Agatha OF NORMANDY

1064 - 1074  (10 years)

• Name	Agatha OF NORMANDY
  Born	1064
  Gender	Female
  Died	1074
  Person ID	I6041	adkinshorton
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	William I 'the Conqueror' KING OF ENGLAND,   b. 14 Oct 1024, Falaise, Normandy, France ,   d. 9 Sep 1085, Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandy, France  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Matilda OF FLANDERS,   b. Abt 1032, Flanders, France ,   d. 2 Nov 1083, Caen, Normandy, France  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Married	1049	Normandy, France
  Family ID	F25301	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Agatha, mentioned by Ordericus Vitalis as one of the daughters of William I of England and Matilda of Flanders, Agatha, who had been betrothed to Harold II, was afterwards demanded in marriage by Alphonso VI of Castile and delivered to his proxies to be conducted to him. But she, who had lost her former spouse who was to her liking, felt extreme repugnance to marry another. The Englishman she had seen and loved, but the Spaniard she was more averse to because she had never set eyes on him. She therefore, fervently prayed to the Almighty that she might never be carried into Spain, but that he would rather take her to himself. Her prayers were heard, and she died a virgin while she was on the road. Her corpse was brought back to and interred in Bayeux in 1079.