Matilda (name)
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| Gender | Female |
| Meaning | strength in battle |
| Origin | Germanic |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Matilda |
Matilda (sometimes spelled Mathilda) is a female name, of Teutonic derivation, derived from words meaning "might, strength" and "battle." Its most common variants are Maud and Mathilde.
[edit] Famous People
- St. Matilda (892–968), 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 Mathilde 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, Queen of Germany, daughter of Henry I of England, mother of Henry II of England; known as the Empress Matilda, or 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 of England (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
- Mathilda May (born 1965), French film actress
- Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant (born 1973), wife of the heir apparent to the Belgian throne, HRH Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant
[edit] Fictional Characters
- Matilda McDuck, a fictional character from Walt Disney Company's Clan McDuck
- Matilda Wormwood, the central character in the book and the film.
- Matilda "Mattie" Hunter, a fictional character from the popular Austrlian soap Home & Away, played by Indiana Evans.
[edit] "Matila" in Music
- "Waltzing Matilda" is widely considered the most patriotic Australian folk song.
A calypso song composed by Norman Span (King Radio), which in 1953 become famous world-wide from the version by Harry Belafonte.
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