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    Matilda of Tuscany (Italian: Matilde di Canossa [maˈtilde di kaˈnɔssa], Latin: Matilda, Mathilda; c. 1046 – 24 July 1115 or Matilda of Canossa after her...
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    queen-consort Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080–1118), birth name Edith, wife of Henry I of England Matilda of Tuscany (1046–1114), Countess of Tuscany (also called...
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  • noblewoman Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080–1118), wife of Henry I Matilda of Tuscany (1046–1115), Margravine of Tuscany Matilda of Vianden, Lady of Požega (c...
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    that of the emperors in Italy. He united the Canossa inheritance, which was largely in the Emilia, to Tuscany and passed it on to his daughter Matilda. Besides...
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    He launched an invasion against the pope's principal Italian ally, Matilda of Tuscany, in 1089. She convinced Henry's elder son, Conrad II, to take up arms...
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    a family feud of the Lombard family of Rolandinghi. In the 11th century, Barga obtained from Matilda of Tuscany broad privileges including tax exemptions...
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    troops of Marchioness Matilda of Tuscany near Mantua. In December 1080, the Saxon lords who had supported the kingship of the late Rudolf of Swabia against...
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    The Tomb of Countess Matilda of Tuscany is a large sculptural memorial designed by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini and executed by Bernini and various...
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    people rebelled against the Margraviate of Tuscany upon the death of Matilda of Tuscany, who controlled vast territories that included Florence. The Florentines...
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    Canossa (category Matilda of Tuscany)
    Canossa was the name of only the castle, now in ruins, once belonging to Matilda of Tuscany, and nearby hamlet, which lie some 8 km east of the town. The new...
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    Last ruler of the dynasty was Matilda of Tuscany (c. 1046 – 1115). Her court became a refuge for many displaced persons during the turmoil of the investiture...
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    Pope Lucius III (category Deans of the College of Cardinals)
    the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I over the territories of the late Countess Matilda of Tuscany. He also held a synod in 1184 that condemned various heretical...
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    1055), briefly successor before imprisonment Matilda (1046 – 24 July 1115), successor as marchioness of Tuscany With Boniface's death on 6 May 1052, Beatrice...
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    married Margravine Matilda of Tuscany, daughter of his stepmother Beatrice of Bar, and thus became margrave of Tuscany. Godfrey and Matilda had only one child...
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  • Rabodo (category Margraves of Tuscany)
    Emperor Henry V after the death of the Marchioness Matilda of Tuscany (1115) in order to break the practice of hereditary succession in the Tuscan marquisate...
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    Biography: Matilda of Tuscany, countess of Tuscany, duchess of Lorraine, contains several of his letters to his supporter, Matilda of Tuscany. Database of the...
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    Matilda of England (June 1156 — June/July 1189) was an English princess of the House of Plantagenet and by marriage Duchess consort of Saxony and Bavaria...
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    Margravine Matilda of Tuscany, cousin Count Albert III of Namur, and Count Theoderic of Veluwe. This coalition was joined by Bishop Theoderic of Verdun,...
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    Duke of Bavaria. Welf II, Duke of Bavaria married Countess Matilda of Tuscany, who died childless and left him her possessions, including Tuscany, Ferrara...
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    fighting in central Italy between Matilda, countess of Tuscany, and Emperor Henry IV. His uncle Anselm preceded him as bishop of Lucca before being elected to...
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    Modena (redirect from History of Modena)
    this time the Song of the Watchmen of Modena was composed. Later the city was part of the possessions of the Countess Matilda of Tuscany, becoming a free...
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    and the revocation of his excommunication by the Pope who had been staying at the castle as the guest of Margravine Matilda of Tuscany. According to contemporary...
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    The Rape of Proserpina (Italian: Ratto di Proserpina), more accurately translated as the Abduction of Proserpina, is a large Baroque marble group sculpture...
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    last of the Arduinici. She is sometimes compared to her second cousin and close contemporary, Matilda of Tuscany. Born in Turin to Ulric Manfred II of Turin...
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    Florentine people rebelled against the Margraviate of Tuscany upon the death of Matilda of Tuscany, who controlled vast territories that included Florence...
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    1968, p. 31. Eads, Valerie (2003). "The Geography of Power:Matilda of Tuscany and the Strategy of Active Defense". In Kagay, Donald Joseph; Villalon...
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    Terre Matildiche (category Matilda of Tuscany)
    group of territories that was ruled by the countess Matilda of Tuscany. Canossa (cultural capital) Reggio Emilia Province of Parma Province of Modena...
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    Gherardini family (category Families of Florence)
    death of Matilda of Tuscany. They founded the Republic of Florence and had a number of Consuls in the Republic ("Consul Civitatis": heads of government)...
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    Gian Lorenzo Bernini (category Articles with National Gallery of Canada identifiers)
    decoration of the four piers under the cupola, the Cathedra Petri or Chair of St. Peter in the apse, the Tomb of Countess Matilda of Tuscany, the chapel of the...
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    Matilda of Tuscany, who established that her lands should be assigned to the Church after her death (1115). Her heirs, however, would have none of it...
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