England, Henry I 1 2 3 4a 5

Birth Name England, Henry I
Nick Name Beauclerc
Gender male
Age at Death 66 years, 9 months, 9 days

Narrative

Henry I (of England) (1068-1135), third Norman king of England (1100-1135), fourth son of William the Conqueror. Henry was born in Selby. Because his father, who died in 1087, left him no land, Henry made several unsuccessful attempts to gain territories on the Continent. On the death of his brother William II in 1100, Henry took advantage of the absence of another brother—Robert, who had a prior claim to the throne—to seize the royal treasury and have himself crowned king at Westminster. Henry subsequently secured his position with the nobles and with the church by issuing a charter of liberties that acknowledged the feudal rights of the nobles and the rights of the church. In 1101 Robert, who was duke of Normandy, invaded England, but Henry persuaded him to withdraw by promising him a pension and military aid on the Continent. In 1102 Henry put down a revolt of nobles, who subsequently took refuge in Normandy (Normandie), where they were aided by Robert. By defeating Robert at Tinchebray, France, in 1106, Henry won Normandy. During the rest of his reign, however, he constantly had to put down uprisings that threatened his rule in Normandy. The conflict between Henry and Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, over the question of lay investiture (the appointment of church officials by the king), was settled in 1107 by a compromise that left the king with substantial control in the matter.

Because he had no surviving male heir, Henry was forced to designate his daughter Matilda as his heiress. After his death on December 1, 1135, at Lyons-la-Fôret, Normandy, however, Henry's nephew, Stephen of Blois, usurped the throne, plunging the country into a protracted civil war that ended only with the accession of Matilda's son, Henry II, in 1154.

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Henry I (c.1068 - December 1, 1135), called Henry Beauclerk or Henry Beauclerc because of his scholarly interests, was the youngest son of William the Conqueror. He reigned as King of England from 1100 to 1135, succeeding his brother, William II Rufus. He was also known by the nickname "Lion of Justice". His reign is noted for his limitations on the power of the crown, his improvements in the machinery of government, his reuniting of the dominions of his father, and his controversial decision to name his daughter as his heir.

Henry was born between May 1068 and May 1069, probably in Selby, Yorkshire in England. As the youngest son of the family, he was most likely expected to become a bishop and was given extensive schooling for a young nobleman of that time period. He was probably the first Norman ruler to be fluent in English.

His father William, upon his death in 1087, bequeathed his dominions to his sons in the following manner:

Robert received the Duchy of Normandy
William received the Kingdom of England
Henry received 5000 pounds of silver
It is reported that he prophesied that Henry would eventually get everything his father had (Cross, 1917).

The two older brothers made an agreement that if either died without an heir, the two dominions of their father would be reunited under the surviving brother. When William II died in 1100, however, Robert was returning from the First Crusade. His absence, along with his poor reputation among the Norman nobles, allowed Henry to seize the keys of the royal hoard at Winchester. He was accepted as king by the leading barons and was crowned three days later on August 5 at Westminster. He immediately secured his position among the nobles by issuing the Charter of Liberties, which is considered a forerunner of the Magna Carta.

On November 11, 1100 Henry married Edith, daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland. Since Edith was also the niece of Edgar Atheling, the marriage united the Norman line with old English line of kings. The marriage greatly displeased the Norman barons, however, and as a concession to their sensibilities, Edith changed her named to Matilda upon becoming queen.

The following year in 1101, Robert Curthose attempted to seize back the crown by an invading England. In the Treaty of Alton, Robert agreed to recognize Henry as king of England and return peacefully to Normandy, upon receipt of an annual sum of 2000 marks, which Henry proceeded to pay.

In 1105, to eliminate the continuing threat from Robert, Henry led an expeditionary force across the English Channel. In 1106, he decisively defeated his brother's Norman army at Tinchebray. He imprisoned his brother and appropriated the Duchy of Normandy as a possession of England, thus reuniting his father's dominions.

