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Princess Matilda of Scotland (of England) ABT 1070/1080 - 1 MAY 1118
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).
Princess Matilda was married to King Henry I of England on 11 NOV 1100 in England.
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).
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| ⌈ King Duncan I of Scotland (ABT 1013 - 14 AUG 1040) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌈ King Malcolm Iii of Scotland (ABT 1033 - 13 NOV 1093) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌊ Sibyl Fitzsiward (of Scotland) (ABT 1014 - 1040) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princess Matilda of Scotland (of England) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌈ Prince Edward of England (1016 - 1057) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌊ Queen Margaret of Scotland (ABT 1042/1045 - 16 NOV 1093) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌊ Princess Agatha Von Brunswick of England (ABT 1018 - 13 JUL 1024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Husband - Reading Abbey
Daughter of the king of Scotland.
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.
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