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Tag: St Matilda of Ringelheim
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Matilda of Ringelheim
St Matilda (Approx. 894/7 – 968) was born in Enger near Hereford, Germany. She was the daughter of Count Detrick and Countess Reinhild. St Matilda was educated at Hereford Abbey where her grandmother was Abbess. She was betrothed to the son and heir of the Saxon duke Otto the Illustrious, King Henry. He was twenty years…