She was designated Henry’s heir, and on his death in 1135, Stephen siezed the throne and Matilda invaded England in 1139 inaugurating a period of inconclusive civil war. She and her second husband (Geoffrey) captured Normandy and in 1152 the Treaty of Wallingford recognized Henry as Stephen’s heir. Burke says she was betrothed in her eighth year (1119) to Henry.

Matilda, b. 1104; d. 10 Sep. 1167; m. 3 apr. 1127, Geoffrey V “Plantagenet” (118-25), Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy; b. 24 Aug. 1113; d. 7 Sep. 1151. (She was the widow of Henry V, Emperor of Germany, who d. s. p. 22 May 1125). (G. E. Cokayne’s (new revised) “Complete Peerage,” vol.s I-XII pt. 2, 1910-1959 - V, 736; James Balfour Paul, “Scots Peerage,” 9 volumes, 1904-1914 - I, 1-2; “Century Cyclopedia of Names.”)55