Henry Marries Matilda: England and Scotland United
She changed her name to get married. Born Edith, she took the name Matilda the day Henry I slipped a crown on her head — likely to sound less foreign to Norman ears. But the real calculation was dynastic. Henry needed legitimacy. She provided it, carrying Saxon royal blood directly from Edmund Ironside. Their union stitched two worlds together: Norman conquerors and English kings. And the children born from that marriage? They'd tear England apart fighting over the throne decades later.
November 11, 1100
926 years ago
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