Editing Empress Matilda (section)

==Death==
Matilda died on 10 September 1167 in Rouen, and her remaining wealth was given to the Church.<ref>{{Harvnb|Chibnall|1991|p=190}}; {{cite web | url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/18338 | title=Matilda [Matilda of England] (1102–1167), Empress, Consort of Heinrich V |mode=cs2| access-date=22 December 2013 | last1= Chibnall| first1= Marjorie | website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | publisher=Oxford University Press | year = 2004–2013 }}</ref>{{refn|The chronicler [[Geoffrey of Vigeois]] stated that Matilda had become a nun at the time of her death, but he appears to have confused the Empress with [[Matilda of Anjou]].<ref name=Chibnall1991PP190191>{{Harvnb|Chibnall|1991|pp=190–191}}</ref>|group="nb"}} She was buried under the high altar at the abbey of [[Bec Abbey|Bec-Hellouin]] in a service led by [[Rotrou (archbishop of Rouen)|Rotrou]], the [[archbishop of Rouen]].<ref name=Chibnall1991PP190191/> Her tomb's [[epitaph]] included the lines "Great by birth, greater by marriage, greatest in her offspring: here lies Matilda, the daughter, wife, and mother of Henry", which became a famous phrase among her contemporaries.<ref name=Chibnall1991P191>{{Harvnb|Chibnall|1991|p=191}}</ref>{{refn|The original Latin of the phrase runs ''Ortu magna, viro major, sed maxima partu, hic jacet Henrici filia, sponsa, parens''.<ref name=Chibnall1991P191/>|group="nb"}} This tomb was damaged in a fire in 1263 and later restored in 1282, before finally being destroyed by an English army in 1421.<ref name=Chibnall1991P192>{{Harvnb|Chibnall|1991|p=192}}</ref> In 1684 the [[Congregation of St Maur]] identified some of her remaining bones and reburied them at Bec-Hellouin in a new coffin.<ref name=Chibnall1991P192/> Her remains were lost again after the destruction of Bec-Hellouin's church by [[Napoleon]], but were found once more in 1846 and this time reburied at Rouen Cathedral, where they remain.<ref name=Chibnall1991P192/>