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- Henry I, also known as Henry Beauclerc, was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and ruled as King of England from 1100 until his death in 1135. He was a shrewd and capable monarch who is remembered for his administrative reforms, legal innovations, and efforts to consolidate royal authority.
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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. On William's death in 1087, Henry's elder brothers Robert Curthose and William Rufus inherited Normandy and England ...
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Henry I (21 September 1068 — 29 November 1135), also called Henry Beauclerc (meaning good scholar), was the King of England from his older brother, William II 's assassination in 1100 until his death in 1135. He was also the Duke of Normandy from 1106 where he defeated his older brother Robert Curthose until his death in 1135.
- 5 August 1100
- William II
- 3 August 1100 — 1 December 1135
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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.
Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, and as " Bloody Mary " by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain and the Habsburg dominions as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558.
- July 1553 –, 17 November 1558
- Catherine of Aragon
Henry I, also known as Henry Beauclerc, was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and ruled as King of England from 1100 until his death in 1135. He was a shrewd and capable monarch who is remembered for his administrative reforms, legal innovations, and efforts to consolidate royal authority. Who Was Henry I?
An energetic, decisive and occasionally cruel ruler, Henry centralised the administration of England and Normandy in the royal court, using 'viceroys' in Normandy and a group of advisers in England to act on his behalf when he was absent across the Channel.
Henry I. Henry was a son of William I and his queen Matilda and was born at Selby in Yorkshire in late 1068. He was present when his brother William II (William Rufus) was killed in the New Forest in 1100 and he then set out for London and his coronation ceremony.
