That summer on a visit to Wilton Abbey, Rufus had been matched with Matilda, the daughter of Malcolm Canmore and his wife Margaret, in a matrimony that would have strengthened the bonds between England and Scotland.
那年夏天,在访问威尔顿修道院时,鲁弗斯与马尔科姆·坎莫尔和他的妻子玛格丽特的女儿玛蒂尔达配对,这桩婚姻本可以加强英格兰和苏格兰之间的联系。