Biography of Matilda Dammartin Queen Consort Portugal 1202-1259

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Matilda Dammartin Queen Consort Portugal was created Queen Consort Portugal.

Before 1190 [her father] Renaud Dammartin I Count Boulogne, Dammartin and Aumale (age 24) and Marie Chatillon were married.

In 1190 [her father] Renaud Dammartin I Count Boulogne, Dammartin and Aumale (age 25) and [her mother] Ida Metz Countess Boulogne (age 30) were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Matthew Metz Count Boulogne and [her grandmother] Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne.

In 1202 Matilda Dammartin Queen Consort Portugal was born to Renaud Dammartin I Count Boulogne, Dammartin and Aumale (age 37) and Ida Metz Countess Boulogne (age 42). She a great granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

In 1216 [her mother] Ida Metz Countess Boulogne (age 56) died.

In 1227 [her father] Renaud Dammartin I Count Boulogne, Dammartin and Aumale (age 62) committed suicide.

In 1239 Alfonso III King Portugal (age 28) and Matilda Dammartin Queen Consort Portugal (age 37) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. She the daughter of Renaud Dammartin I Count Boulogne, Dammartin and Aumale and Ida Metz Countess Boulogne. He the son of Alfonso "Fat" II King Portugal and Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal. They were third cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great granddaughter of King Stephen I England.

On 4th January 1248 [her brother-in-law] Sancho "Pious" II King Portugal (age 38) died. His brother [her husband] Alfonso (age 37) succeeded III King Portugal.

In 1253 Alfonso III King Portugal (age 42) and Matilda Dammartin Queen Consort Portugal (age 51) were divorced.

In 1253 [her husband] Alfonso III King Portugal (age 42) and Beatrice Queen Consort Portugal (age 11) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the illegitmate daughter of Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 31) and Mayor Guillén de Guzmán (age 48). He the son of Alfonso "Fat" II King Portugal and Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal. They were first cousin twice removed. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In January 1259 Matilda Dammartin Queen Consort Portugal (age 57) died.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 16th February 1279 [her former husband] Alfonso III King Portugal (age 68) died.

Philip Capet Count Boulogne was created Count Boulogne. Matilda Dammartin Queen Consort Portugal by marriage Countess Boulogne.

Philip Capet Count Boulogne and Matilda Dammartin Queen Consort Portugal were married. She the daughter of Renaud Dammartin I Count Boulogne, Dammartin and Aumale and Ida Metz Countess Boulogne. He the son of King Philip II of France and Agnes Andechs Queen Consort France. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Stephen I England.