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Matilda or Mathilda may refer to:
People
- Empress Matilda (1102–1167), daughter of Henry I of England
- Matilda (name), list of people named Matilda
- Matilda of Flanders (1030–1083), wife of William the Conqueror
- Matilda of Tuscany (1046–1115), Italian noblewoman, the principal Italian supporter of Pope Gregory VII during the Investiture Controversy
- Saint Matilda (c. 895–968), Saxon saint and wife of King Henry I of Germany
Media and entertainment
- Mathilda (novella), by Mary Shelley (1819-20)
- "Waltzing Matilda", a famous Australian bush ballad (written 1895)
- Matilda (1978 film), a comedy about a boxing kangaroo based on Paul Gallico's novel
- "Matilda" (song), 1930s song made popular by Harry Belafonte (1953)
- Matilda (novel), by Roald Dahl (1988)
- Matilda Wormwood, the protagonist of the novel
- Matilda (1996 film), a 1996 adaptation of the novel starring Mara Wilson
- Matilda the Musical, a 2010 musical adaptation of the novel by Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin
- Matilda (album), the second studio album by Stateless (2011)
- Matilda, a female chicken in the Angry Birds series
Places
- Matilda Centre, a social and community centre in Sheffield, UK
- Matilda House, one of the oldest houses in Singapore
Animals
- Atheris matildae, AKA Matilda's Horned Viper
- Matilda (chicken) (1990–2006), fourteen-ounce hen, was the first chicken to receive the title of World's Oldest Living Chicken from Guinness World Records
Other uses
- Matilda I (tank), Infantry Tank Mk I (A11)
- Matilda II (tank), Infantry Tank Mk II (A12)
- Matilda Awards, a theater awards event
- Matilda Cruises, an Australian ferry company
- Matilda, the kangaroo mascot of the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Matilda, the House robot from the UK TV series Robot Wars
- Matilda, a mannequin used in home automation research
- A swagman's bundle, as in the song "Waltzing Matilda"
- Matilda, Walter's girlfriend that often appear in the Dennis and Gnasher animated series
- MATILDA, a military robot
- Matilda (1779 ship), a convict ship dispatched in 1791 from England to Australia as part of the Third Fleet
- the Matildas, the official nickname of the Australia women's national soccer team (from the song "Waltzing Matilda")
See also
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