Queen Matilda

Queen Matilda may refer to:

  • Matilda of Ringelheim (877–968), Saint Matilda, Queen of Eastern Francia
  • Matilda of Frisia (died 1044), Queen of the Franks, wife of Henry I, King of the Franks
  • Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031–1083), Queen of the English, wife of William the Conqueror
  • Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080–1118, Queen of the English, wife of Henry I
  • Empress Matilda (c. 1102–1167), Matilda of England, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Germany, claimant to throne of England
  • Matilda of Boulogne (c. 1105–1152), Queen of the English, wife of King Stephen
  • Maud of Savoy (1125–1158), Queen of Portugal. wife of Afonso I
  • Matilda of Savoy (1390–1438), Queen of Portugal, wife of Elector Palatine Louis III
  • Maud of Wales or Matilda of Wales (1869–1938), Queen of Norway, wife of King Haakon VII

Famous quotes containing the words queen and/or matilda:

    ““Speak when you’re spoken to!” the Queen sharply interrupted her.
    “But if everybody obeyed that rule,” said Alice, who was always ready for a little argument, “and if you only spoke when you were spoken to, and the other person always waited for you to begin, you see nobody would ever say anything, so that—””
    —Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)

    “Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
    Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
    And he sang as he watched and waited while his billy boiled:
    ‘Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?’”
    —Andrew Barton Peterson (1864–1941)