As king, Henry carried out social and judicial reforms, including:

issuing the Charter of Liberties
restoring laws of King Edward the Confessor.
He had two children by Matilda before her death in 1118: Maud, born February 1102, and William Adelin, born November 1103. On January 29, 1121, he married Adeliza, daughter of Godfrey, Count of Louvain, but there were no children from this marriage. He also holds the record for the largest number of acknowledged illegitimate children born to any English king, with a provisional total of twenty-five. One of his illegitimate daughters, Sybilla, married King Alexander I of Scotland.

However, his only legitimate son William Adelin perished in the wreck of the White Ship, on November 25, 1120, off the coast of Normandy. Also among the dead were Henry's illegitimate son Richard and illegitimate daughter Matilda, Countess of Perche, as well as a niece, Lucia de Blois.

 

 

Left without male heirs, Henry took the unprecedented step of making his barons swear to accept his daughter Matilda, widow of Henry V, the Holy Roman Emperor, as his heir.

Henry died of food poisoning from eating foul lampreys in December, 1135, at St. Denis le Fermont in Normandy and was buried at Reading Abbey.

 

 

Although Henry's barons had sworn allegiance to his daughter Matilda as their queen, Matilda's sex and her remarriage to the House of Anjou, an enemy of the Normans, allowed Henry's nephew Stephen of Boulogne to come to England and claim the throne with popular support.

The struggle between Matilda and Stephen resulted in a long civil war known as the Anarchy. The dispute was eventually settled by Stephen's naming of Matilda's son, Henry, as his heir in 1153.

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Henry I was born in the year 1068---a factor he himself regarded as highly significant, for he was the only son of the Conqueror born after the conquest of England, and to Henry this meant he was heir to the throne. He was not an attractive proposition: he was dissolute to a degree, producing at least a score of bastards; but far worse he was prone to sadistic cruelty---on one occasion, for example, personally punishing a rebellious burgher by throwing him from the walls of his town.

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At the death of William the Conqueror, Henry was left no lands, merely 5,000 pounds of silver. With these he bought lands from his elder brother Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, only to see them taken back again a few years later by Robert, in unholy alliance with his brother William Rufus.

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Henry could do little to avenge such treatment, but in England he found numerous barons who were tired of the exactions and ambitions of their king. He formed alliances with some of these, notably with the important de Clare family. He and some of the de Clares were with William Rufus on his last hunting expedition, and it is thought that the king's death was the result of Henry's plotting.

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Certainly he moved fast to take advantage of it; leaving Rufus's body unattended in the woods, he swooped down on Winchester to take control of the treasury. Two days later he was in Westminster, being crowned by the Bishop of London. His speed is understandable when one realises that his elder brother, Robert [Curthose], was returning from the crusade, and claimed, with good reason, to be the true heir.

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Henry showed great good sense in his first actions as King. He arrested Ranulph Flambard, William's tax-gatherer, and recalled Anselm, the exiled Archbishop. Furthermore, he issued a Charter of Liberties which promised speedy redress of grievances, and a return to the good government of the Conqueror. Putting aside for the moment his many mistresses, he married the sister of the King of Scots, who was descended from the royal line of Wessex; and lest the Norman barons should think him too pro-English in this action, he changed her name from Edith to Matilda. No one could claim that he did not aim to please.

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In 1101 Robert Curthose invaded, but Henry met him at Alton, and persuaded him to go away again by promising him an annuity of £2,000. He had no intention of keeping up the payments, but the problem was temporarily solved.

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He now felt strong enough to move against dissident barons who might give trouble in the future. Chief amongst these was the vicious Robert of Bellême, Earl of Shrewsbury, whom Henry had known for many years as a dangerous troublemaker. He set up a number of charges against him in the king's court, making it plain that if he appeared for trial he would be convicted and imprisoned. Thus Robert and his colleagues were forced into rebellion at a time not of their own choosing, were easily defeated and sent scuttling back to Normandy.

