Name | Henry I'Beauclerc' [4, 5] | |
Suffix | King of England, Duke of Normandy | |
Born | 1068/70 | Selby, North Yorkshire, England ![]() |
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Birth of Henry I 'Beauclerc', King of England, Duke of Normandy Selby Abbey, Selby, North Yorkshire, England Detail |
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Christened | 5 Aug 1100 | Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England ![]() |
Gender | Male | |
Occupation | 05 Aug 1100 | Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England ![]() |
4th son. "Beauclerc" reign: 3 Aug 1100 to 1 Dec 1135. Coronation 5 Aug 1100. K-R: "One of the ablest of medieval kings". The disastrous loss of his eldest son William, along with many of noble birth in the wreck of the White Ship, led to disputed succession and anarchy in England throughout the reign of his self appointed successor Stephen of Blois | ||
Died | 1 Dec 1135 | Basilique Saint Denis, Paris, Île-de-France, France ![]() |
Buried | 4 Jan 1136 | Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England ![]() |
Cause: Heart buried | ||
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Reading Abbey (ruins), Reading, Berkshire, England |
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Person ID | I1748534881 | Red1st |
Last Modified | 23 Dec 2008 |
Father | William I'the Conqueror', King of England, Duke of Normandy, b. 14 Oct 1024, Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France ![]() ![]() | |
Mother | Mathilda, Queen consort of England, Countess of Flanders, b. Abt 1031, Flanders, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ![]() ![]() | |
Married | 1053 | Château d'Angi, Normandie, France ![]() |
Family ID | F672152206 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 | Unknown, b. Abt 1070, Caën, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France ![]() | |||
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Family 2 | Unknown, b. Abt 1072, England ![]() | |||
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Family ID | F672152353 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 3 | Edith de Greystoke, b. Abt 1074, Greystoke Castle, Penrith, Westmorland, England ![]() | |||
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Family 4 | Unknown, b. Abt 1072, England ![]() | |||
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Family 5 | Unknown, b. Abt 1072, England ![]() | |||
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Family ID | F672152360 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 6 | Gieva de Tracy, b. Abt 1076, Westminster, Middlesex, England ![]() | |||||
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Family 7 | Unknown, b. Abt 1078, England ![]() | |||
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Family ID | F672152357 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 8 | Unknown, b. Abt 1079, England ![]() | |||
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Family ID | F672152358 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 9 | Matilda (Edith ,Eadgyth)'Good QueenMaud', Queen consort of England, Princess of Scots, b. Abt 1079/80, Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland ![]() ![]() | |||||||||
Married | 11 Nov 1100 | Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England ![]() |
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Family ID | F672616067 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 10 | Adeliza (Adelicia) de Brabant, Queen consort of England, Queen dowager, b. 1102, Louvain (now Leuven), Brabant, Flanders, Belgium ![]() ![]() | |
Married | 29 Jan 1121 | Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England ![]() |
Last Modified | 3 Sep 2008 11:17:37 | |
Family ID | F672152349 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 11 | Ansfride, b. Abt 1069, Sparsholt, Berkshire, England ![]() ![]() | |||||||
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Family ID | F672152351 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 12 | Nesta ferch Rhys, Princess of Wales, b. Abt 1073, Dryslwyn (Dinefwr, Dynevor) Castle, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales ![]() | |||
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Family ID | F672152350 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 13 | Sybil Corbet, b. Abt 1075, Alcester, Warwickshire, England ![]() | |||||||||||
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Family ID | F672152334 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 14 | Elizabeth de Bellomont, b. Abt 1086/96, Leicester, Leicestershire, England ![]() | |||
Married | Type: Mistress | |||
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Last Modified | 17 Dec 2008 10:01:09 | |||
Family ID | F672152079 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 15 | Edith FitzForne | |
Family ID | F672154086 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 16 | Gieva DETRACY, b. 1068, Barnstaple, Devon, England ![]() ![]() | |
Married | 1096 | Devon, England ![]() |
Last Modified | 12 Nov 2017 00:00:00 | |
Family ID | F121002467 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Photos | ![]() | Henry I 'Beauclerc' Detail of a portrait of Henry I by George Vertue (1684-1756). 'His learning ... though obtained by snatches, assisted him much in the science of Government.' William of Malmesbury (c.1095-1143) The Royal Collection © 2006, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II |
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