Henry I 'Beauclerc' England, [King]

b 1070, , Selby, Yorkshire, England
d 01 Dec 1135, , St. Denis, Seine-St. Denis, France
bur 04 Jan 1136, Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England
c 05 Aug 1100, Richard I 'The_Fearless' Normandy, [Duke] >
61 18 May 1933, !& Richard II 'The_Good' Normandy Gonnor De Crepon, [Duchess] >
Robert I Normandy b 0962 Conan I Count Bretagne, [Duke of]
| b 0999 Judith Princess Of Brittany_(Bretag Ermangarde D' Anjou, [Duchess] >
William I 'The_Conqueror' England, [Duke]  d 02 Jul 1035 b 0956  
|b 14 Oct 1024 | Fulbert De Falaise  
|d 10 Sep 1087 Harlette De Falaise b 0978  
|  b 1003 Doda  
Henry I 'Beauclerc' England, [King]   b 0980 Arnold II Count Flanders >
|Ansfride Mrs-Henry I, England-4 + Baudouin IV 'Barbatus', Flanders Rosele Italy >
| Baldwin V Count Flanders b ABT 967 968 Frederick I, Count Luxemburg >
| |b 1012 Ogive De Luxembourg Ermentrude, Countess Of Luxemburg >
Matilda Countess Of Flanders, [Queen]  d 01 Sep 1067 b 0986 Hugh Capet, King of France >
 b 1031 | Robert II 'The_Pious' France, King of France Adelaide Princess Of Aquitaine >
 d 02 Nov 1083 Adele (Alix) Princess France b 27 Mar 0972 William III Taillefer, [Count] >
 b 1009 Constance De Toulouse, Queen of France Arsinde (Blanche) De Anjou, [Countess] >
 d 1079 b 0974

Notes

Henry I 'Beauclerc' King Of England succeeded his brother, William II, in 1100. Henry helped unite the Saxons and Normans in England. To gain the favor of his Saxon subjects, he married Matilda, daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland and his Saxon wife Margaret.

During his reign, Henry worked to restrain the growing power of the barons. He promoted the Norman system of centralized rule and gave the royal courts greater authority. His wars against rebellious nobles in France helped start a feeling of English nationalism.

Source: 'The World Book Encyclopedia', 1968, p H178.


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