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[deleted] t1_izaepe8 wrote

> This of course enrages William so much that depending on the sources he either went inside the Flanders castle and beat up Matilda or he saw her attending church and pull her of her horse by her pigtails and threw her into the mud.

Ngl, I always thought that was an euphemistic way to hint at marriage by rape.

^^^Gritty ^^^reboot?

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Dawnbreaker234 OP t1_izfj6c4 wrote

You'd think that but Matilda is the daughter of Flanders is the beloved grandkid of the ruler at the time. She had many lady in waiting and guards, I doubt William had the time to rape her there and then.

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Dawnbreaker234 OP t1_izflsgh wrote

Plus he wants Flanders since it's a castle that was located behind his rivals land. Having an alliance by marriage with Flanders would make his enemies surrounded on both fronts. Raping Matilda would not only make it worse but will destroy his reputation among his own faction.

Honestly, it was lucky enough they didn't start a war against Flanders after he beat up Matilda. Honestly, history is weird like that.

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tsaimaitreya t1_izwojpl wrote

But of course any writer would write that Matilda actually wanted to marry him but she couldn't say yes because of social conventions, and William had to stage a scene to broke the conventionalism and dulfill their mutual love

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