Henry I Beauclerc King of England 
Henry I Beauclerc was born in 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England.1 Henry I Beauclerc's father was William I the Conqueror King of England and his mother was Matilda (Maud) de Flanders. His paternal grandparents were Robert I the Devil Duke of Normandy and Herleva (Arlette) de Falaise; his maternal grandparents were Baudouin V the Pious Ct de Flanders and Adela (Alix) Capet de France Cts de Contenance. He had a brother and three sisters, named William II Rufus Normandy, Adela (Alice), Gundrada and Sibylla. He died due to Apparently died from over eating Lampreys, or of food poisoning. at the age of 67 on December 1st, 1135 in Gisors, France.1 General Notes
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REF: British Monarchy Official Website: After William's death while hunting in the New Forest in 1100, his younger brother, Henry I (reigned 1100-35), succeeded to the throne. By 1106 he had captured Normandy from his brother,
Robert, who then spent the last 28 years of his life as his brother's prisoner. An energetic and decisive ruler, Henry centralised the administration of
England and Normandy in the royal court, and extended royal powers of patronage.
Acceded 1100-1135.
Henry I
William's younger brother Henry (reigned 1100-35) succeeded to the throne. He was crowned three days after his brother's death, against the possibility that his eldest brother Robert might claim the English throne. After the decisive battle of Tinchebrai in 1106 in France, Henry completed his conquest of Normandy from Robert, who then (unusually even for that time) spent the last 28 years of his life as his brother's prisoner. 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 successfully sought to increase royal revenues, as shown by the official records of his exchequer (the Pipe Roll of 1130, the first exchequer account to survive). He established peaceful relations with Scotland, through his marriage to Mathilda of Scotland.
Henry's name 'Beauclerc' denoted his good education (as the youngest son, his parents possibly expected that he would become a bishop); Henry was probably the first Norman king to be fluent in English. In 1120, his legitimate sons William and Richard drowned in the White Ship which sank in the English Channel. This posed a succession problem, as Henry never allowed any of his illegitimate children to expect succession to either England or Normandy. Henry had a legitimate daughter Matilda (widow of Emperor Henry V, subsequently married to the Count of Anjou). However, it was his nephew Stephen (reigned 1135-54), son of William the Conqueror's daughter Adela, who succeeded Henry after his death allegedly caused by eating too many lampreys (fish) in 1135, as the barons mostly opposed the idea of a female ruler.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0893 in of Normandy, France d.17 DEC 942 in France
- b.28 AUG 933 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France d.20 NOV 996 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.~ 0911 in Brittany, France d.< 0945
- b.0958 in of Normandy, France d.28 Aug 1026 in Fecamp, S-Infr, France
- b.~ 0910 in Blauzahn, Germany d.1 NOV 986 in Jomsborg
- b.0936 in , Normandy, France d.1031 in , Normandy, France
- b. in Denmark
- b.0999 in Normandy, France d.22 Jun 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey
- d.0970 in France
- b.~ 0980 d.1008 in Bretagne, France
- b. in France
- b.0982 in Brittany, France d.1017 in Normandy, France
- b.11 NOV 938 in of Anjou, France d.21 JUL 987 in Anjou, Normandy, France
- b.0962 in Anjou, Normandy, France d. in Anjou, Normandy, France
- b.0934 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0974 in Anjou, Normandy, France
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandy, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermentrube (near Rouen), France
- b.0978 in of Falaise, Calvados, France
- b.1003 in France d.~ 1050
- b.0980 in of Falaise, France
- b.1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in Gisors, France
- b.0933 in of Flanders, France d.1 JAN 961/62 in Flanders, Normandy, France
- b.0941 in Flanders, Normandy, France d.0987 in Flanders, Normandy, France
- b.0967 in Burgandy, France d.0972
- b.0969 in Flanders, Normandy, France d.1035 in Flanders, Normandy, France
- b.0928 in Italy d.6 AUG 966
- b.0945 in of Ivrea d.13 Dec 1003 in Gent, Belgium
- b.BET. 920 - 930 in Italy d.> 0963
- b.1012 in Flanders, Normandy, France d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, France
- b.0933 d.15 AUG 998
- b.0945 in Netherlands d.06 Oct 1019
- b.0937 in of Luxemburg
- b.0986 in Luxemburg d.21 FEB 1029/30 in Flanders, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0925 d.~ 0992
- b.1031 in Flanders, Normandy, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.0900 in Paris, Seine, France d.16 JUN 956 in Deurdan, Dourdan, France
- b.0938 in of Paris, Seine, France d.24 OCT 996 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.0910 in Saxony, Germany d.10 MAR 964/65 in Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen)
- b.27 MAR 972 in Orléans, France d.20 Jul 1031 in Meulan, Aquitaine
- b.0915 in France d.3 APR 963
- b.0945 in Germany d.1006 in France
- b.~ 0917 in Normandy, France d.14 OCT 962 in France
- b.1009 in France d.8 JAN 1078/79 in Monastere de L'Ordre de St. Benoist, Messines, France
- b.0921 in France
- b.0947 in France d.1037
- b.0923 in France
- b.0974 in Toulouse, France d.25 Jul 1032 in Melun, France
- b.0909 in France d.11 NOV 958 in France
- b.0948 in France d.BET. 1026 - 1029
- b.0913 in France d.0952
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Details of Henry I Beauclerc's family with Matilda Canmore of Scotland
Details of Henry I Beauclerc's family with Adeliza de Lorraine
Details of Henry I Beauclerc's family with Sybilla Corbert
Details of Henry I Beauclerc's family with Gieva de Tracy
Details of Henry I Beauclerc's family with Edith FitzForne
Details of Henry I Beauclerc's family with Nesta verch Rhys Pss of Deheubarth
Details of Henry I Beauclerc's family with Isabel (Elizabeth) de Beaumont
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Further sources/citations:
Ancestors of Henry II (Plantagenet) King of England, University of Hull Royal Database (England), Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori", Pomeroy Genealogy, PrenticeNet: A Lineage to Caesar, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, Lineage & Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales @ Vol I p 56, large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW, Europäische Stammtafeln (Schwennicke edition) @ ii, 81, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy @ p 46, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy @ p 50, University of Hull Royal Database (England), Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy @ p 46
Further sources/citations:
Ancestors of Henry II (Plantagenet) King of England, University of Hull Royal Database (England), Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori", Pomeroy Genealogy, PrenticeNet: A Lineage to Caesar, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, Lineage & Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales @ Vol I p 56, large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW, large-G675.FTW, Europäische Stammtafeln (Schwennicke edition) @ ii, 81, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy @ p 46, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy @ p 50, University of Hull Royal Database (England), Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy @ p 46
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