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Matilda of Anjou, also known as Mahaut (c. 1111 – 1154) was married in 1119 to William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England. ==Life== Matilda was the daughter of Count Fulk V of Anjou, and his first wife Ermengarde, Countess of Maine.〔Detlev Schwennicke, ''Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 82〕 In February of 1113, Fulk V and Henry I met near Alençon where they entered into a treaty of peace which was secured by the betrothal of Henry's son William Adelin and Fulk's daughter Matilda.〔C. Warren Hollister, ''Henry I'' (New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 2003), p. 231〕 The young couple was married in June 1119.〔Kate Norgate, ''England Under the Angevin Kings'', Vol. I (London, New York: Macmillan and Co., 1887), p. 236〕 On the evening of 25 November 1120, returning from Normandy to England, William chose to sail aboard the White Ship and subsequently drowned when that ship sank in the English Channel just outside Barfleur harbor.〔C. Warren Hollister, ''Henry I'' (New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 2003), pp. 276-77〕 Matilda had avoided the disaster, as passage for her had been arranged aboard another ship.〔C. Warren Hollister, ''Henry I'' (New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 2003), p. 276〕 But his death left her a widow with no immediate heir to the throne of England and ended the treaty with Anjou.〔Sandy Burton Hicks, 'The Anglo-Papal Bargain of 1125: The Legatine Mission of John of Crema', ''Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies'', Vol. 8, No. 4 (Winter, 1976), p. 302〕 On his return from Jerusalem, , Fulk V demanded the return of Matilda's dowry, comprising castles and towns in Maine, to which Henry flatly refused.〔 After months of fruitless quarreling Fulk was considering warring on Henry once more.〔 Finally, Fulk countered Henry by marrying his other daughter, Sibylla, to William Clito, the son of Robert Curthose, Henry's nephew and rival for Normandy.〔C. Warren Hollister and Thomas K. Keefe, 'The Making of the Angevin Empire', ''Journal of British Studies'', Vol. 12, No. 2 (May, 1973), pp. 10-11〕 Fulk dowered the couple with the lordship of Maine.〔 Meanwhile, after her husband's death Matilda remained at Henry's court and was treated as one of the king's daughters.〔Ordericus Vitalis, ''The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy'', trans. Thomas Forester, Vol VI (London: Henry G. Bohn, 1856), p. 59〕 Henry maintained she could remain as long as she wished〔Orderic contradicts himself on this point: he states that she was a guest who could stay as long as she likes in one sentence, then in another states she was ''detained'' at court by Henry, implying she was not free to leave. Given the state of affairs between Anjou and England between 1120 and 1123, the second scenario seems more plausible. See Orderic Vitalis, trans. Forester, Vol. IV (1856), p. 38.〕 and intended to marry her to one of his great nobles, "heaping on her wealth and honours which would have raised her above all her family."〔 She remained in England for several years, unmarried, but according to Orderic, wishing to see her parents and home, she returned to Anjou.〔 After a time in Anjou she took the advice of Geoffrey, Bishop of Chartres and in 1128 she took her vows at Fontevrault Abbey as a nun. In 1150 she became the Abbess and died in 1158.〔Ordericus Vitalis, ''The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy'', trans. Thomas Forester, Vol VI (London: Henry G. Bohn, 1856), p. 59, n. 3〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matilda of Anjou」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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