| Name |
Henry |
| Title |
King of England |
| Suffix |
I |
Relationship | with Kathleen Alice Jones-Rouse
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| Birth |
Sep 1068 |
Selby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Also Known As |
Beauclerc, Lion of Justice |
| Occupation |
1100 to 1135 |
| King of England |
- 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 b y his brothers that they vowed to disinherit him. In 1106 he captured Robert and held him until he died. He proved to be a hard but just ruler.
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| Occupation |
1106 to 1135 |
| Duke of Normandy |
| Stories and Notes |
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. |
| Web Site |
Britannia's Site Page about Henry I, Beauclerc - http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon24.html |
| Web Site |
Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I_of_England |
| To Lady Kathleen |
26 x great grandfather |
| Death |
1 Dec 1135 |
Staint Derisle Fermont, Angers, , England, United Kingdom |
| Burial |
Winchester Cathedral, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom |
| Person ID |
I1944 |
Enchanted Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
6 Sep 2020 |
| Family 1 |
Lady Sybil Corbert, of Alcester, b. 1077, Alcester, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom d. Aft 1157 (Age 81 years) |
| Children |
| + | 1. Earl of Gloucester Robert De Caen, b. 1090, Caen, , Basse-Normandie, France d. 31 Oct 1147, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (Age 57 years) |
| + | 2. Princess of England Elizabeth, b. 1095, Talby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom d. 1124, Carrick, Argyll, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 29 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1361 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
1 Apr 2012 |
| Family 2 |
Edith Canmore, b. 1080, Dunfermline, , Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 1 May 1118, Westminster, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom (Age 38 years) |
| Marriage |
11 Nov 1100 |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F911 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
14 Mar 2012 |
1068 - 1135 (67 years)
