An Exemplary Consort

She was an virtuous queen, renowned for her deep piety and charity. She is Saint Matilda of Germany, also known as Matilda of Ringelheim. Born into a family of ancient nobility in Enger, Westphalia, around 895, her father was the Saxon count of Westphalia, Theodoric of Ringelheim, and her mother was Reinhild of Frisia.