(King) Henry I BEAUCLERC 
(King) Henry I was born in Selby, Yorkshire, ENGLAND. (King) Henry I's father was (King) William I MORITON (The Conqueror) and his mother was (Queen) Maud De FLANDERS. His paternal grandparents were (Duc) Robert De NORMANDY and Harlette De FALAISE; his maternal grandparents were (Comte) Baudouin V De FLANDRES and (Princess) Adaele (Alix) Capet De FRANCE. He was an only child. He died on December 1st, 1135 in Lyons-la-Foret, Roen, Normany, FRANCE.General Notes
TITLE: King of England
As the fourth son of William the Conqueror it was something of a surprise when Henry became King of England. The deaths of two of his three elder brothers, however suspicious, coupled with the banishment of a third were to see him succeed to this office. Henry was known as Beauclerk due to his ability to read fluently. This ability had not been witnessed in a King of England since Alfred the Great. His other sobriquet of 'Lion of Justice' derives from his formation of basic laws to govern England. These laws were harshly enforced. Henry is said to have been very alike to his brother, William Rufus in that he was avaricious, lustful and cruel. He was a calculating man and his marriage to Matilda, the daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland virtually allayed any fears of an invasion from north of the border.
The major threat to Henry was his surviving brother, Robert, who
had been handed the Dukedom of Normandy by their father. Robert and Henry had been in alliance to gain the throne of England, it is said for Robert. This threat was countered once and for all following the Battle of Tinchobrai in 1106. After this battle Robert was imprisoned in Cardiff Castle for the rest of his days. Henry was married twice. His first wife, the previously mentioned Matilda, gave him three children; William, who died in the wreck of the White Ship in 1120; Matilda who married Geoffrey Count of Anjou and another son who died in infancy. As Henry had no direct heir to the throne he bequeathed the crown to his favourite nephew, Stephen. Henry died in Normandy in November 1135, after eating a surfeit of lampreys.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0999 in Normandy, FRANCE d.21 Jul 1035 in Nicea, TURKEY
- b.04 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandy, FRANCE d.9 Sept. 1087 in Rouen, Normandy, FRANCE
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, FRANCE d.?? in FRANCE?
- b.21 Feb. 1068/69 in Selby, Yorkshire, ENGLAND d.01 Dec 1135 in Lyons-la-Foret, Roen, Normany, FRANCE
- b.~ 0933 in Flandres, FRANCE d.1 Nov. 962
- b.~ 0949 in Flandres, FRANCE
- b.~ 0933 in SAXONY
- b.~ 0967 in Flandres, FRANCE d.30 May 1036/39 in Flandres, FRANCE
- b.~ 0945 in LUXEMBOURG
- b.~ 1012 in Flandres, FRANCE d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Normandie, FRANCE
- b.~ 0986 in Flandres, FRANCE
- b.1032 in Flanders, FRANCE
- b.~ 0895 in FRANCE d.16 Jun. 956 in FRANCE
- b.0941 d.24 Oct. 996
- b.~ 0921 in ?? d.10 May 965 in ??
- b.27 Mar. 972 in Orleans, FRANCE d.20 Jul 1031 in Melun Castle, Melun, Aquitaine, FRANCE
- b.~ 0929 in Poitiers, FRANCE d.3 Apr. 963 in FRANCE?
- b.0945 in In/of Aquitaine, FRANCE d.~ 1004 in FRANCE?
- b.?? in Normandie, FRANCE d.AFT. 14 Oct. 962 in ??
- b.1003 in Nevers, Bourgogne, France d.8 Jan. 1078/79 in Monastaere de L'Ordre de St. Benoist, Messines, FRANCE
- b.BET. 917-921 in Toulouse, Haut-Garonne, FRANCE d. in <FRANCE>
- b.~ 0947 in Toulouse, Languedoc, FRANCE d.Sep 1037 in <FRANCE>
- b.~ 0927 in Toulouse, Haut-Garonne, FRANCE d. in <FRANCE>
- b.~ 0986 in Toulouse, Gascony, FRANCE d.25 Jul 1032 in Melun, FRANCE
- b.~ 0909 in Anjou, FRANCE d.11 Nov. 958 in Tours, FRANCE
- b.~ 0960 in Anjou, FRANCE d.1026? '29? in FRANCE?
- b.~ 0913 in Maine, FRANCE d.~ 0952 in ??
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