Countess Saint Matilda von Ringelheim

895 - 968  (73 years)

• Name	Saint Matilda von Ringelheim  [1]
  Title	Countess
  Birth	895	North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Ordained	St. Mathilda's feast day according to the German calendar of saints is on March 14  [2]
  Religion	St. Mathilda founded many religious institutions, including the canonry of Quedlinburg, which became a center of ecclesiastical and secular life in Germany, as well as convents of St. Wigbert in Quedlinburg, in Pöhlde, Enger and Nordhausen in Thuringia
  Death	14 Mar 968	Saxony, Germany   [1]
  Burial	Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
  	Monastery at Quedlinburg
  		Church - Abbey Quedlinburg Castle and monastery of Quedlinburg Quedlinburg Abbey was a house of secular canonesses in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was founded in 936 on the initiative of Saint Mathilda, the widow of Henry the Fowler, as his memorial. For many centuries it enjoyed great prestige and influence. Quedlinburg Abbey was founded on the castle…
  Person ID	I8619	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Dietrich Graf von Ringelheim,   b. 872, Lower Saxony, Germany d. 971, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Age 99 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ragnhild Ludmilla von Friesland,   b. Chemnitzer Land, Saxony, Germany d. North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	King of Germany Heinrich von Sachsen, I,   b. 876, Saxony, Germany d. 2 Jul 936, Saxony, Germany (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	Walhausen, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany   [1]
  	After Henry died, Matilda and her son Otto established Quedlinburg Abbey in his memory
  		_Henry and Matilda Saint Matilda von Ringelheim and Heinrich von Saschen
  Children	1. Gerberge von Sachsen,   b. 5 Apr 913, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany d. 5 May 984, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Hedwig von Sachsen,   b. 922, Saxony, Germany d. 10 May 965, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 895 - North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Death - 14 Mar 968 - Saxony, Germany Burial - - Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Marriage - - Walhausen, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Biographies and Histories

  Bio-of RINGELHEIM Matilda

  
  

  Old World		†Saint Matidla Von Rigelheim Matilda of Ringelheim (c. 892 – 14 Mar 968), also known as Saint Matilda, was a Saxon noblewoman. Due to her marriage to Henry I in 909, she became the first Ottonian queen. Her eldest son, Otto I, restored the Holy Roman Empire in 962. Matilda founded several spiritual institutions and women's convents. She was considered to be extremely…
  		_Henry and Matilda Saint Matilda von Ringelheim and Heinrich von Saschen

  
  

  Places

  Church - Abbey Quedlinburg Castle and monastery of Quedlinburg Quedlinburg Abbey was a house of secular canonesses in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was founded in 936 on the initiative of Saint Mathilda, the widow of Henry the Fowler, as his memorial. For many centuries it enjoyed great prestige and influence. Quedlinburg Abbey was founded on the castle…

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Saint Matilda Von Ringelheim [S547] Saints, Saint Matilda. Matilda was the daughter of Count Dietrich of Westphalia and Reinhild of Denmark. She was also known as Mechtildis and Maud. She was raised by her grandmother, the Abbess of Eufurt convent. Matilda married Henry the Fowler, son of Duke Otto of Saxony, in the year 909. He succeeded his father as Duke in the year 912 and in 919 succeeded King Conrad I to the German throne. She was noted for her piety and charitable works. She was widowed in the year 936, and supported her son Henry's claim to his father's throne. When her son Otto (the Great) was elected, she persuaded him to name Henry Duke of Bavaria after he had led an unsuccessful revolt. She was severely criticized by both Otto and Henry for what they considered her extravagant charities. She resigned her inheritance to her sons, and retired to her country home but was called to the court through the intercession of Otto's wife, Edith. When Henry again revolted, Otto put down the insurrection in the year 941 with great cruelty. Matilda censo http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=307