A King’s Daughter Who Attempted to Murder Her Father

Lea
3 min readAug 10, 2021

An illegitimate daughter with a serious grudge against dad.

Henry I of England is well known for his numerous bastard children. Most of English nobility descends from Henry through his bastard lines. He only had two legitimate children survive to adulthood, and only one, his daughter, Matilda, produced any children. Matilda’s son would eventually reign over England as Henry II after a nasty civil war called the Anarchy.

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