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In Normandy Robert Curthose began to wreak his wrath on all connected with his brother, thus giving Henry an excellent chance to retaliate with charges of misgovernment and invade. He made two expeditions in 1104-5, before the great expedition of 1106 on which Robert was defeated at the hour-long battle of Tinchebrai, on the anniversary of Hastings. No one had expected such an easy victory, but Henry took advantage of the state of shock resulting from the battle to annex Normandy. Robert was imprisoned (in some comfort, it be said); he lived on for 28 more years, ending up in Cardiff castle whiling away the long hours learning Welsh. His son William Clito remained a free agent, to plague Henry for most of the rest of his reign.

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In England the struggle with Anselm over the homage of bishops ran its course until the settlement of 1107. In matters of secular government life was more simple: Henry had found a brilliant administrator, Roger of Salisbury, to act as Justiciar for him. Roger had an inventive mind, a keen grasp of affairs, and the ability to single out young men of promise. He quickly built up a highly efficient team of administrators, and established new routines and forms of organisation within which they could work. To him we owe the Exchequer and its recording system of the Pipe Rolls, the circuits of royal justiciars spreading the king's peace, and the attempts at codification of law. Henry's good relationships with his barons, and with the burgeoning new towns owed much to skilful administration. Certainly he was able to gain a larger and more reliable revenue this way than by the crude extortion his brother had used.

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In 1120 came the tragedy of the White Ship. The court was returning to England, and the finest ship in the land was filled with its young men, including Henry's son and heir William. Riotously drunk, they tried to go faster and faster, when suddenly the ship foundered. All hands except a butcher of Rouen were lost, and England was without an heir.

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Henry's only legitimate child was Matilda, but she was married to the Emperor Henry V of Germany, and so could not succeed. But in 1125 her husband died, and Henry brought her home and forced the barons to swear fealty to her---though they did not like the prospect of a woman ruler. Henry then married her to Geoffrey of Anjou, the Normans' traditional enemy, and the barons were less happy---especially when the newly-weds had a terrible row, and Geoffrey ordered her out of his lands. In 1131 Henry, absolutely determined, forced the barons to swear fealty once more, and the fact that they did so is testimoney of his controlling power. Matilda and Geoffrey were reunited, and in 1133 she produced a son whom she named for his grandfather. If only Henry could live on until his grandson was old enough to rule, all would be well.

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But in 1135, against doctor's orders, he ate a hearty meal of lampreys, got acute indigestion, which turned into fever, and died. He was buried at his abbey in Reading---some said in a silver coffin, for which there was an unsuccessful search at the Dissolution. [Source: Who's Who in the Middle Ages, John Fines, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1995]

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Title: The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999
Page: 161-9

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Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1069-02-21 Selby, Yorkshire, England   5
Event Note

B: 21 FEB 1068/1069

 

Baptism 1100-08-05 Selby, Yorkshire, England   2
Death 1135-12-01 St. Denis, Seine-St. Dennis, France   5

Age: 66y 9m 10d

Burial 1135-01-04 Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England Burial 6

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father de Normandie, William1024-10-141087-09-10
Mother of Flanders, Matilda10311083-11-02
    Sister     of Flanders, Gundrella 1052
    Brother     of Normandy, Robert III 1054 1134-10-02
    Sister     of Normandy, Cecilia 1056
    Brother     of England, William II 1056
    Brother     of England, Richard 1057
    Sister     of England, Adelidis 1062 1136-03-08
    Sister     of Normandy, Agatha 1064
    Sister     of Normandy, Constance 1066
         England, Henry I 1069-02-21 1135-12-01
    Sister     of Normandy, Matilda

Families

Family of England, Henry I and of Brabrant, Adelicia
Married Wife of Brabrant, Adelicia ( * about 1115 + 1151-04-23 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1120-01-24      

Family of England, Henry I and verch Deheubarth Rhys, Nest Heiress of Carew, Tywysoges Deheubarth
Unknown Partner verch Deheubarth Rhys, Nest Heiress of Carew, Tywysoges Deheubarth ( * 1073 + 1163 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
of Caen, Robert10901147-10-31
England, Maud1091

