# Matilda

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. 1031–1083), 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. 894–968), or Saint Matilda, a Saxon noblewoman
* Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080–1118), wife of Henry I
* Matilda of Tuscany (1046–1115), Margravine of Tuscany
* Matilda of Požega (c. 1210-after 1255), daughter of Margaret de Courtenay, wife of John Angelos of Syrmia
* Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (1813-1862), grand duchess of Hesse

## Transportation and military

* MATILDA, a remote-controlled surveillance and reconnaissance robot
* Matilda I (tank), a British infantry tank 1938–1940
* Matilda II, a British infantry tank 1939–1955
* HMS Matilda, the name of two Royal Navy ships
* Matilda (ship), the name of several 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 Cruises, an Australia ferry and cruise service
* Matilda effect, a bias against acknowledging the achievements of women scientists whose work is attributed to their male colleagues.
* Matilda International Hospital, in Hong Kong