Matilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of Lotharingia

979 - 1025  (46 years)

• Name	Matilda of Germany  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Countess Palatine of Lotharingia
  Birth	979	Brauweiler Abbey, Brauweiler, Erftkreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Education	Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany   [3]
  	Essen Abbey
  Title	Countess Palatine of Lotharingia  [3]
  Death	Nov 1025	Echtz, Duren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany   [2, 3]
  Burial	Brauweiler Abbey, Brauweiler, Erftkreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I44	Piast Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor,   b. 955, Saxony, Germany d. 7 Dec 983, Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy (Age 28 years)
  Mother	Theophanu Skleraina,   b. Abt. 955, Constantinople, Byzantium d. 15 Jun 991, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands (Age ~ 36 years)
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ezzo of Lotharingia, Count Palatine of Lotharingia,   b. Abt. 955, Lotharingia, Germany d. 21 Mar 1034, Saalfeld, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany (Age ~ 79 years)
  Children	1. Liudolf of Lotharingia, Count of Zütphen,   b. Abt. 1000   d. 10 Apr 1031 (Age ~ 31 years)   2. Otto I of Swabia, Duke of Swabia,   b. Abt. 995   d. 7 Sep 1047 (Age ~ 52 years)   3. Herman II, Archbishop of Cologne,   b. 995   d. 1056 (Age 61 years)   4. Theophanu of Lotharingia, Abbess of Essen and Gerresheim   d. 1058 + 5. Richeza of Lotharingia, Queen of Poland,   b. Abt. 996-1000   d. 21 Mar 1063, Saalfeld, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany (Age ~ 63 years)   6. Adelheid of Lotharingia, Abbess of Nivelles   d. Abt. 1030   7. Heilwig of Lotharingia, Abbess of Neuss   8. Mathilde of Lotharingia, Abbess of Dietkirchen and Vilich   9. Sophie of Lotharingia, Abbess of St. Maria in Mainz   10. Ida of Lotharingia, Abbess of Cologne and Gandersheim Abbey   d. 1060
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2025

  
  

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• Sources

  [S6] "Mieszko II Lambert," Wikipedia, last modified 6 May 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieszko_II_Lambert. [S48] "Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia," Wikipedia, last modified 20 Jun 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezzo,_Count_Palatine_of_Lotharingia. [S49] "Matilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of Lotharingia," Wikipedia, last modified 10 Feb 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Germany,_Countess_Palatine_of_Lotharingia.