Matilda of Flanders was Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy by marriage to William the Conqueror, and regent of Normandy during his absences from the duchy. She was the mother of nine children who survived to adulthood, including two kings, William II and Henry I.
Statue of Matilda of Flanders, one of the twenty Reines de France et Femmes illustres in the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, by Carle Elshoecht (1850)
Tomb of Matilda of Flanders at the Abbaye aux Dames, Caen
Tomb of William the Conqueror at the Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen
The Duchess of Normandy was the wife of the Duke of Normandy.
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