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==Children== Matilda and William had four sons and at least five daughters.{{sfn|Douglas|1964|p=393}} The birth order of the boys is clear, but no source gives the relative order of birth of the daughters.{{sfn|Douglas|1964|p=393}} # [[Robert Curthose|Robert]] (c.1053 – 10 February 1134),<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Turner|first=Ralph V.|title=The Children of Anglo-Norman Royalty and Their Upbringing|date=1990|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45048108|journal=Medieval Prosopography|volume=11|issue=2|page=45|jstor=45048108|issn=0198-9405}}</ref>{{sfn|Douglas|1964|p=394}} Duke of Normandy, married [[Sybil of Conversano]], daughter of [[Geoffrey of Conversano]].{{sfn|Thompson|2004}} # [[Richard, Duke of Bernay|Richard]], (c.1055 – c.1069-74)<ref name=":0" /> #[[Adeliza]] (or Adelida,{{sfn|van Houts|2004a}} Adelaide{{sfn|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1996|p=35}}), (c.1057, – c.1073),<ref name=":0" /> reportedly betrothed to [[Harold II of England]], probably a nun of St Léger at Préaux.{{sfn|van Houts|2004a}} #[[Cecilia of Normandy|Cecilia]] (or Cecily), (c.1058 – 1127).<ref name=":0" /> Abbess of [[Abbaye aux Dames|Holy Trinity, Caen]].<ref name=":0" />{{sfn|Gathagan|2017|p=841}} # [[William II of England|William Rufus]], (c.1060 – 2 August 1100),<ref name=":0" />{{sfn|Douglas|1964|p=394}} King of England, killed in the New Forest. #Matilda (c.1061 – c.1086)<ref name=":0" />{{sfn|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1996|p=35}} possibly died much later (according to Trevor Foulds's suggestion that she was identical to Matilda d'Aincourt{{sfn|Sharpe|2007|pp=1–27}}<ref>Nottingham Medieval Studies 36: 42–78.</ref>). # [[Constance of Normandy|Constance]] (c.1062 – 1090),<ref name=":0" /> married [[Alan IV, Duke of Brittany|Alan IV Fergent]], [[Duke of Brittany]].{{sfn|Douglas|1964|p=395}} # [[Adela of Normandy|Adela]], (c.1067 – 1137),<ref name=":0" /> married [[Stephen, Count of Blois]].{{sfn|Douglas|1964|p=395}} Mother of King [[Stephen, King of England|Stephen of England]]. # [[Henry I of England|Henry]] (late 1068 – 1 December 1135)<ref name=":0" />{{sfn|Douglas|1964|p=394}} King of England, married [[Matilda of Scotland]], daughter of [[Malcolm III of Scotland]]. His second wife was [[Adeliza of Louvain]].{{sfn|Fryde|Greenway|Porter|Roy|1996|p=35}} # [[Agatha of Normandy|Agatha]], betrothed to [[Harold II of England]], [[Alfonso VI of Castile]], and possibly [[Herbert I, Count of Maine]], but died unmarried.<ref group=lower-alpha>It is not certain Adeliza and Agatha were not the same daughter, but if they were different daughters [[William of Jumièges]] seems to bear the responsibility for confusing the two. None of the daughters' ages is known according to [[Orderic Vitalis]]. See {{harvnb|Douglas|1964|p=395}}; {{harvnb|Ordericus Vitalis|1854|pp=181–182 |loc=n. 1}}</ref>{{sfn|Douglas|1964|p=395}}
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