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Matilda of Scotland

1080 - 1118

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Matilda of Scotland (originally christened Edith, 1080 – 1 May 1118), also known as Good Queen Maud, was Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy as the first wife of King Henry I. She acted as regent of England on several occasions during Henry's absences: in 1104, 1107, 1108, and 1111. Daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland and the Anglo-Saxon princess Margaret of Wessex, Matilda was educated at a convent in southern England, where her aunt Christina was abbess and forced her to wear a veil. In 1093, Matilda was engaged to an English nobleman until her father and her brother Edward were killed in the Battle of Alnwick in 1093. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matilda of Scotland has received more than 950,571 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Matilda of Scotland is the 399th most popular companion (down from 379th in 2019), the 1,095th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,089th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Companion.

Memorability Metrics

  • 950k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Matilda of Scotland ranks 399 out of 784. Before her are Violant of Aragon, Maria of Aragon, Queen of Castile, Blanche of Valois, Anne Sophie Reventlow, Al-Muqtadi, and Margaret of France, Queen of England. After her are Sophia of Bavaria, Elizabeth of Poland, Queen of Hungary, Gertrude of Merania, Galeria Valeria, Adela of Pfalzel, and Despina Khatun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1080, Matilda of Scotland ranks 7. Before her are Pope Eugene III, Avempace, Suger, Norbert of Xanten, Isidore the Laborer, and Theresa, Countess of Portugal. After her are Margaret Fredkulla, Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan, Sanai, Abu Hamid al-Gharnati, Raymond du Puy, and Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī. Among people deceased in 1118, Matilda of Scotland ranks 7. Before her are Alexios I Komnenos, Baldwin I of Jerusalem, Pope Paschal II, Muhammad I Tapar, Adelaide del Vasto, and Maria of Alania. After her are Al-Mustazhir, Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, Philip of Sweden, and Arnulf of Chocques.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Matilda of Scotland ranks 1,095 out of 8,785. Before her are Don Airey (1948), E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902), William Henry (1774), Helen McCrory (1968), Seamus Heaney (1939), and Joseph Swan (1828). After her are Ian Rush (1961), Henry Walter Bates (1825), James Dunlop (1793), Patrick Macnee (1922), Brenda Blethyn (1946), and Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Matilda of Scotland ranks 36. Before her are Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766), Charles Lightoller (1874), Eadgyth (910), Anne Hyde (1637), Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505), and Princess Marie of Orléans (1865). After her are Cynthia Lennon (1939), Mary de Bohun (1369), John Newton (1725), Sophie, Countess of Wessex (1965), Ealhswith (852), and Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916).

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