‘ecclesie in Nepphe’'' to
Arnstein Abbey
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.
* A charter dated 20 July 1245, in which ''‘Henricus comes de Nassowe et Methildis comitissa uxor eiusdem, Walramus primogenitus, ceterique liberi eorundem’'' donated tolls from a bridge to
Altenberg Abbey
Altenberg Abbey (''Abtei Altenberg'') ( la, Vetus Mons) is a former Cistercian monastery in Altenberg, now a part of the municipality of Odenthal in the Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
History
The abbey was founded in 113 ...
.
* A charter dated 1247, in which ''‘Heinricus comes de Nassowe et Mectildis comitissa’'' donated ''‘ecclesiam in Inferi
riDiffenbach’'' to Arnstein Abbey, witnessed by ''‘filiorum nostrorum Walerami, Ottonis, Henrici, Gerardi, Johannis’''.
The necrology of Arnstein Abbey records the death of ''‘Mecktildis comitisse de Nassauw sororis nostre’'' on 28 October.
She is last mentioned in a charter from 1247, therefore she died on 28 October in 1247 or a later year.
Marriage and children
Matilda married before 11 December 1215 to Count
Henry II "the Rich" of Nassau (
– 26 April 1247/48/49/50, before 25 January 1251).
From this marriage were born:
# Rupert (died 19 September before 1247),
was granted
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in
Diez and
Ober-Lahnstein by the Archbishop of
Trier
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, was a knight of the
Teutonic Order
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.
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Walram II ( – 24 January 1276), succeeded his father as Count of
Nassau, is the ancestor of the Walramian Line of the
House of Nassau
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.
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Otto I
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(died between 3 May 1289 and 19 March 1290), succeeded his father as Count of Nassau, is the ancestor of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau.
# Henry (died 28 May after 1247),
was a monk in Arnstein Abbey.
# Elizabeth ( – after 6 January 1295), married Gerhard III, Lord of Eppstein (died 1252).
#
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Given name
* Gerhard (bishop of Passau) (fl. 932–946), German prelate
* Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1292–1340), German prince, regent of Denmark
* Gerhard Barkhorn (1919–19 ...
(died between 7 April 1312 and 20 September 1314),
[Van der Venne & Stols (1937).] was a clergyman.
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John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Secon ...
(died
Deventer, 13 July 1309), was Bishop-Elect of
Utrecht
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1267–1290.
# Catharine (died 27 April 1324), became Abbess of Altenberg Abbey near
Wetzlar
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in 1249.
# Jutta (died 1313), married around 1260 to John I, Lord of
Cuijk
Cuijk (; dialect: ''Kuuk'') is a town in the northeastern part of the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. It is the successor of a Roman settlement on the west bank of the Meuse, 13 km (8 mi) south of Nijmegen. Cuijk, which had a po ...
(died 13 July 1308).
# ? Irmgard (died 1 August 1297), was Abbess of Val-Benoît.
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References
External links
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Countesses of Nassau
House of Wassenberg
13th-century women of the Holy Roman Empire
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