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Empress Matilda

Empress Matilda, the figure at the heart of the English civil war of the 1140s, was born on this date in 1102. Here she is played by Alison Pill. Source.

Wax Caroline Matilda

Caroline Matilda was a daughter of King George III of Great Britain, and for a time was Queen of Denmark until she was divorced and exiled for carrying on an affair. Her story was sufficiently notorious to land her in the wax museum. Source.

Matilde Juva-Branca

Portrait of Matilde Juva-Branca (1851) by Francesco Hayez.

Matilda the Milkmaid

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Mathildenhöhe

The spirit of the world exhibitions of the 1890s lives on in Darmstatd, Hesse. Source. The Wedding Tower has everything you could want in a tower: a clock, a sundial, an observation deck, and a lot of Art Nouveau style. Source.

Orlando (1992)

Tilda Swinton in Orlando (1992).