- Empress Matilda
Empress Matilda (February 1101 - September 10, 1167; Saxon form Maud or Maude), also called Matilda, Countess of Anjou or Matilda, Lady of the English, was the daughter and dispossessed heir of King Henry I of England. She was married to Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, and then to Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou, by whom she became the mother of Henry II of England. - Matilda of Angus Matilda Countess of Angus
Matilda of Angus was the daughter of Maol Choluim, Earl or Mormaer of Angus and as his only child, heir and countess of the province in her own right. It was arranged that she should marry John Comyn, but his death in France in 1242 meant that a new husdand was needed to control the dispersed Earldom. The man selected was Gilbert de Umfraville, a Norman baron based in Northumberland. - Heath Ledger
Heathcliff Andrew Ledger (April 4, 1979 – January 22, 2008) was an Academy Award-nominated Australian actor. After appearing in television roles during the 1990s, Ledger developed a Hollywood career. He starred in both critical and financial successes, including The Patriot, Monster's Ball and Brokeback Mountain, and completed the role of The Joker in the forthcoming The Dark Knight. Ledger was found dead in a New York City apartment on January 22, 2008. - Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a Welsh novelist, short story author and screenwriter of Norwegian parentage, famous as a writer for both children and adults. His most popular books include "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "James and the Giant Peach", "Matilda", "The Witches", "The BFG", and "Kiss Kiss". - Rhea Perlman
Rhea Perlman (born March 31, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress, best known for her role as Carla Tortelli on the popular sitcom "Cheers". She is the sister of Heide Perlman, who worked as a writer, story editor and producer on the show, and the daughter of Phil Perlman, who occasionally appeared as bar regular Phil. She is married to actor Danny DeVito, with whom she has three children - Lucy Chet DeVito (born March 1983), … - Pam Ferris
Pam Ferris (born 1948) is a British film and television actress. - Matilda Of Boulogne
Matilda I or Maud (1105 - 3 May, 1152), was queen consort of the Kingdom of England, the wife of King Stephen. She was also sovereign Countess of Boulogne. She was born in Boulogne, France. She was the daughter of Eustace III, Count of Boulogne and his wife Princess Mary of Scotland, herself the daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland and Saint Margaret of Scotland. In 1119 Matilda married Stephen, Count of Mortain, later King of England, … - David Newman
David Newman (b. March 11 1954, in Los Angeles, California), is an American composer known particularly for his music for the movies. He is a son of the late Hollywood composer Alfred Newman, brother of the Hollywood composer Thomas Newman, and a cousin of composer Randy Newman. An accomplished violinist, and successful concert conductor, David Newman was educated at the University of Southern California. - Robin Swicord
Robin Swicord (born 1950 in Columbia, South Carolina) is an American screenwriter and film director. She wrote the screenplay for the film Memoirs of a Geisha, based on the novel of the same name by Arthur Golden. Her other screenplay credits include Little Women, Practical Magic, Matilda, The Perez Family, and Shag. She is married to screenwriter Nicholas Kazan, son of director Elia Kazan. - Tracey Walter
Tracey Walter (born November 25, 1947) is an American character actor. He has appeared in over one hundred films and television shows. Walter was born in Jersey City, New Jersey to a truck driver father. He is known for his portrayal of "side-kicks" and "henchmen" such as Bob the Goon in "Batman", Cookie in "City Slickers", and Malak in "Conan the Destroyer". He portrayed Frog Rothchild Jr. on the ABC sitcom "Best of the West" from 1981 to 1982. - David I of Scotland
David I or Dabíd mac Maíl Choluim, so that the name is just "Colum" or "Calum" (meaning "Columba"); the name was borrowed into non Gaelic languages before this change occurred.</ref> b. 1083x1085, d. May 24 1153) was a 12th century ruler who was in succession Prince of the Cumbrians (x 1113-1124) and King of Scots (1124-1153). The youngest son of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada and Margaret, David spent most of his childhood in Scotland, … - Baldwin V, Count of Flanders
Baldwin V of Flanders was Count of Flanders from 1036 until his death. He was the son of Baldwin IV of Flanders, who died in 1035. He, in turn, was a descendant of Aelfthryth (Elfrida), daughter of Alfred the Great, Saxon King of England. In 1028 Baldwin married Adèle, daughter of King Robert II of France; at her instigation he rebelled against his father but in 1030 peace was sworn and the old count continued to rule until his death. - Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou
Geoffrey V (Godefroi), Count of Anjou, Touraine and Maine, and later Duke of Normandy by marriage, called "Le Bel" ("The Fair"), "Martel" ("The Hammer") or Plantagenet, was the father of King Henry II of England, and thus the forefather of the Plantagenet dynasty of English kings. Geoffrey was the eldest son of Fulk, Count of Anjou and King-Consort of Jerusalem. Geoffrey's mother was Eremburge of La Flèche, heiress of Maine. - Roger Of Salisbury
