Matilda
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Matilda (sometimes spelled Mathilda) is a female name, of Teutonic derivation, meaning "mighty warrior." Its most common alternate forms are Maud and Mathilde. Among the notable women who have borne that name are:
- Matilda of Ringelheim (892–967/8), Holy Roman Empress, wife of Henry I the Fowler, King of the East Franks
- Matilda of Flanders (ca 1031–1083), Queen of England, wife of William I of England
- Matilda of Tuscany (1046–1114), Countess of Tuscany (also called Matilda or Matilde of Canossa)
- Matilda of Scotland (ca 1080–1118), originally named Edith, wife of Henry I of England
- Empress Matilda (1102–1167), Lady of the English, Holy Roman Empress, daughter of Henry I of England, mother of Henry II of England; also called the Empress Maud
- Matilda of Boulogne (1104–1152), Queen of England, wife of Stephen of England
- Matilda of Savoy (1125–1158), First Portuguese queen-consort
- Matilda, Duchess of Saxony (1156–1189), Duchess of Saxony, daughter of Henry II of England
- Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826–1898), 19th century American feminist and freethinker
- Matilda Coxe Stevenson (1855–1915, née Evans), American ethnologist and author
- Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant (1973– ), wife of the heir apparent to the Belgian throne, HRH Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant
- Saint Matilda
There is also:
- "Matilda", a popular calypso recorded by artists including Harry Belafonte
- Matilda, a children's literature story about Matilda Wormwood:
- Matilda, the novel by Roald Dahl
- "Matilda", the 1996 film directed by Danny DeVito and starring him and Mara Wilson, based on the novel
- "Matilda", the 1978 film about a kangaroo named Matilda
- Matilda, a novella by Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein
- The Tank, Infantry, Mk I, Matilda I (A11) infantry tank
- The Tank, Infantry, Mk II, Matilda II (A12) infantry tank
- Matilda McDuck, oldest sister of Scrooge McDuck, wife of Ludwig Von Drake and aunt of Donald Duck
- Matilda, the kangaroo mascot of the 1982 Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane
- Matilda the spider genus (Cyatholipidae)
- 253 Mathilde, an asteroid
- Nurse Matilda, a novel series later adapted into the film Nanny McPhee
- The Matilda Social Centre in Sheffield
- "Waltzing Matilda", a famous Australian folk song
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