Family of England, Henry I and of Scotland, Matilda
Unknown Partner of Scotland, Matilda ( * 1079 + 1118-05-01 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
of England, Elizabeth1095
of England, Matilda1102-02-071169-09-10
Of Angers, Adelaide1102-08-05

Family of England, Henry I and Corbet, Sybil
Unknown Partner Corbet, Sybil ( * 1077 + 1157 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
of Falaise, Sibyl1085
of Normandy, Elizabeth10951167
Fitzhenry, Henry11051157
of England, Constance1109
de Dunstanville, Reginald11101175-07-01
of England, Gundred Rohesia1120

Family of England, Henry I and Beaumont, Isabel Elizabeth
Unknown Partner Beaumont, Isabel Elizabeth ( * 1096 + 1147 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Dunstanville, Alice1113
de Dunstanville, Constance1115
FitzRoy, Matilda1117
de Dunstanville, Isabel1120

Family of England, Henry I and Bertrade, Edith
Unknown Partner Bertrade, Edith ( * 1082 + ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
of England, Emma1110

Family of England, Henry I and de Louvaine, Adeliza
Unknown Partner de Louvaine, Adeliza ( * 1069 + ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Aline, Alice1099

Family of England, Henry I and de Tracy, Gieva
Unknown Partner de Tracy, Gieva ( * 1072 + ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Tracy, William10971136

Source References

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        ID: I002202
        Name: Henry I Beauclerc , King of England 1 2 3 4 5
        Sex: M
        Name: King Henry I 1 2
        Birth: ABT SEP 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England 1
        Death: 1 DEC 1135 in Westminster Palace, London, England 1 2 3 4 5
        Burial: Westminster Abbey, London, England 1 2 3 4 5
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        Henry I of England
        From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

        Henry I of England (c.1068 – 1 December 1135), called Henry Beauclerc because of his scholarly interests, was the fourth son of William the Conqueror. He reigned as King of England from 1100 to 1135, succeeding his brother, William II Rufus. Henry also was known by the nickname "Lion of Justice", due to the refinements which he brought about in the rudimentary administrative and legislative machinery of the time.

        He seized power after the death of William II, which occurred (conveniently) during the absence of his older brother Robert Curthose on the Crusades.

        His reign is noted for his opportunistic political skills, the aforementioned improvements in the machinery of government, the integration of the divided Anglo-Saxon and Normans within his kingdom, his reuniting of the dominions of his father, and his controversial (although well-founded) decision to name his daughter as his heir.

        Early life
        Henry was born between May 1068 and May 1069, probably in Selby, Yorkshire in England. His mother, Queen Matilda of Flanders, was descended from the Saxon King Alfred the Great (but not through the main West Saxon royal line). Matilda named Henry after her uncle, King Henry I of France. As the youngest son of the family, he was most likely expected to become a bishop and was given extensive schooling for a young nobleman of that time period. William of Malmesbury asserts that Henry once remarked that an illiterate king was a crowned ass. He was probably the first Norman ruler to be fluent in the English language.

        His father William, upon his death in 1087, bequeathed his dominions to his three remaining sons (third son Richard having died previously) in the following manner:

        Robert received the Duchy of Normandy
        William received the Kingdom of England
        Henry received 5,000 pounds of silver
        Orderic Vitalis reports that King William declared to Henry: "You in your own time will have all the dominions I have acquired and be greater than both your brothers in wealth and power."

        Henry played his brothers off against each other. Eventually, wary of his devious manouevering, they acted together and signed an accession treaty which effectively barred Henry from both thrones, stipulating that if either died without an heir, the two dominions of their father would be reunited under the surviving brother.

