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CarveHerName on Nostr: #OnThisDay, 7 Apr 1141, Matilda is legally recognised as ruler of England in her own ...

#OnThisDay, 7 Apr 1141, Matilda is legally recognised as ruler of England in her own right. Her coronation never happens.

She was appointed heir by her father Henry I, then usurped by her cousin Stephen after Henry’s death. The civil war between the cousins is known as the Anarchy and lasted from 1138 to 1153.

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