Henry I Beauclerc King of England 
Henry I Beauclerc was born about September 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England.1 Henry I Beauclerc's father was William II the Bastard Duke of Normandy and his mother was Matilda (Maud) de Flandre. His paternal grandparents were Robert I the Magnificent Duke of Normandy and Herleva de Falaise; his maternal grandparents were Baudouin V the Pious Ct of Flanders and Adela (Alix) Capet de France Cts of Contenance. He had a sister named Adela (Alice). He was the younger of the two children. He died on December 1st, 1135 in St. Denis-le-Fermont, Forest of Angers, near Rouen, Normandy.1 General Notes
[SUSANNA KEENE.FTW]
Apparently died from over eating Lampreys, or of food
poisoning.
Acceded.
Interred at Reading Abbey, which he founded.
Reigned as King of England 1100-1135. Restrained growing power
of the barons.
United Saxons & Normans under one rule & began a sense of
English nationalism.
Reign is notable for important legal and administrative
reforms.
Known for final resolution of the investiture controversy.
Waged several wars to consolidate and expand his continental
possesions.
Was so hated by his brothers that they vowed to disinherit him.
Captured Robert II Curthose his brother (1106) & held him until
he (Robert)died.
A hard but just ruler. Known as "Beauclerk" or "the Lion of
Justice."
No proof implicating him in death of elder brother William II
Rufus.
By end of reign, he was the Lord of England, Normandy & Maine.
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.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0893 in of Normandy, France d.17 DEC 942 in France
- b.0933 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France d.20 NOV 996 in Fecamp
- b.~ 0911 in Brittany, France d.< 0945
- b.0958 in of Normandy, France d.28 Aug 1026 in Fecamp, S-Infr, France
- b.0911 in of Normandy, France d.> 0984
- b.0936 in Normandy, France d.1031 in France
- b.0999 in Normandy, France d.22 Jun 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey
- d.~ 0970
- d.27 JUN 992
- b.0982 in Brittany, France d.16 Jun 1017
- b.11 NOV 938 in of Anjou, France d.21 JUL 987
- b.0962
- b.0934 in of Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0982
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandy, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermentrube (near Rouen), France
- b.0978 in Falaise
- b.~ 1003 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France d.~ 1050
- b.0980 in of Falaise, France
- b.~Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in St. Denis-le-Fermont, Forest of Angers, near Rouen, Normandy
- b.0933 in of Flanders, France d.1 NOV 962
- b.0941 d.0988
- b. in of Burgundy, France d.0972
- b. in of Flanders, France d.30 May 1036 in Flanders, France
- b.0928 d.6 AUG 966
- b.0945 in of Ivrea d.13 Dec 1003 in Gent, Belgium
- b.BET. 920 - 930 d.> 0963
- b.1012 in Flanders, France d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, France
- b.0933 d.15 AUG 998
- d.06 Oct 1019
- b.0937 in of Luxemburg
- b.0986 in Luxemburg d.21 FEB 1029/30 in of Flanders, France
- b.~ 0925 d.~ 0992
- b.1031 in Flanders, 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. in Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen)
- b.BET. 27 MAR 971 - 972 in Orléans, France d.20 Jul 1031 in Meulan, Aquitaine
- b.0915 d.3 APR 963
- b.0952 d.~ 1004
- b.~ 0917 d.14 OCT 962
- b.1009 in France d.8 JAN 1078/79 in Monastere de L'Ordre de St. Benoist, Messines, France
- b.~ 0921 d.0960
- b.0943 d.Sep 1037
- b.0923
- b.0986 in Toulouse, France d.25 Jul 1032 in Melun, France
- b.0909 d.11 NOV 958
- b.0948 d.BET. 1026 - 1029
- b.0913 d.0952
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Details of Henry I Beauclerc's family with Matilda (Edith) of Scotland Pss of Alba
Details of Henry I Beauclerc's family with Adeliza de Brabant
Details of Henry I Beauclerc's family with Sybilla Corbet
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Details of Henry I Beauclerc's family with Isabella de Meulan
Details of Henry I Beauclerc's family with Nesta verch Rhys
Details of Henry I Beauclerc's family with Edith Sigulfson
1 SUSANNA KEENE.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Ancestors of Henry II (Plantagenet) King of England, Url:, University of Hull Royal Database (England), Author Address:, Elmore, Lorraine Ann "Lori" (Garner), Recipient: J.H. Garner,, Pomeroy Genealogy, PrenticeNet: A Lineage to Caesar, Url:, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, Recipient: J.H. Garner, Author, Lineage & Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales @ Vol I p 56
Further sources/citations:
Ancestors of Henry II (Plantagenet) King of England, Url:, University of Hull Royal Database (England), Author Address:, Elmore, Lorraine Ann "Lori" (Garner), Recipient: J.H. Garner,, Pomeroy Genealogy, PrenticeNet: A Lineage to Caesar, Url:, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, Recipient: J.H. Garner, Author, Lineage & Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales @ Vol I p 56
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