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
Rout of Winchester
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In the Rout of Winchester the army of imprisoned King Stephen of England, led by his wife, Queen Matilda, Stephen's brother Bishop Henry of Winchester, and William of Ypres, faced the army of Stephen'
West Gate, Winchester, Hampshire
Mounted combat in the 1100s