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36: The History of the Plantagenets

Classical Stuff You Should Know

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The Importance of Marriage in the Middle Ages

So he had one daughter by one wife named Matilda. And then he had another daughter by another wife namedMatilda. So she was Empress Matilda and married to the Holy Roman Emperor. Henry the 5th, not the Pope. Not the Pope. Which was in their eyes the Emperor of the Roman Empire. But her kids are now the Emperor.

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