William II was followed on the throne by his younger brother, Henry. Hewas crowned three days after his brother''s death, against the possibilitythat his eldest brother Robert might claim the English throne. Afterthe decisive battle of Tinchebrai in 1106 in France, Henry completed hisconquest of Normandy from Robert, who then (unusually even for that time)spent the last 28 years of his life as his brother''s prisoner. Anenergetic, decisive and occasionally cruel ruler, Henry centralised theadministration of England and Normandy in the royal court, using''viceroys'' in Normandy and a group of advisers in England to act on hisbehalf when he was absent across the Channel. Henry successfully soughtto increase royal revenues, as shown by the official records of hisexchequer (the Pipe Roll of 1130, the first exchequer account tosurvive). He established peaceful relations with Scotland, through hismarriage to Mathilda of Scotland. Henry''s name ''Beauclerc'' denoted hisgood education (as the youngest son, his parents possibly expected thathe would become a bishop); Henry was probably the first Norman king to befluent in English. In 1120, his legitimate sons William and Richarddrowned in the White Ship which sank in the English Channel. This posed asuccession problem, as Henry never allowed any of his illegitimatechildren to expect succession to either England or Normandy. Henry hada legitimate daughter Matilda (widow of Emperor Henry V, subsequentlymarried to the Count of Anjou). However, it was his nephew Stephen(reigned 1135-54), son of William the Conqueror''s daughter Adela, whosucceeded Henry after his death, allegedly caused by eating too manylampreys (fish) in 1135, as the barons mostly opposed the idea of afemale ruler. [Royal]
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PARENT (M) William I | |||
Birth | ABT 1028 | ||
Death | 9 SEP 1087 | ||
Marriage | to Mathilda of Flanders | ||
Father | Robert I, Duke of Normandy | ||
Mother | Herlève (or Arlette) | ||
PARENT (F) Mathilda of Flanders | |||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | to William I | ||
Father | Baldwin V of Flanders | ||
Mother | Adèle of France, Countess of Flanders | ||
CHILDREN | |||
F | Adela | ||
Birth | ABT 1067 | Normandy, France | |
Death | 8 MAR 1137 | Marcigny-sur-Loire, France | |
Marriage | between 1080 and 1083 | to Stephen II, Count of Blois | |
M | Henry I of England | ||
Birth | |||
Death | 1 DEC 1135 | ||
Marriage | to Eadgith (or Matilda) | ||
Marriage | mistress | to ? | |
Marriage | 24 JAN 1121 | to Adeliza of Louvain |
PARENT (M) Henry I of England | |||
Birth | |||
Death | 1 DEC 1135 | ||
Marriage | to Eadgith (or Matilda) | ||
Marriage | mistress | to ? | |
Marriage | 24 JAN 1121 | to Adeliza of Louvain | |
Father | William I | ||
Mother | Mathilda of Flanders | ||
PARENT (F) Eadgith (or Matilda) | |||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | to Henry I of England | ||
Father | Máel Coluim mac Donnchada | ||
Mother | Margaret Of Scotland | ||
CHILDREN | |||
F | Matilda of England | ||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | to Henry V | ||
Marriage | to Geoffrey Plantagenet |
PARENT (M) Henry I of England | |||
Birth | |||
Death | 1 DEC 1135 | ||
Marriage | to Eadgith (or Matilda) | ||
Marriage | mistress | to ? | |
Marriage | 24 JAN 1121 | to Adeliza of Louvain | |
Father | William I | ||
Mother | Mathilda of Flanders | ||
PARENT (U) ? | |||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Father | ? | ||
Mother | ? | ||
CHILDREN | |||
M | Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester | ||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | to Mabel FitzHamon |
PARENT (M) Henry I of England | |||
Birth | |||
Death | 1 DEC 1135 | ||
Marriage | to Eadgith (or Matilda) | ||
Marriage | mistress | to ? | |
Marriage | 24 JAN 1121 | to Adeliza of Louvain | |
Father | William I | ||
Mother | Mathilda of Flanders | ||
PARENT (F) Adeliza of Louvain | |||
Birth | ABT 1103 | Louvain | |
Death | 23 APR 1151 | Affligem Abbey, Brabant | |
Marriage | 24 JAN 1121 | to Henry I of England | |
Father | Godfrey I, Count of Louvain | ||
Mother | Ida of Chiny | ||
CHILDREN |
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