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- Maud, Abbess of Montivilliers was a natural daughter of Henry I of England and his young mistress Isabel de Beaumont (ca 1102 - ca 1172), herself a sister of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester.
Born Matilda Fitzroy, her maternal grandparents were Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester and Elizabeth of Vermandois. She was a half-sister of Richard "Strongbow" de Clare, her mother's son through a marriage to Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and of the Empress Matilda, who apparently valued her company and advice. Perhaps due to their closeness, Matilda or "Maud" is called the Sister of the Empress Matilda.
She married, before 1113, Conan III, Duke of Brittany, and had three children, Hoel, Count of Nantes, Bertha, Duchess of Brittany (born c. 1114), and Constance. On his death-bed in 1148, Conan disinherited Hoel from succeeding him as Duke, claiming that Hoel was illegitimate and no son of his. By this move Bertha became Conan's heiress and successor, but Hoel kept his county of Nantes.
After being widowed Matilda became the abbess of the Abbey Church of Notre-Dame, Montivilliers, and for that reason is best known as Maud of Montivilliers.
Matilda of Montvilliers was born illegitimately. She was also known as Maud. She was the Abbess at Montvilliers.
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, d. 01 Dec 1135, Saintt-Denis-le-Fermont, Picardie, France