1564109 - King of England, Henry I Beauclerc

King of England, Henry I Beauclerc

Birth Name	King of England, Henry I Beauclerc 1 2 3 4 5 6 7a 8a 9a 10a 10b 11a 12a
Gramps ID	I32612
Gender	male
Age at Death	about 67 years, 3 months

Events

Event	Date	Place	Notes	Sources
Birth [E43335]	about 1068-09-00	Selby, Yorkshire, England		13a 14a 2 4a 5a 15a 8b 9b 10c 10d 11b
Birth [E43336]	1068	Selby, Yorkshire, England		12b
Death [E43337]	1135-12-01	St. Denis-le-Fermont, Forest of Angers, near Rouen, Normandy	Cause: Apparently died from over eating Lampreys, or of food poisoning.	13b 14b 2 16a 6a 15b 8c 9c 10e 10f 11c
Death [E43338]	1135-12-01	Gisors, France		12c
_FA1 [E43339]		Acceded: Aug 6, 1100, Westminster Abbey, London, England.		14c 15c 8d 9d 10g 10h 11d
_FA2 [E43340]		Interred: Reading Abbey, which he founded. Duke of Normandy 1106-1135.		14d 15d 8e 9e 10i 10j 11e
_FA3 [E43341]		Reigned as King of England 1100-1135. Restrained growing power of the barons.		2 8f 9f 10k 10l 11f
_FA4 [E43342]		United Saxons & Normans under one rule & began a sense of English nationalism.		8g 9g 10m 10n 11g
_FA5 [E43343]		Reign is notable for important legal and administrative reforms.		2 8h 9h 10o 10p 11h
_FA6 [E43344]		Known for final resolution of the investiture controversy.		2 8i 9i 10q 10r 11i
_FA7 [E43345]		Waged several wars to consolidate and expand his continental possesions.		2 8j 9j 10s 10t 11j
_FA8 [E43346]		Was so hated by his brothers that they vowed to disinherit him.		2 8k 9k 10u 10v 11k
_FA9 [E43347]		Captured Robert II Curthose his brother (1106) & held him until he (Robert)died.		2 8l 9l 10w 10x 11l
_FA10 [E43348]		A hard but just ruler. Known as “Beauclerk” or “the Lion of Justice.”		2a 15e 8m 9m 10y 10z 11m
_FA11 [E43349]		No proof implicating him in death of elder brother, William II Rufus.		8n 9n 10aa 10ab 11n
_FA12 [E43350]	1106-09-28	Defeated brother Robert at battle of Tenchebrai & usurped Duchy of Normandy.		15f 8o 9o 10ac 10ad 11o
_FA13 [E43351]		By end of reign, he was the Lord of England, Normandy and Maine.		8p 9p 10ae 10af 11p
Acceded [E43352]	1100	Westminster Abbey, London, EN		12d

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	King of England, William I the Conqueror [I28672]	1024-10-14	1087-09-09
Mother	de Flanders, Matilda (Maud) [I28611]	1031	1083-11-02
Sister	de Normandy, Sibylla [I28056]
Brother	King of England, William II Rufus Normandy [I1356]	BET. 1056 - 1060
Sister	de Normandy, Adela (Alice) [I28677]	1062	1137/8-03-08 (Julian)
Sister	de St. Omer, Gundrada [I17622]	1063	1085-05-27
	King of England, Henry I Beauclerc [I32612]	about 1068-09-00	1135-12-01

Families

Family of King of England, Henry I Beauclerc and de Tracy, Gieva [F13039]

Unknown

Partner

de Tracy, Gieva [I37033] ( * about 1068 + ... )

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
de Tracy, William [I34151]	about 1097

Family of King of England, Henry I Beauclerc and FitzForne, Edith [F13118]

Unknown

Partner

FitzForne, Edith [I34401] ( * 1074 + 1152 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Partners (Primary) [E59352]					2 15g 8

Family of King of England, Henry I Beauclerc and Scotland, Matilda Canmore of [F11134]

Married

Wife

Scotland, Matilda Canmore of [I28662] ( * 1079-10-00 + 1118-05-01 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage [E58356]	1100-11-11	Westminster Abbey, London, England			17 18 19 20a 21a 10ag 8
_FA1 [E58357]		Henry married Matilda (daughter of Margaret) to appease his Saxon subjects.			10ah 8

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Queen of England, Mathilda (Adelaide) [I33449]	1101/2-02-07 (Julian)	1167-09-10
Normandy, William [I25799]	1103	1120

Family of King of England, Henry I Beauclerc and Pss of Deheubarth, Nesta verch Rhys [F13119]

Unknown

Partner

Pss of Deheubarth, Nesta verch Rhys [I29334] ( * about 1073 + about 1114 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Partners (Primary) [E59353]	BET. 1103 - 1105				2b 6b 16b 15h 22a 8q 10ai

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
FitzHenry, Henry [I30583]	BET. 1103 - 1105	1157

Family of King of England, Henry I Beauclerc and de Beaumont, Isabel (Elizabeth) [F14954]

