Mathilde von Geldern

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Mathilde von Geldern and Zütphen († October 28, 1247 or later) was a countess from the Wassenberg family and, by marriage, Countess von Nassau . She is a direct ancestor of the kings of the Netherlands and the Grand Dukes of Luxembourg .

Life

Arnstein Monastery
Altenberg Monastery

Mathilde was the youngest daughter of Count Otto I von Geldern and Zütphen and Richardis von Scheyern-Wittelsbach , a daughter of Duke Otto I of Bavaria and Agnes von Loon .

Mathilde is mentioned in the following documents , among others :

  • A document dated December 11, 1215, in which 'Heinricus et Roppertus comites de Nassovva' acquired ownership of the Mainz Cathedral with the permission of 'uxorum nostrarum Methildis et Gertrudis' .
  • A document dated June 9, 1239, in which 'Heinricus… comes de Nassowe… collateralis nostra… Methildis' confirmed the dependence on the 'ecclesie in Nepphe' at Arnstein Monastery .
  • A document from July 20, 1245, in the 'Henricus comes de Nassowe et Methildis comitissa uxor eiusdem, Walramus primogenitus, ceterique liberi eorundem' toll from a bridge to Altenberg monastery .
  • A document from 1247, in which 'Heinricus comes de Nassowe et Mectildis comitissa… ecclesiam in Inferi [ori] Diffenbach' was given to the Arnstein Monastery, in which 'filiorum nostrorum Walerami, Ottonis, Henrici, Gerardi, Johannis' appeared as witnesses.

The necrology of the Arnstein monastery documented the death of 'Mecktildis comitisse de Nassauw sororis nostre' on October 28th. She is mentioned in a document from 1247, so she died on October 28, 1247 or a year later.

progeny

Mathilde married before December 11, 1215 with Count Heinrich II. Von Nassau (* around 1180 ; † April 26, 1247/48/49/50, before January 25, 1251).
With him she had the children:

  1. Ruprecht († September 19, before 1247), was enfeoffed by the Archbishop of Trier with Allod in Diez and Ober-Lahnstein , was a knight of the Teutonic Order .
  2. Walram II (* around 1220 - † January 24, 1276), successor of his father, founder of the Walram line of Nassau .
  3. Otto I († between May 3, 1289 and March 19, 1290), successor to his father, founder of the Ottonian line of Nassau .
  4. Heinrich († May 28 after 1247) was a monk in Arnstein Monastery.
  5. Elisabeth (* around 1225; † after January 6, 1295), ⚭ Gerhard III. von Eppstein († 1252).
  6. Gerhard († between April 7, 1312 and September 20, 1314), was u. a. Canon in Liege .
  7. Johann († Deventer , July 13, 1309) was an elect of the bishopric of Utrecht .
  8. Katharina († April 27, 1324), becomes abbess of the Altenberg monastery in 1249 .
  9. Jutta († 1313), ⚭ around 1260 Johann I von Cuijk († July 13, 1308).
  10. ? Irmgard († August 1, 1297), was abbess in Val-Benoît.

literature

  • AWE Dek: Genealogy van het Vorstenhuis Nassau . Europese Bibliotheek, Zaltbommel 1970 (Dutch).
  • AP van Schilfgaarde: Zegels en genealogische Gegevens van de graven en hertogen van Gelre, graven van Zutphen . S. Gouda Quint - D. Brouwer en Zoon, Arnhem 1967 (Dutch).
  • JM van der Venne & Alexander AM Stols: Gerhard Graaf van Nassau, 1259-1313. De oudst bekende Nassau in Nederland? In: De Nederlandsche Leeuw, Maandblad van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde . No. 2 , 1937 (Dutch).
  • AA Vorsterman van Oyen: Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden dead . AW Sijthoff & JL Beijers, Leiden & Utrecht 1882 (Dutch).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cawley (Holland, Frisia, Gelre) and Cawley (Nassau): Mathilde died after the necrology of Arnstein Monastery on October 28th. It is mentioned in a document from 1247.
  2. ↑ a b c Cawley (Holland, Frisia, Gelre).
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Dek (1970).
  4. ↑ Van Schilfgaarde (1967).
  5. ^ Cawley (Bavaria, Dukes).
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Cawley (Nassau).
  7. ↑ Cawley (Nassau) quoted from a document dated December 11, 1215, in which 'Heinricus and Roppertus comites de Nassovva' acquired property of the Mainz Cathedral with the permission of 'uxorum nostrarum Methildis et Gertrudis' , from which it can be concluded that Heinrich and Mathilde were married on December 11, 1215. All genealogical information relates to a marriage before 1221.
  8. ↑ The genealogies differ in the number of children and the order in which they were born.
  9. ^ Vorsterman van Oyen (1882).
  10. ↑ Van der Venne & Stols (1937).
personal data
SURNAME Mathilde
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Countess of Nassau
DATE OF BIRTH 12th century or 13th century
DATE OF DEATH after October 28, 1247