Matilda of Amboise

Matilda of Amboise (Mahaut, Mathilde d'Amboise; c. 1200 ‒ 12 May 1256) was a French medieval noblewoman, the Countess of Chartres. She was the daughter of Sulpice III of Amboise and Isabella of Blois.[1]

She married Richard II, Vicomte de Beaumont,[2] but it seems they were childless. Richard died on 17 September 1242. In 1232 Matilda and Richard gave land to the nuns of Lieu.[3] Matilda later married Jean II de Nesle. She was also childless with him.

On Matilda’s death, her cousin John I, Count of Blois reunited Chartres with Blois.

References
  1. Smith & Wells 2009, p. 144.
  2. Smith & Wells 2009, p. 291.
  3. Smith & Wells 2009, p. 146.

Sources
  • Smith, Katherine Allen; Wells, Scott (2009). Negotiating community and difference in medieval Europe: gender, power, patronage, and the authority of religion in Latin Christendom. Brill.144
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