Matilda of Béthune | |
|---|---|
 Matilda of Béthune, | |
| Died | 8 November 1263 |
| Buried | Flines Abbey |
| Noble family | Bethune |
| Spouse(s) | Guy, Count of Flanders |
| Father | Robert VII, Lord of Béthune |
| Mother | Elisabeth of Morialmé |
Matilda of Béthune (died 8 November 1264), was a noblewoman from Artois who became countess of Flanders by marriage to Guy, Count of Flanders. She was heiress to her father's titles as Lady of Béthune, of Dendermonde, of Richebourg and of Warneton, as well as Advocatess of the Abbey of Saint Vaast at Arras, and the ruler of these states in 1248-1264. She was the mother of Robert, Count of Flanders, known as Robert of Béthune after his mother.
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I am here to discuss the so-called flying saucers. Air Force interest in this problem has been due to our feeling of an obligation to identify and analyze to the best of our ability, anything in the air that may have the possibility of threat or menace to the United States. In pursuit of this obligation since 1947, we have received and analyzed between one and two thousand reports that have come to us from all kinds of sources Of this great mess of reports we have been able adequately to explain the great bulk of them, explain them to our own satisfaction we've been able to explain them as hoaxes, as erroneously identified friendly aircraft, as meteorological or electronic phenomena, or as light aberration however, there have been a certain percentage of this volume of reports that have been made by credible observers of relatively incredible things. It is this group of observations that we now are attempting to resolve. Our basic difficulty in dealing with these is that there is no measurement of them that makes it possible for us to put them in any pattern that would be profitable for a deliberate custom sort of analysis to take the next step. We have as a date come to only one firm conclusion with respect to this remaining percentage and that is that it does not contain any pattern or purpose or of consistency that we can relate with any to any conceivable threat to the United States is that (inaudible) we can say that the recent sightings are in no way connected with any secret development by any department of the United States (inaudible) we can say that the recent sightings are in no way connected with any secret development by any agency of the United States I'll start when you throw down (coughing) (inaudible) yeah Major Keyhoe, as author of the book "Flying Saucers are Real," what is your opinion of these new sightings of unidentified object? With all due respect to the Air Force, I believe that some of them will prove to be of interplanetary origin. During a three-year investigation I found that many powers have described objects of substanc and high-speed one case filed this report another plane was buffeted by an object with an estimated five hundred miles an hour obviously this was a solid object and I believe it was from outer space
Life
Matilda, also referred to as Mathilde or Mahaut, was born about 1230, the first child of Robert VII, Lord of the castle and town of Béthune and Advocate of the Abbey of Saint-Vaast at Arras, who was a major landowner and one of the twelve peers of Flanders. Her mother was Elizabeth, widow of Nicholas I, Lord of Condé, and daughter of Arnulf IV, last Lord of Morialmé. Robert and Elizabeth had two further daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah.[1]
Countess
About the age of 16, Matilda was engaged to Guy of Dampierre, who was made co-ruler of Flanders by his widowed mother Margaret II, Countess of Flanders alongside her and his elder brother William III of Dampierre, who died in 1251. In recognition of this important match for his eldest daughter, Robert of Béthune endowed her with the major part of his lands and titles.[1]
In October 1245, she still under age and unmarried, he made her heir to the ancient lands of his ancestors outside Béthune, the Pays de l'Alleu in which he held power of life and death. The marriage contract was signed on 2 February 1246 and the wedding then took place in Béthune. On 24 June 1248 Robert and Elizabeth wrote a letter to Guy and Matilda confirming that the two would inherit his lands and titles, which happened shortly after when news reached France of Robert's death.[1]
Matilda then became Lady of Béthune, of Dendermonde, of Richebourg, and of Warneton, as well as Advocatess of the Abbey of Saint Vaast at Arras. By marriage, Guy called himself Lord of these holdings and Advocate, which he was doing by October 1249.[1]
Death and legacy
Matilda died on 8 November 1264 and was buried in a tomb of black marble in the Chapel of Saint Hubert within the abbey church of Flines-lez-Raches, her husband being placed beside her later. He remarried in 1265 and had eight more children.[1]
Issue
In their 15 years together, she and Guy had eight children:[1]
- Mary (d. 1297) married:
- in 1266 William of Jülich (d. 16 March 1278), son of William IV, Count of Jülich. Their son William of Jülich, known as William the Younger, died in 1304 in the Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle.
- in 1285 Simon II of Châteauvillain (d. 28 June 1305), Lord of Arc-en-Barrois and Brémur-et-Vaurois, with whom she had eight children.
- Robert III (1249–1322), who succeeded as Count of Flanders.
- William (after 1249 – 1311), Lord of Dendermonde and Richebourg, married in 1286 Alice, daughter of Ralph II of Clermont and had children.
- John (1250 – 4 October 1290), was made Bishop of Metz and then Bishop of Liège.
- Baldwin (1252–1296).
- Margaret (c. 1253 – 3 July 1285), married in 1273 John I, Duke of Brabant and had four children, including John II, Duke of Brabant.
- Beatrice (c. 1260 – 5 April 1291), married c. 1270 Floris V, Count of Holland and was the mother of John I, Count of Holland.
- Philip (c. 1263 – November 1318), Count of Teano, married:
References
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