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ArchivesRe: Mathilda and variations
in reply to a message by Lea
I don't have information about the oldest records of Matilda and its variants but it was in the Early Middle Ages.
The name grew up in popularity since the 10th c., because of the queen Matilda of Ringelheim (c. 895-968), wife of Henry I, king of the East Franks and mother of the king Otto I; later, she was canonized (saint Matilda, March 14).
Other saints and personages helped to spread the name across Europe, as saint Matilde of Hackeborn (13th c.) or Matilde of Tuscany (1046-1115), supporter of the pope Gregory VII, among others.
Lumia
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The name grew up in popularity since the 10th c., because of the queen Matilda of Ringelheim (c. 895-968), wife of Henry I, king of the East Franks and mother of the king Otto I; later, she was canonized (saint Matilda, March 14).
Other saints and personages helped to spread the name across Europe, as saint Matilde of Hackeborn (13th c.) or Matilde of Tuscany (1046-1115), supporter of the pope Gregory VII, among others.
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
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