Saint Matilda of Saxony:
29th great-grandmother
Matilda
was the daughter of Count Dietrich of Westphalia and Reinhild of Denmark.
She was also known as Mechtildis and Maud. She was raised by her grandmother,
the Abbess of Eufurt convent. When her
son Otto (the Great) was elected, she persuaded him to name Henry
Duke of Bavaria after he had led an unsuccessful revolt. She was severely
criticized by both Otto and Henry for what they considered her extravagant
charities. She resigned her inheritance to her sons, and retired to
her country home but was called to the court through the intercession
of Otto's wife, Edith.
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