Matilda

Matilda, 'the Empress Maud' (1103–67), was the only daughter of Henry I. (q.v.) of England, married in 1114 to the Emperor Henry V., and after his death in 1128 to Geoffrey of Anjou, by whom she became mother of Henry, afterwards Henry II. (q.v.) of England. There was civil war between her and Stephen (q.v.) from 1139 till 1147.