Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony

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Matilda
Matilda depicted at her wedding in the Gospels of Henry the Lion
Duchess consort of Saxony and Bavaria
Tenure	1 February 1168 – 1180
Born	June 1156 London, England
Died	June/July 1189 (aged 32–33) Brunswick, Duchy of Saxony
Burial	Brunswick Cathedral, Lower Saxony
Spouse	Henry the Lion ​ (m. 1168)​
Issue	Matilda, Countess of Perche Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor William, Lord of Lüneburg
House	Plantagenet / Angevin[note 1]
Father	Henry II of England
Mother	Eleanor of Aquitaine

Matilda of England (June 1156 – June/July 1189) was an English princess of the House of Plantagenet^[a] and by marriage Duchess consort of Saxony and Bavaria from 1168 until her husband's deposition in 1180.

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