Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony across 4 places, from 1172 to 1189.
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Matilda of England (June 1156June/July 1189) was an English princess of the House of Plantagenet and by marriage Duchess consort of Saxony and Bavaria from 1168 until her husband's deposition in 1180.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony was documented, and when
1172year
Braunschweigattested“In Brunswick, the first child of Matilda and Henry the Lion was born in 1172 during the absence of her father, who was on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, a daughter, named Richenza after her paternal grandmother Richenza of Northeim.”source: Wikipedia: Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
1182year
Normandyattested“By the summer of 1182, the couple reached Argentan in Normandy, where Matilda probably gave birth a son who died shortly after; during their stay there, she became acquainted with the troubadour Bertran de Born, who, calling her "Elena"…”source: Wikipedia: Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
1182year
Argentanattested“By the summer of 1182, the couple reached Argentan in Normandy, where Matilda probably gave birth a son who died shortly after; during their stay there, she became acquainted with the troubadour Bertran de Born, who, calling her "Elena"…”source: Wikipedia: Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
13 July 1189exact date
Braunschweigattested“In the spring of 1189, the Emperor ordered Henry the Lion either to accompany him on the Third Crusade or go into exile before his return, and he chose exile: he went to the court of his father-in-law, while Matilda and her children rema…”source: Wikipedia: Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
13 July 1189exact date
Brunswick Cathedralattested“In the spring of 1189, the Emperor ordered Henry the Lion either to accompany him on the Third Crusade or go into exile before his return, and he chose exile: he went to the court of his father-in-law, while Matilda and her children rema…”source: Wikipedia: Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
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1174year
Duchy of Normandymentioned“The reason for the conflict was the refusal of Henry the Lion in 1174 to go with the Emperor on an expedition to Duchy of Normandy —domain belonging to Matilda's father; when the campaign failed, the Emperor bitterly blamed this on Henry…”source: Wikipedia: Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
1180year
Würzburgmentioned“In 1180, the latent conflict that had arisen a few years earlier between Henry the Lion and Emperor Frederick I finally reached its climax when the Duke of Saxony was tried in absentia for insubordination by a court of bishops and prince…”source: Wikipedia: Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
12 June 1184exact date
Winchestermentioned“On 12 June 1184, Matilda left for England, where in the same year in Winchester she gave birth another son, named William.”source: Wikipedia: Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
July 1190month
Englandmentioned“He remained in Saxony when his parents went in exile to England in 1182 as hostage to Henry VI King of the Romans to guarantee his father's agreement to the terms of his banishment and later as a guarantee of Henry the Lion's performance…”source: Wikipedia: Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
July 1190month
Fuldamentioned“He remained in Saxony when his parents went in exile to England in 1182 as hostage to Henry VI King of the Romans to guarantee his father's agreement to the terms of his banishment and later as a guarantee of Henry the Lion's performance…”source: Wikipedia: Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
1191 to 1195period
Braunschweigmentioned“Henry the Lion returned to Brunswick after the death of Emperor Frederick I in 1191 and himself died in 1195, wishing to rest on the right hand of his wife in order to "sleep next to her both in life and in death".”source: Wikipedia: Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
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