A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Matilda (of Flanders)
The pope granted them absolution for this marriage, on condition of building two chapels, one for men, the other for women. The first was erected by the Conqueror, and the last by Matilda. She is distinguished for working the famous tapestry in wool, portraying the descent upon England. The leaders have their different armorial bearings; and the vessels also are part-coloured. It was given by William to his brother Eudes, bishop of Bayeux, where it is yet preserved in the cathedral. There is a learned explanation of it given by Mr. Lancelot, in the 8th vol. of Mémoires de l'Académie des Inscriptions. Her kindness and generosity to her eldest son Robert, in some degree recompensed ⟨him⟩ for the coldness of a father who did not love him, and who was not a kind husband.
On the wall of the chapel at Caen (the one erected by William) figures of himself and Matilda were painted. In 1700 the chapel was pulled down, but they had previously been engraved by Montfaucon.