Roger (died 1139), bishop of Salisbury, was originally priest of a small chapel near Caen. The future King Henry I, who happened to hear mass there one day, was impressed by the speed with which Roger read the service and enrolled him in his own service. Roger, though uneducated, showed great talent for business. On coming to the throne, Henry almost immediately made him chancellor (1101). Soon after Roger received the bishopric of Salisbury. - Theobald Of Bec
Theobald (Tedbald) (died April 18, 1161) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1138 to 1161. He was of Norman parentage, but the date of his birth is unknown. - Christel Khalil
Christel Khalil joined the cast of THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS in July, 2002 as Lily Winters , the daughter of Drucilla and Neil Winters (Victoria Rowell and Kristoff St. John ). She left "Y&R" in September, 2005, returning to the series in November, 2006. - William de Corbeil
William de Corbeil (?1070 - d. 1136), archbishop of Canterbury, was born probably at Corbeil on the Seine, and was educated at Laon. He had two brothers, Ranulf and Helgot, but nothing else is known about his parents or upbringing. He was soon in the service of Ranulf Flambard, bishop of Durham; then, having entered the order of St Augustine, he became prior of the Augustinian foundation at St Osyth in Essex. - William de Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey
William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey (died 1138), was the son of William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey and his first wife Gundred. He is more often referred to as "Earl Warenne" or "Earl of Warenne" than as Earl of Surrey. Sometime around 1093 he tried to marry Matilda (or Edith), daughter of king Malcolm III of Scotland. - Craig Lamar Traylor
Craig Lamar Traylor (born March 19, 1989 in San Bernardino County, California) is an American actor. He made his debut in an episode of "ER" in 1996. He is best known for his role as Stevie Kenarban, the asthmatic boy with one lung in a wheelchair and the title character's friend in the Fox situation comedy "Malcolm in the Middle". Traylor has also had small roles in the films "Matilda" and "Get a Clue". - Rachel Snow
Rachel Snow (born 30 September 1987) and (died 10 July 2007) was an American actress and the granddaughter of late actress Ann Howard. She attended Crescenta Valley High School in La Crescenta, California where she graduated in 2005. Rachel Snow passed away due to cardiovascular failure attributed to severe obesity. She attended NYU, where she studied English and Theater Education. Snow had starred in "Lizzie McGuire" three times, … - Henry I, Duke of Bavaria
Henry I (919/921 - November 1 955) was Duke of Bavaria. He was the second son of the German King Henry the Fowler and his wife Matilda. He attempted a revolt against his older brother Otto I in 938 in alliance with Eberhard of Franconia and Giselbert of Lorraine, believing he had a claim on the throne. In 939 he was defeated at Birten and forced to leave Germany. He fled to the court of Louis IV of France, but returned after he and Otto were reconciled, … - Beatrice Of Bar
Beatrice of Bar (also "Beatrix") (c. 1017 - 18 April 1076) was the marchioness of Tuscany from 1053 to her death. She was the daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine, who was also count of Bar, and Matilda of Swabia. In 1037, she became the second wife of Boniface III of Tuscany in a splendid ceremony. She bore him the following children: *Beatrice (died 17 December 1053) *Frederick (died July 1055), … - Cesira Matilda
Mother of Bianca Stagno Bellincioni - Mike Matilda
- Isabella Of Villehardouin
Isabella of Villehardouin (born 1260/1263; died 23 January 1312) was the elder daughter of William II of Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea, and of the daughter (her name is unknown) of Narjot de Toucy (died 1241). Isabella was a descendant through her mother and grandmother of the dowager Empress Anna (Agnes). On 28 May 1271 Isabella married Philip of Sicily, son of Charles I of Sicily. - Matilda Of Tuscany
Matilda of Canossa (Italian: "Matilde", Latin: "Mathilde"; 1046 - 24 July 1115), called la Gran Contessa or the Great Countess, was the principal Italian supporter of Pope Gregory VII during the Investiture Controversy, and is one of the few medieval women to be remembered for her military accomplishments. She is called "of Canossa" after the ancestral family castle of Canossa, … - Matilda Joslyn Gage
Matilda Electa Joslyn Gage (1826-1898) was a suffragist, a Native American activist, an abolitionist, a freethinker, and a prolific author, who was "born with a hatred of oppression". Though born in Cicero, New York, Gage maintained residence in Fayetteville, New York for the majority of her life. She is interred at Fayetteville Cemetery. - Matilda Evans
Dr. Matilda Arabella Evans was the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in South Carolina. Matilda Arabella Evans was born in 1872 to Anderson and Harriet Evans of Aiken, South Carolina, where she attended the Schofield Industrial School. Encouraged by Martha Schofield, the school's founder, Evans enrolled in Oberlin College in Ohio, attended on scholarship for almost four years, and left before graduating, in 1891, to pursue a medical career. - Matilda Briggs
