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- [S2] Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I, Tracy Borman, (New York: Bantam Books, 2011), 91-93.
- [S2] Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I, Tracy Borman, (New York: Bantam Books, 2011), 53.
- [S447] The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni, Elisabeth van Houts, ed. & trans., (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992), 33.
- [S2] Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I, Tracy Borman, (New York: Bantam Books, 2011), 42.
The council of Rheims (1049) which condemned the betrothal of William and Matilda began drawn-out diplomatic maneuvering between the Norman court and Pope Leo IX. The date of the marriage is subject to debate as is the length of the papal ban (which was eventually lifted).
- [S336429] Britain's Royal Families: A Complete Genealogy, Alison Weir, (London: Vintage Books, 2008), 43.
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