RINGELHEIM Matilda

Abt 0892 - 0968  (76 years)

• Name	RINGELHEIM Matilda
  Birth	Abt 0892	Enger, Sachsen, East Francia
  Gender	Female
  Death	14 Mar 0968	Quedlinburg, Sachsen, Heiliges Römisches Reich
  Notes	Matilda of Ringleheim Matilda was the daughter of Saxon Count Dietrich, a descendant of Widukind, who fought against Charlemagne, and Reinhild. She was born about 892 in Enger, Sachsen, East Francia.[1] As a young girl, she had been sent to the monastery of Herford, where she had been given a literary education. Names Countess Matilda von Ringleheim Mechtilde Von Ringelheim Matilda Countess of Ringelheim St. Matilda Mechtilde, Queen of the Germans Alias: Saint Matilda Alias: Matilda von Sachsen Alias: Matilda Widukinde Alias: Mechtilde von Ringelheim Marriage and Children She became so renowned for her lovely face and good works that she attracted the attention of Duke Otto of Saxony, who betrothed her to his son, Heinrich I (the Fowler). They were married in 909 and had three sons and two daughters:[1] Otto, 912-973, Holy Roman Emperor in 962 Henry, c. 919-955, Duke of Bavaria Bruno, 925-965, Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lorraine Hedwig, who died between 965-980 and married west Frankish Duke Hugh the Great Gerberga, who died 968/9, who married first to Gilbert, Duke of Larraine and King Louis IV of France Death Matilda died 14 May 968 in Quedlinburg, Sachsen and was buried at Quedlinburg Abbey.[1] Life Matilda founded many religious institutions including the Abbey of Quedlinburg. She was later canonized. Our knowledge of St. Mathilda's life comes largely from brief mentions in the Res Gestae Saxonicae (Deeds of the Saxons) of the monastic historian Widukind of Corvey, and from two sacred biographies (the vita antiquior and vita posterior) written, respectively, c. 974 and c. 1003. After Henry the Fowler's death in 936, St. Mathilda remained at the court of her son Otto, until a cabal of royal advisors is reported to have accused her of weakening the royal treasury in order to pay for her charitable activities. After a brief exile at the Westphalian monastery of Enger, St. Mathilda was brought back to court at the urging of Otto I's first wife, the Anglo-Saxon princess Queen Edith. St. Mathilda was celebrated for her devotion to prayer and almsgiving; her first biographer depicted her (in a passage indebted to the sixth-century vita of the Frankish queen Radegund by Venantius Fortunatus) leaving her husband's side in the middle of the night and sneaking off to church to pray. St. Mathilda founded many religious institutions, including the canonry of Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, a center of Ottonian ecclesiastical and secular life and the burial place of St. Mathilda and her husband, and the convent of Nordhausen, Thuringia, likely the source of at least one of her vitae. She was later canonized, with her cult largely confined to Saxony and Bavaria. Events Her feast day is 14th March. Research Note Removed unsourced daughter Gerelese 8 Mar 2022.
  Person ID	I57976	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	RINGELHEIM Dietrich,   b. 0853, Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Prussia d. 08 Dec 0917, Germany, Hannover, Goslar, Ringelheim (Age ~ 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	FRIESLAND Reginhilde Ludmilla,   b. 0858, Riparian, Ittergau Ringleheim, Bayern, Germany d. 0917, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (Age ~ 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 0900
  Family ID	F25868	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	LIUDOLFING Heinrich,   b. 0876, Saxony, Germany d. 02 Jul 0936, Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (Age ~ 59 years)
  Marriage	0909	Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany
  Children	1. LIUDOLFINGER Otto (Ottonian),   b. 23 Nov 0912, Wallhausen, East Francia d. 07 May 0973, Memleben, Heiliges Römisches Reich (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. LIUDOLFING Gerberga,   b. Abt 0914, Nordhausen, Vogtlandkreis, Sachsen, Germany d. 05 May 0984, Reims, France (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. SACHSEN Hedwige,   b. Abt 0922, Sachsen, Germany d. 10 May 0965, Paris,France (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F25867	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026