Matilda of Amboise

Matilda of Amboise (Mahaut, Mathilde d'Amboise; c. 1200 ‒ 12 May 1256) was a French medieval noblewoman, the Countess of Chartres.[1] She was the daughter of Sulpice III of Amboise[2] and Isabella of Blois[3] and thus a sister of Hugh and granddaughter of Theobald V, Count of Blois.[4]

She married Richard II, Vicomte de Beaumont, but it seems they were childless. Richard died on 17 September 1242.[5] In 1232 Matilda and Richard gave land to the nuns of Lieu.[6] Matilda later married Jean II de Nesle. She was also childless with him.

On Matilda’s death, her cousin John I, Count of Blois reunited Chartres with Blois.

References

  1. ↑ Généalogie de la maison d'Amboise
  2. ↑ J-X Carré de Busserolle, Dictionnaire géographique historique et biographique d'Indre et Loire, T1, Paris, 1878
  3. ↑ Mathilde d'Amboise
  4. ↑ Michel Démorest, La dynastie d'Amboise, 2008
  5. ↑ Richard II, Vicomte de Beaumont
  6. ↑ Katherine Allen Smith and Scott Wells, Negotiating community and difference in medieval Europe: gender, power, patronage, and the authority of religion in Latin Christendom, p. 146
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