        Seizing the throne of England
        When William II was killed by an arrow whilst hunting on 2 August 1100, Robert was returning from the First Crusade. His absence, along with his poor reputation among the Norman nobles, allowed Henry to seize the keys of the royal hoard at Winchester. He was accepted as king by the leading barons and was crowned three days later on 5 August at Westminster. He secured his position among the nobles by an act of political appeasement, issuing the Charter of Liberties, which is considered a forerunner of the Magna Carta.
        ]
        First marriage
        On 11 November 1100 Henry married Edith, daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland. Since Edith was also the niece of Edgar Atheling and the great-granddaughter of Edmund Ironside, the marriage united the Norman line with the old English line of kings. The marriage greatly displeased the Norman barons, however, and as a concession to their sensibilities Edith changed her name to Matilda upon becoming queen. The other side of this coin, however, was that Henry, by dint of his marriage, became far more acceptable to the Anglo-Saxon populace.

        William of Malmesbury describes Henry thus: "He was of middle stature, greater than the small, but exceeded by the very tall; his hair was black and set back upon the forehead; his eyes mildly bright; his chest brawny; his body fleshy."

        Conquest of Normandy
        In 1101, the following year, Robert Curthose attempted to seize the crown by invading England. In the Treaty of Alton, Robert agreed to recognize Henry as King of England and return peacefully to Normandy, upon receipt of an annual sum of 2000 marks, which Henry proceeded to pay.

        In 1105, to eliminate the continuing threat from Robert and to obviate the drain on his fiscal resources, Henry led an expeditionary force across the English Channel.

        Battle of Tinchebray
        On the morning of the 28 September 1106, exactly 40 years after William had landed in England, the decisive battle between his two sons, Robert Courthose and Henry Beauclerc took place in the small village of Tinchebray. This combat was totally unexpected and unprepared. Henry and his army was marching south from Barfleur on their way to Domfront and Robert was marching with his army from Falaise on their way to Mortain. They met at the crossroads at Tinchebray and the running battle which ensued was spread out over several kilometres. The site where most of the fighting took place is the village playing field today. Towards evening Robert tried to retreat but was captured by Henry's men at a place three Km North of Tinchebray where a farm named "Prise" (taken) stands today on the D22 road. The tombstones of three knights are nearby in the same road.

        King of England and Duke of Normandy
        After Henry had defeated his brother's Norman army at Tinchebray he imprisoned Robert, initially in the Tower of London, subsequently at Devizes Castle and later at Cardiff. One day while out riding Robert attempted to escape from Cardiff but his horse was bogged down in a swamp and he was recaptured. To prevent further escapes Henry had his eyes burnt out. Henry appropriated the Duchy of Normandy as a possession of England, and reunited his father's dominions.

        He attempted to reduce difficulties in Normandy by marrying his eldest son, William, to the daughter of Fulk V, Count of Anjou, then a serious enemy. Eight years later, after William's untimely death, a much more momentous union was made between Henry's daughter Matilda and Fulk's son Geoffrey Plantagenet, which eventually resulted in the union of the two realms under the Plantagenet kings.

        Activities as a King
        Henry's need for finance to consolidate his position led to an increase in the activities of centralized government. As king, Henry carried out social and judicial reforms, including:

        issuing the Charter of Liberties
        restoring laws of King Edward the Confessor.
        Henry was also known for some brutal acts. He once threw a traitorous burgher named Conan Pilatus from the tower of Rouen; the tower was known from then on as "Conan's Leap". In another instance that took place in 1119, King Henry's son-in-law, Eustace de Pacy, and Ralph Harnec, the constable of Ivry, exchanged their children as hostages. When Eustace blinded Harnec's son, Harnec demanded vengeance. King Henry allowed Harnec to blind and mutiliate Eustace's two daughters, who were also Henry's own grandchildren. Eustace and his wife, Juliane, were outraged and threatened to rebel. Henry arranged to meet his daughter at a parlay at Breteuil, only for Juliane to draw a crossbow and attempt to assassinate her father. She was captured and confined to the castle, but escaped by leaping from a window into the moat below. Some years later Henry was reconciled with his daughter and son-in-law.

