Matilda of Tuscany (born 1046)

Matilda of Tuscany

Canossian dynasty countess of Tuscany (c.1046–1115)

Matilda of Tuscany, or Matilda of Canossa, also referred to as la Gran Contessa, was a member of the House of Canossa in the second half of the eleventh century. Matilda was one of the most important governing figures of the Italian Middle Ages. She reigned in a time of constant…