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Henry I Beauclerc King Of England

Henry I Beauclerc King Of England

Male Abt 1068 - 1135  (67 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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    English Royalty - Henry I, Beauclerc King of England
    English Royalty - Henry I, Beauclerc King of England

  • Name Henry I Beauclerc King Of England  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
    Alt. Birth 1068  Selby, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9
    Alt. Birth 
    Birth Abt Sep 1068  Selby, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
    Gender Male 
    Acceded 1100  Westminster Abbey, London, En Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9
    Fact 12 28 Sep 1106  Defeated Brother Robert At Battle Of Tenchebrai & Usurped Duchy Of Normandy. Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 20
    Fact 12 
    Alt. Death 1 Dec 1135  Gisors, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9
    Alt. Death 
    Category English Royalty - Norman Line 
    Fact 1 Acceded: Aug 6, 1100, Westminster Abbey, London, England. Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 20, 21
    Fact 1 
    Fact 10 A Hard But Just Ruler. Known As "Beauclerk" Or "The Lion Of Justice." Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 22, 23
    Fact 10 
    Fact 11 No Proof Implicating Him In Death Of Elder Brother, William II Rufus. Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9
    Fact 11 
    Fact 13 By End Of Reign, He Was The Lord Of England, Normandy And Maine. Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9
    Fact 13 
    Fact 2 Interred: Reading Abbey, Which He Founded. Duke Of Normandy 1106-1135. Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 21, 24
    Fact 2 
    Fact 3 Reigned As King Of England 1100-1135. Restrained Growing Power Of The Barons. Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11
    Fact 3 
    Fact 4 United Saxons & Normans Under One Rule & Began A Sense Of English Nationalism. Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9
    Fact 4 
    Fact 5 Reign Is Notable For Important Legal And Administrative Reforms. Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11
    Fact 5 
    Fact 6 Known For Final Resolution Of The Investiture Controversy. Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11
    Fact 6 
    Fact 7 Waged Several Wars To Consolidate And Expand His Continental Possesions. Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11
    Fact 7 
    Fact 8 Was So Hated By His Brothers That They Vowed To Disinherit Him. Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11
    Fact 8 
    Fact 9 Captured Robert II Curthose His Brother (1106) & Held Him Until He (Robert)Died. Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11
    Fact 9 
    Death 1 Dec 1135  St. Denis-Le-Fermont, Forest Of Angers, Near Rouen, Normandy Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27
    • Apparently died from over eating Lampreys, or of food poisoning.
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Yngvi-Frey King Of Swedes,   b. 235, Of Uppsala, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  (32 x Great Grandfather) 
    Gerberga De Gastinois,   b. 913   d. 952  (Age 39 years)  (3 x Great Grandmother) 
    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.
    Person ID I2495  ktree
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

    Father William I The Conqueror King Of England,   b. 14 Oct 1024, Falaise, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1087, Hermentrube (Near Rouen), France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Matilda (Maud) De Flanders,   b. 1031, Flanders, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1083, Caen, Calvados, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Marriage 1053  Eu, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 28, 29, 30, 31
    Alt. Marriage 1053  Castle Of Angi, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Alt. Marriage 
    Family ID F24299  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Adeliza De Lorraine,   b. Between 1102 and 1103, Louvain, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1151, Affligem Abbey, Flanders, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Other Partners: William D'aubigny;   William Le Meschines De Albini Earl Of Arundel  m. 1138 
    Marriage Between 29 Jan 1120 and 1121  Royal Cahpel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37
    Family ID F949  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 Matilda Canmore Of Scotland,   b. Oct 1079, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1118, Westminster Palace, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Marriage 11 Nov 1100  Westminster Abbey, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 11, 20, 38, 39
    Marriage Fact Henry Married Matilda (Daughter Of Margaret) To Appease His Saxon Subjects. Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Children 
     1. Empress Mathilda (Adelaide),   b. Between 7 Feb 1101 and 1102, Winchester, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1167, Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     2. IV William Normandy,   b. 1103, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1120, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F950  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

    Family 3 Isabel (Elizabeth) De Beaumont,   b. Aft 1102   d. Aft 1172 (Age > 70 years) 
    Other Partners: Gilbert Fitzgilbert De Clare Earl Of Pembroke  m. 1130 
    Partners Abt 1120  [3, 4, 40, 41
    Family ID F951  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

    Family 4 Sybilla Corbert,   b. 1077, Of Alcester, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1157 (Age > 81 years) 
    Other Partners: Herbert Fitzherbert 
    Partners Between 1084 and 1095  [4, 42, 43
    Partners Abt 1090  [4, 42, 44, 45, 46
    Partners Abt 1092  [3, 4, 47, 48, 49, 50
    Marriage Between 1120 and 1130  [3, 4, 51
    Alt. Marriage Alt. Marriage  [4, 42, 52
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Joan Plantagenet,   b. Between 1084 and 1095, , Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     2. Robert De Caen De Mellent Earl Of Gloucester,   b. Abt 1090, Of Caen, Calvados, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1147, Bristol, Gloucestershire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     3. Maud Plantagenet,   b. 1091, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     4. Sybilla Plantagenet,   b. 1092, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    I Alexander Scotland  m. 1107
     5. Rainald De Dunstanville Earl Of Cornwall,   b. Abt 1110, Of Dunstanville, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jul 1175, Chertsey, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     6. Constance Of England,   b. Between 1120 and 1130   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F952  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