        Legitimate children
        He had two children by Edith-Matilda, who died in 1118:

        Matilda, born February 1102, and
        William Adelin, born November 1103.
        Disaster struck when William, his only legitimate son, perished in the wreck of the White Ship on 25 November 1120 off the coast of Normandy. Also among the dead were two of Henry's illegitimate children, as well as a niece, Lucia-Mahaut de Blois. Henry's grieving was intense, and the succession was in crisis.

        Second marriage
        On 29 January 1121, he married Adeliza, daughter of Godfrey I of Leuven, Duke of Lower Lotharingia and Landgrave of Brabant, but there were no children from this marriage. Left without male heirs, Henry took the unprecedented step of making his barons swear to accept his daughter Empress Matilda, widow of Henry V, the Holy Roman Emperor, as his heir.

        Death and legacy
        Henry visited Normandy in 1135 to see his young grandsons, the children of Matilda and Geoffrey. He took great delight in his grandchildren, but soon quarreled with his daughter and son-in-law and these disputes led him to tarry in Normandy far longer than he originally planned.

        Henry died of food poisoning from eating "a surfeit of lampreys," of which he was excessively fond, in December 1135 at Lyons-la-forêt in Normandy. He was buried at Reading Abbey, which he had founded fourteen years before. (No trace of his tomb has survived and the probable site is now covered by a car park.)

        Although Henry's barons had sworn allegiance to his daughter as their queen, her sex and her remarriage into the House of Anjou, an enemy of the Normans, allowed Henry's nephew Stephen of Blois to come to England and claim the throne with popular support.

        The struggle between the Empress and Stephen resulted in a long civil war known as the Anarchy. The dispute was eventually settled by Stephen's naming of Matilda's son, Henry, as his heir in 1153.

        Illegitimate Children
        King Henry is famed for holding the record for the largest number of acknowledged illegitimate children born to any English king, with the number being around 20 or 25. He had many mistresses, and identifying which mistress is the mother of which child is difficult. His illegitimate offspring for whom there is documentation are:

        Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester. His mother was probably a member of the Gai family.
        Maud FitzRoy, married Conan III, Duke of Brittany
        Constance FitzRoy, married Roscelin de Beaumont
        Mabel FitzRoy, married William III Gouet
        Aline FitzRoy, married Matthieu I of Montmorency
        William de Tracy, died shortly after King Henry.
        Gilbert FitzRoy, died after 1142. His mother may have been a sister of Walter de Gand.
        Emma, born circa 1138; married Gui de Laval, Lord Laval.
        Eustacie, born circa 1084. Married William Gouet II, Lord Montmirial.
        ]
        With Edith
        Matilda du Perche, married Count Rotrou II of Perche, perished in the wreck of the White Ship.

        With Ansfride
        Ansfride was born circa 1070. She was married Sir Anskill of Abingdon Abbey.

        Juliane de Fontevrault, married Eustace de Pacy. She tried to shoot her father with a crossbow after King Henry allowed her two young daughters to be blinded.
        Fulk FitzRoy, a monk at Abingdon.
        Richard of Lincoln, perished in the wreck of the White Ship.

        With Sibyl Corbet
        Lady Sybilla Corbet of Alcester was born in 1077 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England. She married Herbert FitzHerbert, son of Herbert "the Chamberlain" of Winchester and Emma de Blois. She died after 1157 and was also known as Adela (or Lucia) Corbet. Sybil was definitely mother of Sybil and Rainald, possibly also of William and Rohese. Some sources suggest that there was another daughter by this relationship, Gundred, but it appears that she was thought as such because she was a sister of Reginald de Dunstanville but it appears that that was another person of that name who was not related to this family.

        Sybilla of England, married King Alexander I of Scotland.
        William Constable, born before 1105. Married Alice (Constable); died after 1187.
        Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall.
        Gundred of England (1114 – 1146), married 1130 Henry de la Pomeroy, son of Joscelin de la Pomerai.
        Rohese of England, born 1114; married Henry de la Pomeroy.

