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Peter" (Regest., II, ix), and wished to undertake a Crusade with them to free the Christians in the Holy Land (Reg., I, xi).

He called her and her mother "his sisters and daughters of St. 1076) give distinct expression to the pope's high esteem and sympathy for the princess. Immediately on his elevation to the papacy Gregory entered into close relations with Matilda and her mother. In this contest Matilda was the fearless, courageous, and unswerving ally of Gregory and his successors. On 22 April, 1071, Gregory VII became pope, and before long the great battle for the independence of the Church and the reform of ecclesiastical life began. These domains were of the greatest importance in the political and ecclesiastical disputes of that time, as the road from Germany by way of Upper Italy to Rome passed through them. From 1071 Matilda entered upon the government and administration of her extensive possessions in Middle and Upper Italy. He was murdered in 1076 the marriage was childless, but it cannot be proved that it was never consummated, as many historians asserted. When Matilda grew to womanhood she was married to her stepbrother Gottfried of Lower Lorraine, from whom, however, she separated in 1071. Before his death in 1056 Henry III gave back to Gottfried of Lorraine his wife and stepdaughter. She was also deeply religious, and even in her youth followed with interest the great ecclesiastical questions which were then prominent. That, however, did not prevent her receiving an excellent training she was finely educated, knew Latin, and was very fond of serious books. Thus the young countess was early dragged into the bustle of these troublous times. But, in 1055, when Henry III entered Italy he took Beatrice and her daughter Matilda prisoners and had them brought to Germany. Duke Gottfried of Lorraine, an opponent of the Emperor Henry III, went to Italy and married the widowed Beatrice. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more — all for only $19.99.Ĭountess of Tuscany, daughter and heiress of the Marquess Boniface of Tuscany, and Beatrice, daughter of Frederick of Lorraine, b.

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