i. 242;

acknowledged as Henry’s heiress, 243, 268, 269, 274; marries Geoffrey, 243, 244, 258–260; leaves him, 266; goes to England, 268; returns, _ib._; quarrels with Henry, 270; qualifications for the throne, 274, 275; enters Normandy, 276; lands at Arundel, 309; goes to Bristol and Gloucester, 310; negotiates with the legate, 321; in London, 323, 324; besieges the legate at Winchester, 325, 326; blockaded by the queen, 326; escapes, 327, 328; goes to Oxford, 329; sends for Geoffrey, 330; besieged at Oxford, 332; escapes, 333; returns to Gaul, 344; trial of her claims at Rome, 370; later years, 442, 443; death, ii. 61

Matilda of Boulogne marries Stephen, i. 273; crowned, 283; blockades Dover, 299; mediates between Stephen and David, 300; drives the Empress from London, 324; wins over the legate, _ib._; besieges Winchester, 326; negotiates for Stephen’s release, 328; founds S. Katharine’s Hospital, 357; tries to reconcile Stephen and Theobald, 369; dies, 399

Matilda, eldest daughter of Henry II. and Eleanor, born, i. 445; betrothed to Henry the Lion, ii. 55; married, 59–60, 189; aid for her marriage, 125; death, ii. 257 note 2{1241}

Matilda of Anjou, daughter of Fulk V., betrothed to William the Ætheling, i. 234; married, 236; quarrel over her dowry, 240; nun at Fontevraud, 248

Matilda of Angoulême, wife of Hugh IX. of Lusignan, ii. 398

Matilda of Saxony, daughter of Henry the Lion, her suitors, ii. 237; marriage, 274

Matilda of Ramsbury, i. 304

Matthew, son of Theodoric count of Flanders, marries Mary of Boulogne,