Talk:Matilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of Lotharingia

Cousin????
Matilda's mother Theophanu had always agreed to the wedding but Matilda's cousin and teacher Abbess Matilde did not agree to the marriage. Without the consent of Matilda's mother the marriage would not happen with certainty, it is even likely that this marriage was to ensure the power of Otto III. The family had extensive estates in the Lower Rhine and Mosel. Ezzo's mother came from the house of the Dukes of Swabia and so Ezzo laid claims to these lands. Matilda received them out of Ottonian possessions and gave them to her husband.

Matilde was her aunt..... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.247.184.121 (talk) 20:55, 26 October 2020 (UTC)