Sophia Matilda Briggs (born 1870, fate unknown) was the daughter of Benjamin S. Briggs and a passenger on the last voyage of the "Mary Celeste". ---- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire" has Sherlock Holmes declare, as an aside, to Dr. Watson: :"Matilda Briggs was not the name of a young woman, Watson,. .. It was a ship which is associated with the giant rat of Sumatra, … - Matilda Of Flanders
Matilda of Flanders was Queen consort of the Kingdom of England and the wife of William I the Conqueror. She was the daughter of count Baldwin V of Flanders, and Adèle (1000-1078/9), daughter of Robert II of France. Accustomed to speaking her mind and getting her way, the 4'2"-tall (Britain's smallest queen) Matilda (or "Maud") told the representative of William, Duke of Normandy (later king of England as William the Conqueror), who had come asking for her hand, … - Matilda Of Scotland
Matilda of Scotland or Edith of Scotland (c. 1080-May 1, 1118) was the first wife of Henry I of England. She was the daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland and Saint Margaret. Robert Curthose had stood as godfather at her christening. The English queen Matilda of Flanders was also present at the font and may have been her godmother. When she was about six-years-old Matilda and her sister, Mary, were sent to Romsey, where their aunt Cristina was abbess. - Matilda Ziegler
Matilda Ziegler (born in 1964) is an English actress. She is known mostly for her work on British television, in particular her roles as Donna Ludlow in BBC's "EastEnders" and Ruth in BBC's "Swiss Toni". Ziegler is also a veteran theatre actress—she has appeared in many stage productions across the UK. She is married to the actor Louis Hilyer and they have worked together on a number of projects. - Matilda Ernkrans
Matilda Ernkrans, born in 1973, is a Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2006 and a replacement member of the Riksdag between 2002-2006. She has taken a leave as a member of the Riksdag and is currently replaced by Helena Frisk. - Matilda Of England
Matilda of England (1156 - July 13, 1189), also known as Maud, was the eldest daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Matilda was a younger maternal half-sister of Marie de Champagne and Alix of France. She was a younger sister of William, Count of Poitiers and Henry the Young King. She was also an older sister of Richard I of England, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Leonora of Aquitaine, Joan of England and John of England. - Matilda Coxe Stevenson
Matilda Coxe Stevenson (1855-1915) was an American ethnologist, born at San Augustine, Tex. In 1872 she was married to James Stevenson, an ethnologist (died 1888), with whom she spent 13 years in explorations of the Rocky Mountain region. After 1889 she was on the staff of the Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution. Mrs. Stevenson explored the cave, cliff, and mesa ruins of New Mexico, studied all the Pueblo tribes of that State, … - Matilda Of Ringelheim
Mathilda (c. 895 - March 14, 968) was the wife of Henry I, King of the East Franks and the first ruler of the Ottonian or Liudolfing dynasty. Their son, Otto, succeeded his father as King (and later Emperor) Otto I. Our knowledge of Mathilda's life comes largely from brief mentions in the "Res Gestae Saxonicae" ("Deeds of the Saxons") of the monastic historian Widukind of Corvey, … - Matilda Jane Evans
Matilda Jane Evans (née Congreve) was as Australian novelist,who wrote under the pseudonym Maud Jean Franc. She was the daughter of Dr Henry Congreve. She came to South Australia in 1852, started a school at Mount Barker and about the year 1859 married the Rev. E. Evans, a Baptist minister, who died some four years later. In 1860 Mrs Evans opened a school at Angaston which was still in existence in 1868. - Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones
Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones (January 5, 1869 - June 24, 1933) was an African American soprano singer, she was known as "The Black Patti," in reference to Italian opera singer Adelina Patti. In 1888 she became the first black singer to appear on stage at Wallack's Theater, and in 1892 she performed at the White House for President Benjamin Harrison and in London before the Prince of Wales. - Matilda Of Anjou
Matilda of Anjou, also known as Isabella d'Anjou and Alice, (c.1101-07 - 1154) was married in 1119 to William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England. She was the daughter of Count Fulk V of Anjou, and his first wife Ermengarde of Maine (d. 1126). Their betrothal occurred when she was quite young. William and Matildaa set out on a trip from Anjou to England on 25 November 1120. A considerable party of hundreds of nobles, courtiers, other retinue, … - Matilda Betham-Edwards
Matilda Betham-Edwards (born 1836 in Suffolk; died 1919 in Hastings) was a novelist, travel writer and francophile. She was also a prolific poet and wrote several children's books. Her father was a clergyman. She corresponded with well-known English male poets of the day. Her interests ranged widely but a major commitment of her life and work was to France and the French.
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