    Family 5 Nesta Verch Rhys Pss Of Deheubarth,   b. Abt 1073, Of Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1114 (Age 41 years) 
    Other Partners: Geraldus Fitzother, De Windsor  m. 1095 
    Partners Between 1103 and 1105  [4, 41, 42, 47, 53, 54, 55
    Children 
     1. Henry Fitzhenry,   b. Between 1103 and 1105, Of Narberth & Pebidiog, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1157, Anglesey, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F953  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

    Family 6 Edith Fitzforne,   b. 1074, Of Greystoke, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1152 (Age 78 years) 
    Other Partners: Robert De Oilly Baron Hook Norton, II  m. Bef 1094 
    Family ID F954  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

    Family 7 Gieva De Tracy,   b. Abt 1068, Barnstaple, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. William De Tracy,   b. Abt 1097, Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Unknown
    Family ID F955  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

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      Date of Import: 14 Mar 1999

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      Date of Import: 16 Mar 1999

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    15. [S330] Graham Milne, Descent of Hughes.
      b 1068

    16. [S78] Dettlev Schwennicke, ed, Europ‰ische Stammtafeln (Schwennicke edition), (Name: Name: Verlag von J.A. Stargardt, Berlin, started being published in 1978;;), ii, 81.
      b 1068

    17. [S709] Pomeroy Genealogy, (Name: Name: 1912;;).
      ca 1063

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      ca 1063

    19. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 46.
      b Sep 1068

    20. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 46.

    21. [S78] Dettlev Schwennicke, ed, Europ‰ische Stammtafeln (Schwennicke edition), (Name: Name: Verlag von J.A. Stargardt, Berlin, started being published in 1978;;), ii, 81.

    22. [S20] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull Royal Database (England), (Name: Name: copyright 1994, 1995, 1996;;).
      Hard but just rule

    23. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 46.
      Known as Beuclerk or the Lion of Justice

    24. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 50.

    25. [S330] Graham Milne, Descent of Hughes.
      d 1135

    26. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 124.
      no place

    27. [S230] Marlyn Lewis, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, (Name: Name: 08 Oct 1997;;).
      died at Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France

    28. [S177] Stemmata Illustria, (Name: Name: 1825;;).
      no date/place

    29. [S204] large-G675.FTW.
      m of John de Somery &.Hawise de Paynell

    30. [S214] Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori", (Name: Name: P.O. Box 577, Bayview, ID 83803;;).
      no date/place

    31. [S107] PrenticeNet: A Lineage to Caesar, (Name: Name: WWW;;).
      no date/place

    32. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 47.
      his 2nd m, m 29 Jan (or less probably 02 Feb) 1121

    33. [S240] Denis R. Reid, Royal Genealogies DB, (Name: Name: 149 Kimrose Lane, Broadview Heights, OH 44147-1258;;).
      29 Jan 1122 at Westminster Abbey, London

    34. [S20] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull Royal Database (England), (Name: Name: copyright 1994, 1995, 1996;;).
      This was a marriage, not just a concubine, m 02 Feb 1120/1

    35. [S214] Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori", (Name: Name: P.O. Box 577, Bayview, ID 83803;;).
      her 1st m, no date

    36. [S230] Marlyn Lewis, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, (Name: Name: 08 Oct 1997;;).
      m 29 Jan 1121

    37. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 1 pp 1-4.
      m 29 Jan 1121, no place, no issue from this marriage

    38. [S234] World Family Tree Volume 2 Tree # 1822, (Name: Name: Br¯derbund BannerBlue Division;;).

    39. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 1 pp 1-4.
      no place

    40. [S20] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull Royal Database (England), (Name: Name: copyright 1994, 1995, 1996;;).
      "association" date based on birth of child

    41. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 49.
      association, no date

    42. [S204] large-G675.FTW, p 49.
      unknown mother

    43. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 49.
      no date, issue of Henry I, no mother

    44. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 124.
      unknown mistress of Henry I

    45. [S133] G.E. Cockayne, Complete Peerage, (Name: Name: St. Catherine Press, 29 Great Queen St, Kingsway, W.C. 1959;;).
      unknown mistress/concubine of Henry

    46. [S266] Dictionary of National Biography.
      motehr prob. an unknown French woman.

    47. [S230] Marlyn Lewis, Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell, (Name: Name: 08 Oct 1997;;).
      no date, did not marry

    48. [S20] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull Royal Database (England), (Name: Name: copyright 1994, 1995, 1996;;).
      no date

    49. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 262.
      mistress of King Henry I

    50. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 48.
      association, no date

    51. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 49.
      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).

    52. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 49.
      unknown mother

    53. [S20] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull Royal Database (England), (Name: Name: copyright 1994, 1995, 1996;;).
      date of this "association" based merely on birth of child

    54. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 33A p 36.
      no date

    55. [S45] Michel L. Call, Royal Ancestors of Some American Families, (Name: Name: printed by the author, 1991;;), chart 11343.

    56. [S209] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (Name: Name: rev. ed, Pimlico Random House, London 1989, 1996;;), p 49.
      association



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