Talk:Empress Maud
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the circumstances of her escape were the stuff of fiction - could someone elaborate? RickK 02:07, 22 Sep 2003 (UTC) <ScoobyDoo>Yeh-yeh-yeh</ScoobyDoo> Phil 18:13, Jan 21, 2004 (UTC)
I don't find any mention of tthis in Cross' history. The struggle between Stephen and Matilda was an on-going back-and-forth affair. Perhaps the wording could changed. It might be better to mention what the "fiction" is, before discrediting it. Decumanus 18:39, 21 Jan 2004 (UTC)
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Maud was besieged at Oxford; the circumstances of her escape were the stuff of fiction.
changed to
Maud was besieged at Oxford, but escaped.
Also, it seems to me that the first paragraph is a bit of a mess
Empress Maud (February 7, 1102 - September 10, 1169) is the title by which Matilda the daughter and dispossessed heir of King Henry I of England and his wife Maud of Scotland (herself daughter of Malcolm III Canmore and St. Margaret of Scotland), is known, in order to differentiate her from the many other Matildas of the period.
Think that maybe this could be separate and restated?
Empress Maud (February 7, 1102 - September 10, 1169) is the title by which Matilda, the daughter and dispossessed heir of King Henry I of England, is known, in order to differentiate her from the many other Matildas of the period. She was the daughter of Henry and his wife Maud of Scotland (who was herself daughter of Malcolm III Canmore and St. Margaret of Scotland),
Or something like that? -- St. Weasel
-- St. Weasel
Hello, I am new to the wikipedia thing and was doing research on female rulership in the early middle ages and had this question:
Is there a reference as to what inspired Henry I to recall his daughter Maud, the dowager Empress of Holy Roman Empire, and install her as his single legitimate heir over other male canidates? As far as I can see, with the exception of a few Spanish Visgothic kingdoms there was no precident for designnating a female heir to rule as Queen Regnant in her own right. Eleanor of Aquataine is the next closest example and her father willed her the succession with an independant duchy. But this would not be for a few years yet.