Matilda

Template:Sister project Matilda or Mathilda may refer to:

Animals

• Matilda (chicken) (1990–2006), World's Oldest Living Chicken record holder
• Mathilda (gastropod), a genus of gastropods in the family Mathildidae
• Matilda (horse) (1824–1846), British Thoroughbred racehorse
• Matilda, a dog of the professional wrestling tag-team The British Bulldogs

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

• Matelda, also spelled Matilda, a character from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
• Matilda, a comic strip character from Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
• Matilda, a house robot in Robot Wars
• Matilda Quinn, a character in the 2019 comic series Chrononauts: Futureshock
• Matilda Wormwood, title character of Roald Dahl's novel Matilda
• One of the main characters from the Finnish game series Angry Birds

Film

• Matilda (1978 film), an American comedy
• Matilda (1996 film), based on Roald Dahl's novel
• Matilda (2017 film), а Russian historical romantic drama
• Matilda the Musical (film) a Netflix adaptation of Matilda the Musical

Literature

• Matilda (Normanby novel), an 1825 novel by Lord Normanby
• Matilda (novel), a 1988 children's novel by Roald Dahl
• Mathilda (novella), the second long work of fiction of Mary Shelley

Music

• "Waltzing Matilda", a song often described as Australia's “unofficial national anthem”
• Matilda (album), by Stateless, 2011
• "Matilda" (calypso song), composed by Norman Span (King Radio), which in 1953 became known from the version by Harry Belafonte
• "Matilda" (Alt-J song), 2012
• "Matilda" (Harry Styles song), 2022

Other uses in arts and entertainment

• Matilda the Musical, a 2010 stage musical based on Roald Dahl's novel
• Matilda Awards, Australian performance awards

People

• Matilda (name) (also Mathilda and Mathilde), a female given name
• Empress Matilda (1102–1167), claimant to the English throne
• Matilda, Countess of Angus (fl. 13th century), Scottish noblewoman
• Matilda, Countess of Rethel (1091–1151), French noblewoman
• Matilda of Amboise (c. 1200 ‒ 1256), French noblewoman
• Matilda of Andechs (died 1245), daughter of Margrave Berthold I of Istria
• Matilda of Anjou (c. 1106 – 1154), Duchess of Normandy
• Matilda of Bavaria (disambiguation), several people
• Matilda of Béthune (died 1264), countess of Flanders
• Matilda of Boulogne (disambiguation), several people
• Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1276–1318), a German noblewoman
• Matilda of Carinthia (died 1160 or 1161), daughter of Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia
• Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156–1189), daughter of Henry II
• Matilda of Flanders (c. Template:Trim–1083), wife of William the Conqueror
• Matilda of France (943–981/982), member of the Carolingian dynasty
• Matilda of Franconia (c. 1027 – 1034), daughter of Emperor Conrad II
• Matilda of Frisia (died 1044), wife of Henry I, King of the Franks
• Matilda of Ringelheim (c. Template:Trim–968), or Saint Matilda, a Saxon noblewoman
• Matilda of Scotland (c. Template:Trim–1118), wife of Henry I
• Matilda of Tuscany (1046–1115), Margravine of Tuscany
• Matilda of Požega (c. Template:Trim-after 1255), daughter of Margaret de Courtenay, wife of John Angelos of Syrmia
• Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (1813-1862), grand duchess of Hesse

Military

• Matilda I (tank), a British infantry tank 1938–1940
• Matilda II, a British infantry tank 1939–1955
• , the name of two Royal Navy ships

Other uses

• Matilda, a colloquial term for a swag (bedroll) carried by a swagman in the Australian bush
• Australia women's national soccer team, nicknamed Matildas
• Matilda (mascot), the mascot of the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Australia
• Matilda (ship), the name of several ships
• Matilda Cruises, an Australia ferry and cruise service
• MATILDA, a remote-controlled surveillance and reconnaissance robot
• Matilda effect, a bias against acknowledging the achievements of women scientists, whose work is consequently attributed to their male colleagues.
• Matilda International Hospital, in Hong Kong

See also

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• Mathilde (disambiguation)
  • Matilde