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King Henry I of England 1068 - DEC 1135
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King Henry was born on 1068 in Shelby, Yorkshire, England and died on DEC 1135 in St. Denis, Seine-St.Denis, France and was buried in Reading Abbey, Berkshire, England . He was the son of King Guillaume de Normandie (14 OCT 1024 - 9 SEP 1087) and Queen Matilda van Vlaanderen (de Normandie) (ABT 1031 - 2 NOV 1083). King Henry was married to Princess Matilda of Scotland (of England) on 11 NOV 1100 in England. Princess Matilda was born on ABT 1070/1080 in Dunfermine, Fifeshire, Scotland and died on 1 MAY 1118 in Westminster, Middlesex, England . She was the daughter of King Malcolm Iii of Scotland (ABT 1033 - 13 NOV 1093) and Queen Margaret of Scotland (ABT 1042/1045 - 16 NOV 1093). View Family Chart King Henry was married to Sybilla Corbet (of England) in Not Married. Sybilla was born on ABT 1070 in Of, Caen, , Calvedos, Normandy, France . View Family Chart King Henry was married to Queen Adelicia of Louvain (of England) on 29 JAN 1122 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England. Queen Adelicia was born on ABT 1105 in Of, Louvain, Belgium and died on 23 APR 1151 in Affigham, Flanders, France . She was the daughter of Duke Godfrey de Lorraine (ABT 1074 - 25 Jan 1139-25 Jan 1140) and Countess Clementia de Namur (de Lorraine) (ABT 1078 - 1117/1122). View Family Chart - - -
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Henry I (born 1068, ruled 1100-35). The youngest son of William the Conqueror was born in England. His nickname, Beauclerc, which means 'good scholar,' was given him because of his fine education. He seized the crown in the year 1100, when his brother King William II was killed in a hunting accident and his brother Robert, duke of Normandy, who was next in the line of succession, was absent on a crusade (see William, Kings of England).
At his accession Henry I issued the famous Charter of Liberties, which, over a hundred years later, was used as the basis of Magna Carta, the foundation of the liberties of the Anglo-Saxon world. He also favored the church in order to gain its backing against the claims of his brother Robert to the English throne.
The Charter of Liberties helped gain Henry the support of the nobles. He conciliated the English, conquered by his father, by marrying Matilda, who was the daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland and who was descended from the Anglo-Saxon kings. The support of the common people was assured by the justice he administered through the King's Court.
Henry's only son, William Aetheling, was drowned in 1120 when the White Ship sank in the English Channel. According to legend, the king never smiled again. The accident left his daughter Matilda, widow of the Holy Roman emperor Henry V, and his nephew Stephen contestants for the throne at his death.
The youngest and ablest of William I the Conqueror's sons, Henry strengthened the crown's powers and modernized royal administration.
He was crowned at Westminster three days after his brother, William II, had been killed in a hunting accident in 1100.
At his accession Henry I issued the famous Charter of Liberties, which, over a hundred years later, was used as the basis of Magna Carta, the foundation of the liberties of the Anglo-Saxon world. He also favored the church in order to gain its backing against the claims of his brother Robert to the English throne.
The Charter of Liberties helped gain Henry the support of the nobles. He conciliated the English, conquered by his father, by marrying Matilda, who was the daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland and who was descended from the Anglo-Saxon kings. The support of the common people was assured by the justice he administered through the King's Court.
Henry's only son, William Aetheling, was drowned in 1120 when the White Ship sank in the English Channel. According to legend, the king never smiled again. The accident left his daughter Matilda, widow of the Holy Roman emperor Henry V, and his nephew Stephen contestants for the throne at his death.
The youngest and ablest of William I the Conqueror's sons, Henry strengthened the crown's powers and modernized royal administration.
He was crowned at Westminster three days after his brother, William II, had been killed in a hunting accident in 1100.
Daughter of the king of Scotland.
Queen of England
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