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Henry I
king of England
Also known as: Henri Beauclerc, Henry Beauclerc
Henry I
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History & Society
- Byname:
- Henry Beauclerc (“Good Scholar”)
- French:
- Henri Beauclerc
- Died:
- December 1, 1135, Lyons-la-Forêt, Normandy (aged 66)
- Title / Office:
- king (1100-1135), England
- House / Dynasty:
- house of Normandy
- Notable Family Members:
- father William I
- mother Matilda of Flanders
- daughter Matilda
- son Robert, Earl of Gloucester
- son William the Aetheling
- brother Robert II
- brother William II
- sister Adela
Henry I (born 1069, Selby, Yorkshire, England—died December 1, 1135, Lyons-la-Forêt, Normandy) was the youngest and ablest of William I the Conqueror’s sons, who, as king of England (1100–35), strengthened the crown’s executive powers and, like his father, also ruled Normandy (from 1106). Henry was crowned at Westminster on August 5, 1100, three days after his brother, King William II, William the Conqueror’s second son, had been killed in a hunting accident. Duke Robert Curthose, the eldest of the three brothers, who by Norman custom had succeeded to his father’s inheritance in Normandy, was returning from the First Crusade and ...(100 of 948 words)