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Henry I ("Beauclerc") Of Normandy, King Of England
M, b. circa 1068, d. 1 December 1135
Parents
| Father | William I ("The Conqueror") Of Normandy, King Of England (b. 1028, d. 9 September 1087) |
| Mother | Matilda Of Flanders (b. circa 1031, d. 2 November 1083) |
Child with Matilda Edith Of Scotland
| Son | Geoffrey V ("The Fair") Plantagenet, Comte De Anjou And Maine+ |
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| Included in charts - lists | Box Pedigree - CRS Charles Ryland Scott Ancestors Indented - CRS Relationship to William the Conqueror |
| Relationship | 26th great-grandfather of Charles Ryland ("Ryland") Scott 28th great-grandfather of Isaac Silas Vaughn 28th great-grandfather of Katherine Gilstrap Scott 28th great-grandfather of Joseph Ryland Scott 28th great-grandfather of Charles Parker ("Parker") Scott 28th great-grandfather of Orly Marie Vaughn 28th great-grandfather of Avital Catherine Vaughn |
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Biography
| Anecdote | Reigned 1100-1135. Duke of Normandy 1106-1135. His reign is notable for important legal and administrative reforms, and for the final resolution of the investiture controversy. Abroad, he waged several campaigns in order to consolidate and expand his continental possessions. Was so hated by his brothers that they vowed to disinherit him. In 1106 he captured Robert and held him til he died. He proved to be a hard but just ruler. One of his lovers, Nest, Princess of Deheubarth, was known as the most beautiful woman in Wales; she had many lovers. He aparently died from over eating Lampreys. During a Christmas court at Windsor Castle in 1126 that Henry I, who had no legitimate male heir, tried to force his barons to accept his daughter Matilda as his successor. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles reported that "...there he caused archbishops and bishops and abbots and earls all the thegns that were there to swear to give England and Normandy after his death into the hand of his daughter". Swear they did, but they were not happy about it. None of those present were interested in being among the first to owe allegiance to a woman. The stage was set for the 19-year-long bloody struggle for the throne that rent England apart after Henry's death. Ironically, the final resolution to that civil war, the peace treaty between King Stephen and Matilda's son Henry of Anjou, was ratified on Christmas Day at Westminster in 1153. King of England from 1100. Youngest son of William the Conqueror, he succeeded his brother William II. He won the support of the Saxons by granting them a charter and marrying a Saxon princess, Edith, daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland. She was known as Matilda after her marriage, a name more acceptable to the Norman Barons than her Saxon name Edith. Henry's daughter was also called Matilda. He was an able administrator, and established a professional bureaucracy and a system of travelling judges. He was called Beauclerc because of his scholarly interests. In 1101 his elder brother Robert, Duke of Normandy, attempted to seize the crown by invading England. However, after the Treaty of Alton, Robert agreed to recognise his brother Henry as King and returned to Normandy. They fought again in 1106 at Battle of Tinchebrai at which Robert was captured and Henry became Duke of Normandy as well as King of England. Henry's only legitimate son and heir, William, was drowned in 1120 in wreck of the White Ship and Henry tried to settle the succession on his daughter Matilda and her son Henry (later Henry II). However, Matilda widow of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, was unpopular when she re-married into the House of Anjou rival of the House of Normandy. The throne was taken by Henry's nephew Stephen, who, towards the end of his reign, agreed to adopt Matilda's son as his heir. Henry died in Normandy in 1135 of food poisoning according to legend from eating a 'surfeit of Lampreys' (an eel type fish). His body was taken to Rouen and then back to England where he was buried in Reading Abbey. The Abbey was subsequently destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries 1536 to 1541. Plans to try and locate his bones have been announced by the same team who found Richard III's remains in Leicester. | |
| Birth | circa 1068 | Henry I ("Beauclerc") Of Normandy, King Of England, was born circa 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, EnglandBGO. |
| Marriage | 11 November 1100 | He and Matilda Edith Of Scotland were married on 11 November 1100. |
| Death | 1 December 1135 | He died on 1 December 1135 at age ~67 in St denis-le-Fermont, near GisorsBG. |
| Burial | He was buried in Berkshire, EnglandBGO. |
| Last Edited | 24 June 2018 |