        With Edith FitzForne
        Robert FitzEdith, Lord Okehampton, (1093 – 1172) married Dame Maud d'Avranches du Sap.
        Adeliza FitzEdith. Appears in charters with her brother Robert.

        With Princess Nest
        Nesta verch Rhys of Deheubarth was born circa 1073 at Dynevor, Llandyfeisant, Carmarthenshire, Wales. She was married first to Gerald of Windsor (Geraldus FitzOther de Windsor, son of Walter FitzOther of Windsor, Keeper of the Forest and Gwladys verch Rhywallon), in 1095. Later, after several other liaisons and illegitimate children, she married Stephen of Cardigan, Constable of Cardigan Date of death unknown, but Stephen was Constable in 1136.

        Henry FitzRoy, died 1157.

        With Isabel de Beaumont
        Isabel (Elizabeth) de Beaumont (after 1102 – after 1172), daughter of Robert de Beaumont, sister of Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester. She married Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke, in 1130. She was also known as Isabella de Meulan.

        Isabel Hedwig of England, born circa 1120.
        Matilda FitzRoy, abbess of Montvilliers.

         

        Henry I (born 1068, ruled 1100-35). The youngest son of William the Conqueror was born in England. His nickname, Beauclerc, which means "good scholar," was given him because of his fine education. He seized the crown in the year 1100, when his brother King William II was killed in a hunting accident and his brother Robert, duke of Normandy, who was next in the line of succession, was absent on a crusade At his accession Henry I issued the famous Charter of Liberties, which, over a hundred years later, was used as the basis of Magna Carta, the foundation of the liberties of the Anglo-Saxon world. He also favored the church in order to gain its backing against the claims of his brother Robert to the English throne.
        The Charter of Liberties helped gain Henry the support of the nobles. He conciliated the English, conquered by his father, by marrying Matilda, who was the daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland and who was descended from the Anglo-Saxon kings. The support of the common people was assured by the justice he administered through the King's Court. Henry's only son, William Aetheling, was drowned in 1120 when the White Ship sank in the English Channel. According to legend, the king never smiled again. The accident left his daughter Matilda, widow of the Holy Roman emperor Henry V, and his nephew Stephen contestants for the throne at his death.

        Henry I (of England)

        Henry I (of England) (1068-1135), third Norman king of England (1100-1135), fourth son of William the Conqueror. Henry was born in Selby. On the death of his brother William II in 1100, Henry took advantage of the absence of another brother- Robert, who had a prior claim to the throne- to seize the royal treasury and have himself crowned king at Westminster. By defeating Robert, who was Duke of Normandy, at Tinchebray, France, in 1106, Henry also won Normandy. Henry designated his daughter Matilda as his heiress. After his death in 1135, however, Henry's nephew, Stephen of Blois, usurped the throne, plunging the country into a protracted civil war that ended with the accession of Matilda's son, Henry II, in 1154.

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        Father: William 'The Conqueror' , King of England b: 14 OCT 1024 in Falaise Castle, Calvados, Normandy, France
        Mother: Matilda Maud of Flanders b: 1032 in Hainault, Flanders, Belgium

        Marriage 1 Gieva de Tracy b: ABT 1072 in Barnstable, Devonshire, England
        Children
        William De Tracy , Lord of Bradninch b: ABT 1090 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England

        Marriage 2 Elizabeth (Isabel) de Beaumont b: ABT 1096 in Meulan, Ile De France, France
        Children
        Alice de Dunstanville b: ABT 1113 in Dunstanville, Kent, England
        Constance De Dunstanville b: ABT 1115 in Dunstanville, Kent, England
        Matilda FitzRoy , Abbess of Montvilliers b: ABT 1117 in Dunstanville, Kent, England
        Isabel de Dunstanville b: ABT 1120 in Dunstanville, Kent, England

