Matilda

Matilda was the name of the Holy Roman Empress and later arguably the first Queen of England from the 12th century. She was married young to the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry V, and acted as his regent while he was away. They didn't have any children when he died and she returned home. Her father's only surviving legitimate child, he arranged a second marriage for her and his court promised to allow her the throne upon his death. However, she was usurped by her cousin Steven when that time came. A civil war ensued wherein Matilda's son, Henry II, would eventually prevail and become King of England. The character of Rhaenyra from the Westeros/Game of Thrones universe is largely based on her.

I've read an historical series where a character named Matilda is known as "Tildy". It's a good nickname.

Matilda is also the name of a very popular children’s book by Roald Dahl. There is also a musical about her and a movie.

Matilda of Flanders (c 1031—1083) was the daughter of Count Baldwin V of Flanders and the wife of William the Conqueror.

Matilda De Angelis (b. 1995) is an Italian actress, TV presenter and singer. Her credits include the films 'Italian Race' and 'Rose Island', and the television miniseries 'The Undoing'.

A character from the gothic novel “The Monk:” Matilda is first known as Rosario, the young boy who looks up to Ambrosio "with a respect approaching idolatry". Rosario is brought to the Monastery by a well dressed rich stranger but not much more is known of his past. He always hides under his cowl and later reveals that he is actually Matilda, a beautiful young lady who loves Ambrosio. Matilda 'loved' Ambrosio even before she joined the monastery (as a boy), and therefore requested a painting of herself as Madonna to be given to Ambrosio, which hangs in his room. She seduces Ambrosio and aids in his destruction of Antonia with magic. The character of Matilda was highly praised by Coleridge as Lewis's masterpiece, and is said to be "exquisitely imagined" and "superior in wickedness to the most wicked of men." Though she is considered by some critics to be the most intelligent, articulate, and interesting, she is difficult to characterise. The plot of the novel relies on her being a supernatural force with magical powers, but she begins as a human. She tells Ambrosio she loves him when she thinks he is asleep and cries "involuntary" tears when she realises he no longer cares for her.
Matilda is also the main character of a kid’s movie about a young witch.

Matilda is the daughter of King Henry I of England. Another Matilda is the wife of King Stephen of England.

Matilda Algotsson (1998-) is a Swedish figure skater. She is the 2019 Swedish national champion. She placed 13th at the 2016 and 2017 European Championships.

Matilda Kshesinskaya (1872-1971) was a Russian prima ballerina of Polish descent. She was notorious for her affairs with several members of the Russian imperial family. A movie was recently made about her affair with Nicholas II prior to his marriage with Alexandra. (Her name was actually Matylda, the Polish form of the name. She was sometimes referred to as Mathilde, the French form of her name.)

Matilda Jane Sager (born 1839 died 1928). Matilda was born in Buchanan county Missouri to Henry Sager and Naomi Sager nee Carney and was the fifth child of the seven Sager orphans who where orphaned on the Oregon trail in 1844 trying to get to the west coast of America. The seven orphans where later taken on by missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman but they too, along with Matilda's too older brothers were killed by natives and the others were taken hostage and held for ransom by the Indians for supplies and supplements along with 47 other white settlers. It became known as the Whitman massacre later in 1847 in what is today Washington state. Despite all the hardship she went through, Matilda and two other sisters survived. Matilda Jane Sager married young around 1855 and had 8 children and later settled in California and died age 89 in 1928. I also love the name Matilda and the meaning mighty in battle a very appropriate name for this remarkable woman of her era :-)

I know the children's movie and book were mentioned earlier, but Matilda Wormwood is also the main character in the Broadway musical Matilda.

Matilda "Tilly" Aston was the first blind teacher in Australia.
Matilda Browne was an American painter.
Matilda Gage was an American suffragist and abolitionist.

Matilda was the daughter of King Stephen of England and his wife Matilda.

Matilda of England (1156-1189) was the oldest daughter of Henry II of England and his wife Eleonore of Aquitaine. She married Henry "the Lion", Duke of Saxony and Bavaria.

Matilda was the daughter of William the Conqueror and was named after her mother Matilda of Flanders.

The medieval English Queen Matilda was a courageous and determined lady, sticking up for her rights against her cousin, King Stephen. There is the well-known story of how she escaped from Oxford Castle during a snowstorm, dressed in white so that Stephen's men wouldn't notice her against the white landscape.
She's a good role model for a girl, and her name has a certain zest about it (especially with the nickname Tillie, Tilly) and a pretty middle name. But her name in the vernacular, Maud, is so plain and unattractive.

Moderator Pavlína Spálená and Jan Bubeník have a daughter Matilda Bubeníková.

Tilda Swinton, who played the White Witch in the Chronicles of Narnia and Gabriel in Constantine, is named Matilda and called Tilda for short.

There is a famous children's poem, Matilda Who Told Lies, And Was Burned To Death, by Hillaire Belloc.

Frank Peretti wrote a book called "Tilly," which puts abortion in a Christian point of view.

In Dante's Divine Comedy, Matilda is a mysterious singing woman who meets Dante in the Earthly Paradise and leads him to the waters of the twin rivers Lethe and Eunoe where his bad memories are cleansed and his good memories restored. Dante compares her to Persephone, the goddess of spring.

"Matilda" is also the name of a book by Roald Dahl.

In the movie "Matilda" a girl named Matilda has powers.

There is also the kids movie, Matilda. Cute name, great nicknames, Mattie and Tilly.

Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams daughter's name is Matilda Rose Ledger.

Matilda is used in a beloved song by The Pogues about Galipoli "Waltzing Matilda" and Tom Waits has a song by the same name, to mean "travelling". Also "Waltzing Matilda" is an Aussie folk song.

Matilda was also an Emglish princess in the 12th Century. She was the daughter of Henry I and the mother of Henry II. When Henry I died, she was named his heir and should have been queen but her cousin Stephen seized the throne. She waged a civil war against him but was unsuccessful.