Unknown

Partner

de Beaumont, Isabel (Elizabeth) [I35788] ( * after 1102 + after 1172 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Partners (Primary) [E60009]	about 1120				23a 24a 9 10aj

Family of King of England, Henry I Beauclerc and Corbert, Sybilla [F13117]

Married

Wife

Corbert, Sybilla [I29048] ( * 1077 + after 1157 )

Event	Date	Sources
Marriage [E59347]	BET. 1120 - 1130	15i 8 10ak
Marriage [E59348]		15j 8r 10al
Partners (Primary) [E59349]	BET. 1084 - 1095	15k 8s 10am
Partners (Primary) [E59350]	about 1090	25a 26a 16c 8t 10an
Partners (Primary) [E59351]	about 1092	18a 20b 19a 21b 10ao 8

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Plantagenet, Elizabeth Joan [I3186]	BET. 1084 - 1095
Earl of Gloucester, Robert de Caen de Mellent [I28740]	about 1090	1147-10-31
Plantagenet, Maud [I25798]	1091
Plantagenet, Sybilla [I28116]	1092
Earl of Cornwall, Rainald de Dunstanville [I28553]	about 1110	1175-07-01
of England, Constance [I29555]	BET. 1120 - 1130

Family of King of England, Henry I Beauclerc and de Lorraine, Adeliza [F11154]

Married

Wife

de Lorraine, Adeliza [I28738] ( * BET. 1102 - 1103 + 1151-04-23 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage [E58380]	1120/1-01-29 (Julian)	Royal Cahpel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England			27a 18b 28a 19b 20c 21c 10ap 8

Narrative

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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.

Pedigree

King of England, William I the Conqueror [I28672]
1. de Flanders, Matilda (Maud) [I28611]

Ancestors

King of England, Henry I Beauclerc
* about 1068-09-00
+ 1135-12-01

King of England, William I the Conqueror
* 1024-10-14
+ 1087-09-09

Duke of Normandy, Robert I the Devil
* about 990
+ 1035-06-22

Duke of Normandy, Richard II le Bon
* 958
+ 1026-08-28

de Brittany, Judith
* 982
+ 1017-06-16

de Falaise, Herleva (Arlette)
* 1003
+ about 1050

de Falaise, Fulbert the Tanner
* 978
+ ...

de Falaise, Duxia
* 980
+ ...

de Flanders, Matilda (Maud)
* 1031
+ 1083-11-02

Ct de Flanders, Baudouin V the Pious
* 1012
+ 1067-09-01

Ct de Flanders, Baudouin IV "Fair Beard"
* BET. 967 - 968
+ 1036-05-30

de Luxemburg, Ogive
* 986
+ 1029/30-02-21 (Julian)

Cts de Contenance, Adela (Alix) Capet de France
* 1009
+ 1078/9-01-08 (Julian)

King of France, Robert II Capet the Pious
* 972-03-27
+ 1031-07-10

de Arles, Constance
* 974
+ 1032-07-25

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Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science: University of Hull Royal Database (England) [S186983]
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    Hard but just rule
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    date of this "association" based merely on birth of child
Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori" [S76671]
Pomeroy Genealogy [S241680]
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    ca 1063
PrenticeNet: A Lineage to Caesar [S349797]
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    ca 1063
Marlyn Lewis: Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell [S42140]
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    died at Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
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    no date, did not marry
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    b Sep 1068
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    Known as Beuclerk or the Lion of Justice
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    association
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    association, no date
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    unknown mother, no date, date is merely to help organize his various wives & mistresses, & when looking at marriage date of her daughter (1186), her daughter was not born bef ca 1150 (more likely 1160) & therefor Constance herself was prob not born bef 1120 (maybe 1130).
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    unknown mother
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    no date, issue of Henry I, no mother
Frederick Lewis Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 [S11883]
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    unknown mistress of Henry I
World Family Tree Volume 2 Tree # 1822 [S283138]
Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science: University of Hull Royal Database (England) [S283806]
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    no date
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    This was a marriage, not just a concubine, m 02 Feb 1120/1
Marlyn Lewis: Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell [S286829]
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    no date, did not marry
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    m 29 Jan 1121
Frederick Lewis Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 [S286879]
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    no place
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    mistress of King Henry I
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    m 29 Jan 1121, no place, no issue from this marriage
Alison Weir: Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy [S77343]
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    association, no date
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    his 2nd m, m 29 Jan (or less probably 02 Feb) 1121
Michel L. Call: Royal Ancestors of Some American Families [S217520]
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Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science: University of Hull Royal Database (England) [S424612]
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    "association" date based on birth of child
Alison Weir: Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy [S421789]
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    association, no date
G.E. Cockayne: Complete Peerage [S336368]
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    unknown mistress/concubine of Henry
Dictionary of National Biography [S292893]
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    motehr prob. an unknown French woman.
Denis R. Reid: Royal Genealogies DB [S284656]
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    29 Jan 1122 at Westminster Abbey, London
Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori" [S287874]
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    her 1st m, no date