David upheld his support for his niece, the former Empress-consort, who had how many children?
Empress Matilda Empress Matilda (c. 7 February 110210 September 1167), also known as the Empress Maude, was the claimant to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy. The daughter of King Henry I of England, she moved to Germany as a child when she married the future Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. She travelled with her husband into Italy in 1116, was controversially crowned in St. Peter's Basilica, and acted as the imperial regent in Italy. Matilda and Henry had no children, and when Henry died in 1125, the crown was claimed by Lothair II, one of his political enemies.
Nitzevet Nitzevet ("Nzb'th") was an Israelite woman who was the mother of David according to the Talmud, but she is not named in the Bible. She was an ancestor of the Kings of Judah.