Matilda of Amboise (Mahaut, Mathilde d'Amboise; c. 1200 ‒ 12 May 1256) was the Countess of
Chartres 1248-1256. She was the daughter of
Sulpice III of Amboise and
Isabella of Blois.
She married Richard II, Vicomte de Beaumont, but it seems they were
childless. Richard died on 17 September 1242. In 1232 Matilda and Richard gave land to the nuns of Lieu. Matilda later married Jean II de Nesle. She was also childless with him.
On Matilda’s death, her cousin
John I, Count of Blois reunited Chartres with
Blois
Blois ( ; ) is a commune and the capital city of Loir-et-Cher department, in Centre-Val de Loire, France, on the banks of the lower Loire river between Orléans and Tours.
With 45,898 inhabitants by 2019, Blois is the most populated city of the ...
.
References
Sources
*
*144
{{Dukes of Chartres
1200s births
1256 deaths
13th-century French women
13th-century French nobility
13th-century women rulers