Henry I "Beauclerc", King of England

1068 - 1135  (~ 67 years)

• Name	Henry I "Beauclerc"   [1, 2]
  Suffix	King of England
  Birth	Sep 1068	Selby, Yorkshire, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Biographical Note	Henry I founded Reading Abbey in 1121 "for the salvation of my soul, and the souls of King William, my father, and of King William, my brother, and Queen Maud, my wife, and all my ancestors and successors".
  Reign	Between 3 Aug 1100 and 1 Dec 1135  [2]
  	King of England Role: Principal 2
  Reign	Between 3 Aug 1100 and 1 Dec 1135  [2]
  	King of England
  Crown1	6 Aug 1100	, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex County, England, 51.498910,-0.128280   [2, 5]
  Title	King of England, Duke of Normandy (from 1106) and Lord of Domfront (from 1092).
  Death	1 Dec 1135	St. Denis-le-Fermont; near Rouen, France   [1, 2, 6]
  	"God give him the peace he loved" wrote the Archbishop of Rouen when King Henry died.
  Burial	Reading Abbey, Reading, England   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I92326	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	William I --,   b. 1028, , Falaise,, France d. 9 Sep 1087, , the Convent of St. Gervais, Rouen, Normandy, France (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Matilda --, of Flanders,   b. Abt 1031   d. 2 Nov 1083, , Caen, Normandy, France (Age ~ 52 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1053  [1, 7]
  	There were 10 children from this marriage.
  Family ID	F1486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Matilda, of Scotland,   b. 1079, Dunfermline Tower, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, 56.0699,-3.467 d. 1 May 1118, Palace of Westminster, Middlesex, England, 51.500241,-0.124267 (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1100	Westminster Abbey, England   [1, 2, 3, 5]
  	there were 4 children from this marriage.
  Children	1. son (?),   b. Jul 1101   d. 1101   2. Empress Matilda,   b. Feb 1102, London, England d. 10 Sep 1167, Rouen, Normandy, France (Age ~ 65 years)   3. William, Duke of Normandy,   b. Bef 5 Aug 1103, Winchester, England d. 25 Nov 1120, off the coast of Barfleur, Normandy, France (Age > 17 years)
  Family ID	F1461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Adeliza (or Adela) --, of Louvain   d. 1151
  Marriage	29 Jan 1121	, Chapel Royal; Windsor Castle, Windsor,, England   [2, 8, 9]
  	there were no children from this marriage. Henry had at least 25 illegitimate children by eight or more other women.
  Family ID	F1482	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Lady Sybilla CORBET, of Alcester,   b. 1077, , Alcester, Warwickshire, Scotland d. Aft 1157 (Age > 81 years)
  Children	1. Sybilla --, of Normandy,   b. Abt 1092, Domfront, Normandy, France d. 12 Jul 1122, Kenmore, Perthshire, Scotland (Age ~ 30 years)
  Family ID	F36357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2025

  
  

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  Henry I Beauclerc Henry I "Beauclerc", King of England (1068-1135)

  
  

• Sources

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