| Matilda | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Meaning | strength in battle |
| Origin | Germanic |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Matilda |
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Matilda (sometimes spelled Mathilda) is a female name, of Teutonic derivation, derived from words meaning "might, strength" and "battle." Its most common alternate forms are Maud and Mathilde. People with the given name Matilda:
- Matilda of Ringelheim (892–967/968), Holy Roman Empress, wife of Henry I the Fowler, King of the East Franks
- Matilda of Flanders (ca. 1031–1083), Queen of England, wife of William I of England
- Matilda of Tuscany (1046–1114), Countess of Tuscany (also called Mathilde or Matilde of Canossa)
- Matilda of Scotland (ca. 1080–1118), originally named Edith, wife of Henry I of England
- Empress Matilda (1102–1167), Lady of the English, Queen of Germany, daughter of Henry I of England, mother of Henry II of England; known as the Empress Matilda, or the Empress Maud
- Matilda of Boulogne (1104–1152), Queen of England, wife of Stephen of England
- Matilda of Savoy (1125–1158), First Portuguese queen-consort
- Matilda of England (1156–1189), Duchess of Saxony, daughter of Henry II of England
- Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826–1898), 19th century American feminist and freethinker
- Matilda Coxe Stevenson (1855–1915, née Evans), American ethnologist and author
- Mathilda May (born 1965), French film actress
- Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant (born 1973), wife of the heir apparent to the Belgian throne, HRH Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant
A fictional character with the given name Matilda:
- Matilda McDuck, a fictional character from Walt Disney Company's Clan McDuck