        Marriage 3 Nesta verch Rhys , Princess of Deheubarth b: ABT 1070 in Dynevor Castle, Llandyfeisant, Caernarvonshire, Wales
        Children
        Henry Fitz Henry b: ABT 1105 in Narberth & Pebidiog, Wales

        Marriage 4 Adeliza De Louvaine b: 1069 in Florennes, Louvaine, Brabant, France
        Children
        Princess of England Matilda b: ABT 1086 in London, Middlesex, England
        Princess of England Isabel b: ABT 1092 in London, Middlesex, England
        Princess of England Maud b: ABT 1095 in London, Middlesex, England
        Alice Aline , Princess of England b: ABT 1099 in London, Middlesex, England

        Marriage 5 Sybil Adela Lucy Corbet b: ABT 1070 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England
        Children
        Sibilla De Falaise b: ABT 1085 in Falaise Castle, Normandy, France
        Robert "The Consul" de Caen , Earl of Gloucester b: ABT 1086 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France
        Elizabeth Joan FitzHenry b: ABT 1088 in Ketelby Bellars, Northhamptonshire, England
        Elizabeth Beauclerc b: ABT 1095 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England
        Gundred FitzHenry b: ABT 1112 in Ketelby Bellars, Northhamptonshire, England
        Rohese FitzHenry b: ABT 1114 in Ketelby Bellars, Northhamptonshire, England
        Reginald FitzRoy De Dunstanville , Earl Cornwall b: ABT 1117 in Dunstanville, Kent, England

        Marriage 6 Edith Betarde b: ABT 1082
        Children
        Eustacia of England b: ABT 1106 in London, Middlesex, England
        Emma of England b: ABT 1110 in London, Middlesex, England

        Marriage 7 Sybilla de Mortagne b: ABT 1068 in Mortagne, Artois, Pas-de-Calais, France
        Children
        Sybilla de Normandy b: 1092 in Domfront, Normandy, France

        Marriage 8 Edith Eda fitz Forne De Greystoke b: ABT 1075 in Greystoke, Cumberland, England
        Children
        Robert FitzEdith b: 1093 in London, Middlesex, England
        Adeliza FitzEdith b: 1094 in London, Middlesex, England

        Marriage 9 Ansfride De Gael b: ABT 1070 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France
        Children
        Juliana FitzRoy b: ABT 1092 in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England
        Fulk FitzRoy , a monk at Abingdon b: ABT 1094 in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England
        Richard FitzRoy , Earl of Lincoln b: ABT 1096 in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England

        Marriage 10 Edith Matilda Caennmor , Princess of Scotland b: ABT 1079 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
        Married: 11 NOV 1100 in Westminster Abbey, London, England 1 2 3 4 5
        Married: 11 NOV 1100 in Westminster, L, England 1 2
        Children
        Euphamia Beauclerc b: JUL 1101 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England
        Adelaid Beauclerc b: 5 AUG 1102 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England
        William the Aetheling , Duke of Normandy b: 5 AUG 1103 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England
        Matilda the Empress , Queen of England b: 5 AUG 1104 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England
        Richard Beauclerc b: ABT 1105 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England

        Sources:
        Title: CALDWELL.FTW
        Repository:
        Media: Other
        Text: Date of Import: Mar 23, 2002
        Title: CALDWELL.GED
        Repository:
        Media: Other
        Text: Date of Import: Mar 23, 2002
        Title: Alice Des Meschines.ged
        Repository:
        Media: Other
        Text: Date of Import: 10 Feb 2005
        Title: Aliva Basset.ged
        Repository:
        Media: Other
        Text: Date of Import: 10 Feb 2005
        Title: Peter de Bruce.ged
        Repository:
        Media: Other
        Text: Date of Import: 12 Feb 2005

         

      • Citation:

        Descendants and ancestors of George Smith and Eva Goodale

        michaelneuman@earthlink.net

  5. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I8232&style=TABLE
  6. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I4169