Henry I Beauclerc , King of England and Duke of Normandy

M, (1070 - 1 December 1135)
Father-Biological*William I the Conqueror , King of England b. 1027, d. 9 Sep 1087
Mother-Biological*Matilda of Flanders ~ Duchess of Normandy and Queen of England b. 1032, d. 2 Nov 1083
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Last Edited=18 Oct 2022
     Henry I Beauclerc , King of England and Duke of Normandy was born in 1070 at Selby, Yorkshire, England.1,2,3,4 He was the son of William I the Conqueror , King of England and Matilda of Flanders ~ Duchess of Normandy and Queen of England. Henry I Beauclerc , King of England and Duke of Normandy and (name unknown) were in a relationship that produced offspring. Henry I Beauclerc , King of England and Duke of Normandy and Sibyl Corbet were in a relationship that produced offspring. Henry I Beauclerc , King of England and Duke of Normandy and Ansfride were in a relationship that produced offspring. Henry was crowned the King of England on 5 August 1100.1

Henry I Beauclerc , King of England and Duke of Normandy married Matilda of Scotland , Queen of England, daughter of Malcolm III Canmore ~ King of the Scots and Saint Margaret of Scotland, on 11 November 1100.1,2,4,5,6,7 He was the first King of England to use and grant a coat of arms.1 Henry I Beauclerc , King of England and Duke of Normandy and Nest verch Rhys were in a relationship that produced offspring. He succeeded as Duke of Normandy in 1106 having captured his brother Robert and deposing him.

Henry I Beauclerc , King of England and Duke of Normandy married Adeliza of Louvain, daughter of Godfrey I the Beareded of Brabant , Duke of Brabant and Lower Lorraine and Ida of Namur and Chiny, on 29 January 1121.1,2,8,4 Henry I Beauclerc , King of England and Duke of Normandy was buried at Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England.1 He died on 1 December 1135 at Lyons-la-Forêt, Normandy, France, from the effects of a purgative given for indigestion after eating too many lampreys.1,2,3,4,5,6

Compeller's Notes:
Death: Sewell gives his birth as about September 1068.4

Child of Henry I Beauclerc , King of England and Duke of Normandy and (name unknown)

Children of Henry I Beauclerc , King of England and Duke of Normandy and (unknown woman)

Children of Henry I Beauclerc , King of England and Duke of Normandy and Sibyl Corbet

Child of Henry I Beauclerc , King of England and Duke of Normandy and Matilda of Scotland , Queen of England

Child of Henry I Beauclerc , King of England and Duke of Normandy and Nest verch Rhys

Citations

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  3. Ancestry of Stephen Lawson - Bowen. Online http://sml.simplenet.com/smlawson/bowen.htm
  4. Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times. N.p.: manuscript, 2008.
  5. Fraser, Antonia. The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.
  6. Von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R.. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Volume 1. Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941.
  7. Magnusson, Magnus. Scotland - The Story of a Nation. New York: Atlantic Monthly Pres, 2000.
  8. Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrision, 1866.