Matilda of Boulogne
1105 to 1152
8 documented presences
7 places
Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Matilda of Boulogne across 7 places, from 1118 to 1148. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Matilda of Boulogne ( – 3 May 1152) was the countess of Boulogne in her own right from 1125 and queen of England as the wife of King Stephen from 1135 until her death.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Matilda of Boulogne was documented, and when
1118year
Palestine (region)attested
“When his brother Baldwin died in 1118, Eustace was a candidate for the kingship of Jerusalem and set off to Palestine to claim the throne; because he was far away, the kingdom's nobles elected Baldwin II instead, and Eustace returned to…”
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1137year
Normandyattested
“She spent much of 1137 in Normandy, but returned to England to take charge in Stephen's stead while he campaigned on the continent.”
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1137year
Englandattested
“She spent much of 1137 in Normandy, but returned to England to take charge in Stephen's stead while he campaigned on the continent.”
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April 1137month
Essexattested
“In March or April 1137–shortly after Stephen suppressed the rebellion of Baldwin de Redvers with the siege of Exeter–Matilda founded her first religious house: she ceded a piece of her land in Essex to the Order of the Temple…”
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October 1138month
Oxfordshireattested
“At some point between October 1138 and September 1139, Matilda founded another Templar preceptory, Temple Cowley in Oxfordshire.”
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1147year
Rouenattested
“Robert of Gloucester died in 1147; the following year, Empress Matilda left England for Normandy, preferring to reside in a monastery near Rouen.”
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1147year
Englandattested
“Robert of Gloucester died in 1147; the following year, Empress Matilda left England for Normandy, preferring to reside in a monastery near Rouen.”
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1148 to 1152period
Stratford-by-Bowattested
“At some point between 1148 and 1152, Matilda intervened on behalf of a group of Benedictine nuns from Stratford-by-Bow, who found life there too austere; this group included her youngest child, Mary.”
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Places Matilda of Boulogne is documented in
England2 presences · 1137 to 1147Normandy1 presence · 1137Palestine (region)1 presence · 1118Rouen1 presence · 1147
Essex1 presence · 1137
Oxfordshire1 presence · 1138
Stratford-by-Bow1 presence · 1148
Other places tied to Matilda of Boulogne in the record
In each of these, a source puts Matilda of Boulogne and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Matilda of Boulogne was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1136year
Westminster Abbeymentioned
“She had arrived in England by Easter 1136 and was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 22 March.”
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1136year
Englandmentioned
“She had arrived in England by Easter 1136 and was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 22 March.”
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1136year
Westminstermentioned
“She had arrived in England by Easter 1136 and was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 22 March.”
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1136year
Londonmentioned
“The queen was pregnant and did not accompany her husband while he marched to pacify the kingdom, probably remaining in or near London; she gave birth to her last child, Mary, in late 1136.”
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1136year
Corfe Castlementioned
“She was particularly fond of anchorites: in 1136, probably on a visit to Corfe Castle, she visited Wulfric of Haselbury, who chastised her for having been unkind to a local noblewoman and predicted that the queen would find herself scram…”
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1138year
Dovermentioned
“In mid-1138 the queen laid siege to Dover with a large army on land and at the same time had her allies, relatives, and followers from Boulogne cut Dover off by sea.”
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30 September 1139exact date
Englandmentioned
“The arrival in England of Empress Matilda on 30 September 1139 sparked fresh rebellion against King Stephen.”
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August 1140month
Bath, Somersetmentioned
“A peace conference was held in Bath in August 1140, with Queen Matilda, Bishop Henry, and Archbishop Theobald of Canterbury representing the king and the earl of Gloucester representing the empress; it failed because Stephen would not ag…”
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2 February 1141exact date
Bristolmentioned
“The king was captured in the ensuing battle of Lincoln on 2 February 1141 and taken to Bristol into the custody of Robert of Gloucester.”
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July 1141month
Winchestermentioned
“Around the end of July 1141, Empress Matilda advanced with her army towards the bishop's Wolvesey Castle in Winchester.”
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1142 to 1148period
Londonmentioned
“Between 1142 and 1148, while Stephen was campaigning against the empress's supporters, Matilda exercised authority in London and the south-east and carried out routine government business.”
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1147 to 1148period
Aldgatementioned
“She and Stephen maintained a close relationship with the Holy Trinity Priory in Aldgate; their children Matilda and Baldwin were buried there, and the couple made a grant to the house in 1147 or 1148 in memory of their children.”
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1148year
Faversham Abbeymentioned
“In 1148, Matilda and Stephen exchanged Lillechurch from her lands in Kent for William of Ypres's manor at Faversham and granted the land to the Cluniac order, founding Faversham Abbey.”
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1148year
Kentmentioned
“In 1148, Matilda and Stephen exchanged Lillechurch from her lands in Kent for William of Ypres's manor at Faversham and granted the land to the Cluniac order, founding Faversham Abbey.”
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1148year
1148 to 1150period
April 1152month
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