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Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior

Gone Medieval

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Henry VIII's Decline to Marry a Widow

Henry the first was a king who was not only respected but you know quite a lot of people were terrified of him he would be obeyed. The next thing that's Henry King Henry needed to do in order to secure the future of his line on the throne is to make sure that Matilda got married again because she's a single woman and has no children if she's on the throne then this whole situation is just going to happen again in a few years time. He arranges for her to marry Jeffrey who was the son of Count Falk V of Ozhu count Falk held the counties of Ozhu and Maine right they are immediately to the south of Normandy.

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