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Personal data King Henry I of England 

• He was born about 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England.
• (Coronation) on August 5, 1100.
• He died on December 1, 1135 in Saint-Denis-en-Lyons, Normandy, France.
• A child of King William I (the Conquer) Duke of Normandy and Matilda of Flanders

Household of King Henry I of England

(1) He is married to Matilda (Edith) of Scotland.

They got married in the year 1100.

Child(ren):

1. Empress Matilda of England  ± 1102-1167 
2. William AEtheling (Adelin)  1103-1120

(2) He is married to Adeliza of Louvain,.

They got married on January 21, 1121.

(3) He has/had a relationship with Lady Sybilla Corbet.

Child(ren):

1. Robert Normandy (de Caen)  1090-1147 
2. Sybilla of Normandy,  ± 1092-1122
3. William (FitzRoy) de Tracy  1093-1136 
4. Elizabeth FitzRoy  ± 1095-1166 
5. Constance Mathilde FitzRoy,  ± 1098-???? 
6. Reginald (FitzRoy) de Dunstanville,  ± 1110-1175 

(4) He had a relationship with Edith Forne (Mistress).

Child(ren):

1. Matilda FitzRoy,  ± 1086-1120 
2. Robert fitzEdith,  ± 1093-± 1172 
3. Adeliza FitzEdith  

(5) He had a relationship with Isabel de Beaumont (Mistress of Henry I).

Child(ren):

1. Isabel England  ± 1125-????

(6) He had a relationship with Ansfride (Mistress).

Child(ren):

1. Juliane FitzRoy  ± 1090-????
2. Richard de Lincoln  1101-1120
3. Fulk FitzRoy  

(7) He had a relationship with Princess Nesta ferch Rhys (also a Mistress to Henry I).

Child(ren):

1. Henry FitzRoy (FitzHenry),  ± 1103-1158 

Child(ren):

1. Maud Fitzroy   

Notes about King Henry I of England

Present at the place where his brother William died in a hunting accident in 1100, Henry seized the English throne, promising at his coronation to correct many of William's less popular policies. He married Matilda of Scotland and they had two surviving children, William Adelin and Empress Matilda; he also had many illegitimate children by his many mistresses. Robert, who invaded in 1101, disputed Henry's control of England; this military campaign ended in a negotiated settlement that confirmed Henry as king. The peace was short-lived, and Henry invaded the Duchy of Normandy in 1105 and 1106, finally defeating Robert at the Battle of Tinchebray. Henry kept Robert imprisoned for the rest of his life. Henry's control of Normandy was challenged by Louis VI of France, Baldwin VII of Flanders and Fulk V of Anjou, who promoted the rival claims of Robert's son, William Clito, and supported a major rebellion in the Duchy between 1116 and 1119. Following Henry's victory at the Battle of Brémule, a favourable peace settlement was agreed with Louis in 1120.Considered by contemporaries to be a harsh but effective ruler, Henry skillfully manipulated the barons in England and Normandy. In England, he drew on the existing Anglo-Saxon system of justice, local government and taxation, but also strengthened it with additional institutions, including the royal exchequer and itinerant justices. Normandy was also governed through a growing system of justices and an exchequer. Many of the officials who ran Henry's system were "new men" of obscure backgrounds, rather than from families of high status, who rose through the ranks as administrators. Henry encouraged ecclesiastical reform, but became embroiled in a serious dispute in 1101 with Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury, which was resolved through a compromise solution in 1105. He supported the Cluniac order and played a major role in the selection of the senior clergy in England and Normandy.Henry's son William drowned in the White Ship disaster of 1120, throwing the royal succession into doubt. Henry took a second wife, Adeliza of Louvain, in the hope of having another son, but their marriage was childless. In response to this, he declared his daughter Matilda his heir and married her to Geoffrey of Anjou. The relationship between Henry and the couple became strained, and fighting broke out along the border with Anjou. Henry died on 1 December 1135 after a week of illness. Despite his plans for Matilda, the king was succeeded by his nephew Stephen of Blois, resulting in a period of civil war known as the Anarchy.

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