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Apr 14, 2024 · Westminster, Middlesex, England. Genealogy for King of England Henry I "Beauclerc" (1068 - 1135) family tree on Geni, with over 260 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
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Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts.
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Key facts about King Henry I who was born September, 1068, reigned (1100 - 1135) including biography, historical timeline and links to the British royal family tree.
His family line connects with King Henry 1 through Gilbert L’Aigle Who drowned with the White Ship along with 2 of his sons, which, King Henry said were his grandsons. The Normandy Dynasty ended & the Plantagenet Dynasty began.
- Birth
- King of The English
- Queen and Heirs
- Henry and The Church
- Dukedom of Normandy
- Succession Crisis
- Burial
- Aftermath
- Illegitimate Children
- Note on Sources
Henry I, King of the English, was the youngest son of William, Duke of Normandy and King of the English - "the Conqueror" - and his wife Matilda, daughter of Baudouin Count of Flanders. He was born some time in 1068, the only son born in England after his father's 1066 conquest of the kingdom, although the exact date and place are not known. Local ...
Henry's fortunes changed In 1095, when Pope Urban II proclaimed the First Crusade, exhorting "those, who formerly contended against brothers and relations, (to) rightly fight barbarians;" Urban II might well have been referring to the FitzWilliam brothers. Robert Curthose, being again moneyless, mortgaged his dukedom to his brother William Rufus to...
Another tie that Henry made with the displaced Saxon dynasty of England was in his marriage to Eadgith, (Edith) daughter of Malcolm, King of the Scots. Her mother was (St) Margaret of the house of Wessex. whose father had been Edward the Ætheling, or heir presumptive, to Edward the Confessor - "of the true royal family of England", according to the...
Henry did not wait to be crowned by Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, as was customary, because Anselm was then overseas in exile as the result of a quarrel with William Rufus. Henry wrote immediately to Anselm explaining his need for haste and inviting his return. Relations between king and prelate were generally supportive, although marred by the...
Although Robert Curthose made a half-hearted attempt to oppose Henry's seizure of power in England, Henry's reign there was not seriously threatened after the 1101 treaty of Alton, when Robert renounced any claim to England and recognized Henry as king . In doing so, Robert revealed himself as weak and vulnerable to attack. Many of the powerful men...
Henry suddenly found himself with his nephew and enemy William Clito as his apparent heir. William Adelin had been the king's only legitimate son, and he died without issue. His only legitimate daughter, Matilda, wife of Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, had no issue with him. Henry remarried on 29 January 1121 in hopes of engendering another legitimate ...
The chroniclers of that time were wont to embellish such events as the death of a great king. It is not necessary to believe their tales of prophetic dreams and a "surfeit of lampreys". Henry was 68 years of age. He apparently lingered long enough to make a number of deathbed pronouncements, including the matter of the succession, but also concerni...
When King Henry died . . . the peace and harmony of the kingdom were buried with him. - Gesta Stephani.
Henry I had a large number of acknowledged illegitimate children, possibly as many as 24 - probably more than any other English monarch - with an unknown number of women, many unidentified. These children could be valuable assets for a king - the sons as loyal lieutenants, "likely to support rather than challenge the succession of a legitimate heir...
The reign of Henry I was documented by a number of contemporary chroniclers. Notable among these were: 1. Eadmer, Historia Novorum in Anglia 2. Henry of Huntington, Historia Anglorum 3. Orderic VItalis, Historia Ecclesiastica 4. Robert of Torigini, Chronique 5. William of Malmesbury, Gesta Regnum Anglorum, Historia Novella These sources are extensi...
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This is the family tree for monarchs of England (and Wales after 1282) from Alfred the Great to Elizabeth I of England. The House of Wessex family tree precedes this family tree and the family tree of the British royal family follows it.
Dec 4, 2019 · Henry I reigned as the king of England from 1100 to 1135 CE. The son of William the Conqueror (r. 1066-1087 CE), Henry succeeded his brother William II of...
