Adeliza of Louvain
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Adeliza of Louvain was Queen of England from 1121 to 1135 as the second wife of King Henry I.
Detail of a Shaftesbury manuscript, most likely depicting Adeliza
King Henry I holding Reading Abbey, where he was buried.
Arundel Castle
Empress Matilda
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Empress Matilda, also known as Empress Maud, was Holy Roman Empress as the consort of Emperor Henry V from 1110 until his death in 1125, and was subsequently a claimant to the English throne, and Lady
12th-century depiction of Matilda and Henry's wedding feast
A 14th-century depiction of the White Ship sinking of 1120
Contemporary depiction of Geoffrey of Anjou, Matilda's second husband
A Matilda silver penny, minted in Oxford