Matilda

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Matilda (sometimes spelled Mathilda) is a female name, of Teutonic derivation, meaning "mighty warrior." Its most common alternate forms are Maud and Mathilde. Among the notable women who have borne that name are:

Matilda of Ringelheim (892 – 967/8), Holy Roman Empress
Matilda of Flanders (~1031 – 1083), Queen of England, wife of William I of England
Matilda of Tuscany (1046 – 1114), Countess of Tuscany (also called Matilda or Matilde of Canossa)
Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080 – 1118), originally named Edith, wife of Henry I of England
Empress Matilda (1102 – 1167), Lady of the English, Holy Roman Empress, daughter of Henry I of England (also called the Empress Maud)
Matilda of Boulogne (1104 – 1152), Queen of England, wife of Stephen of England
Matilda of Savoy (1125 – 1158), First Portuguese queen-consort
Matilda, Duchess of Saxony (1156 – 1189), Duchess of Saxony, daughter of Henry II of England
Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826 – 1898), 19^th century American feminist and freethinker
Matilda Coxe (neé Evans) Stevenson (1855-1915), U.S. ethnologist and author
Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant (1973), wife of the heir apparent to the Belgian throne, HRH Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant
Saint Matilda

There is also:

"Matilda", a popular calypso recorded by artists including Harry Belafonte
Matilda, a children's literature story about Matilda Wormwood:
* Matilda (novel), the novel by Roald Dahl
* "Matilda (film)", the 1996 film directed by Danny DeVito and starring him and Mara Wilson, based on the novel
Matilda (novella), a novella by Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein
The Matilda tank
Matilda McDuck - oldest sister of Scrooge McDuck, wife of Ludwig Von Drake, and aunt of Donald Duck
Matilda - the kangaroo mascot of the 1982 Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane
Matilda the spider genus (Cyatholipidae)
253 Mathilde - an asteroid
Nurse Matilda - a novel series later adapted into the film Nanny McPhee
The Matilda Social Centre in Sheffield

If you are looking for information on the famous Australian folk song, see "Waltzing Matilda".

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