Matilda of Tuscany (
Italian:
Matilde di Canossa,
Latin:
Matilda,
Mathilda; 1046 – 24 July 1115), was a powerful
feudal ruler in northern Italy and the chief Italian supporter of
Pope Gregory VII during the
Investiture Controversy; in addition, she was one of the few medieval women to be remembered for her military accomplishments, thanks to which she was able to dominate all the territories north of the Church States.