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Henry I Beauclerc Unknown1,2
M, #11627, Deceased, b. 1068, d. 2 December 1135
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Parents
| Father | William The Conqueror Unknown (d. 9 September 1087) |
| Mother | Matilda Unknown (d. 2 November 1083) |
Family 1: Isabel de Beaumont (b. about 1113, d. after 1172)
Family 2: Mistress Unknown
Family 3: Mistress Unknown
Family 4: Sybil Corbet (b. 1077, d. after 1157)
Family 5: Mistress Unknown
| Daughter | Aline FitzRoy+ |
Family 6: Mistress Unknown
| Son | Robert de Caen+ (b. about 1090, d. 31 October 1147) |
Family 7: Matilda Unknown (b. about 1079, d. 1 May 1118)
| Daughter | Matilda Unknown+ (b. 1101, d. 10 September 1167) |
Family 8: Adeliza Unknown (b. about 1105, d. 1151)
Main Events
| Marriage | Henry I Beauclerc Unknown and Isabel de Beaumont were married Unknown GEDCOM info: Mistress Unknown GEDCOM info: had a child with Unknown GEDCOM info: Mistress Unknown GEDCOM info: had a child with.1 |
| Marriage | Henry I Beauclerc Unknown and Mistress Unknown were married Unknown GEDCOM info: Mistress Unknown GEDCOM info: had a child by Unknown GEDCOM info: Mistress Unknown GEDCOM info: had a child by.1 |
| Marriage | Henry I Beauclerc Unknown and Mistress Unknown were married Unknown GEDCOM info: Mistress Unknown GEDCOM info: had a child with Unknown GEDCOM info: Mistress Unknown GEDCOM info: had a child with.1 |
| Marriage | Henry I Beauclerc Unknown and Sybil Corbet were married Unknown GEDCOM info: Mistress Unknown GEDCOM info: had children with Unknown GEDCOM info: Mistress Unknown GEDCOM info: had children with.3,1 |
| Marriage | Henry I Beauclerc Unknown and Mistress Unknown were married.1 |
| Burial | Henry I Beauclerc's remains were buried in Reading Abbey.1 |
| Residence | He resided See notes.1 |
| User Reference Number | He; 18431 |
| Note | Event Memos from GEDCOM Import... Residence King Henry I of England (c.1068 – 1 December 1135), called Henry Beauclerc (because of his scholarly interests) was the fourth son of William I of England commonly known in both England and Normandy as William the Conqueror. He reigned as King of England from 1100 to 1135 in succession to his brother William II of England (known as William Rufus on account of his red face). King 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 during the absence on the Crusades of the eldest brother Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy (also known as Robert III). Henry's reign is noted for its political opportunism, the aforementioned improvements in the machinery of government, the integration of the divided Anglo-Saxon and Normans within his Kingdom, his reuniting of his father's dominions, 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 the north east of 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). Queen Matilda named the infant Prince Henry after her uncle, King Henry I of France. As the youngest son of the family, he was almost certainly expected to become a Bishop and was given rather more extensive schooling than was usual for a young nobleman of that time. The Chronicler William of Malmesbury asserts that Henry once remarked that an illiterate King was a crowned ass. He was certainly the first Norman ruler to be fluent in the English language. William I's third son Richard had pre-deceased his father by being killed in an hunting accident in the New Forest so, upon his death in 1087, William bequeathed his dominions to his three surviving sons in the following manner: * Robert received the Duchy of Normandy and became Duke Robert III * William Rufus received the Kingdom of England and became King William II * Henry Beauclerc received 5,000 pounds of silver Henry tried to play his brothers off against each other but eventually, wary of his devious manoeuvering, they acted together and signed an Accession Treaty which sought to bar Prince Henry from both Thrones by stipulating that if either King William or Duke Robert died without an heir, the two dominions of their father would be reunited under the surviving brother. When, on 2 August 1100, William II was killed by an arrow in yet another hunting accident in the New Forest, Duke Robert was not yet returned from the First Crusade and his absence, along with his poor reputation among the Norman nobles, allowed Prince Henry to seize the keys of the Royal Treasury at Winchester, Hampshire - where he buried his dead brother. He was accepted as King by the leading Barons and was crowned three days later on 5 August at Westminster Abbey. He secured his position among the nobles by an act of political appeasement: he issued a Charter of Liberties which is considered a forerunner of the Magna Carta. On 11 November 1100 Henry married Edith of Scotland, daughter of King Malcolm III. 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. In the following year, 1101, Robert Curthose attempted to seize the crown by invading England. In the Treaty of Alton, Robert agreed to recognise his brother 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 Curthose and to obviate the drain on his fiscal resources, Henry led an expeditionary force across the English Channel. 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 were 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 kilometres North of Tinchebray where a farm named 'Prise' stands today on the D22 road. The tombstones of three knights are nearby on the same road. 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 the Kingdom of England and reunited his father's dominions. He attempted to reduce difficulties in Normandy by marrying his eldest son, William Adelin, to the daughter of Fulk of Jerusalem (also known as 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, the Empress Matilda and Fulk's son Geoffrey Plantagenet Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou, which eventually resulted in the union of the two Realms under the Plantagenet Kings. He had two children by Edith (Matilda), who died in 1118: * Matild, born February 1102 * 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. 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. 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 on 1 December 1135 of food poisoning from eating 'a surfeit of lampreys' (of which he was excessively fond) at Saint-Denis-en-Lyons (now Lyons-la-Forêt) in Normandy. His remains were taken back to England and were buried at Reading Abbey, which he had founded fourteen years before. (The Abbey was destroyed during the Reformation. 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 gender and her remarriage into the House of Anjou, an enemy of the Normans, allowed Henry's nephew Stephen of Blois, King Stephen of England 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 Plantagenet, as his heir in 1153. In one more year he would be Henry II of England. 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. |
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| His wife Mistress Unknown died. | |
| His wife Mistress Unknown died. | |
| His wife Mistress Unknown died. | |
| Birth | He was born in 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England.2,1 |
| His mother Matilda Unknown died on 2 November 1083 in Caen, Basse-Normandie, France. | |
| His father William The Conqueror Unknown died on 9 September 1087 in St. Gervais, Seine-Maritime, France. | |
| Marriage | Henry I Beauclerc Unknown and Mistress Unknown were married about 1089 Unknown GEDCOM info: Mistress Unknown GEDCOM info: had a children with Unknown GEDCOM info: Mistress Unknown GEDCOM info: had a children with.2,1 |
| His son Robert de Caen was born about 1090 in Caen, Basse-Normandie, France. | |
| Marriage | Henry I Beauclerc Unknown and Matilda Unknown were married on 11 November 1100 in England.2,1 |
| His daughter Matilda Unknown was born in 1101 in London, England. | |
| His wife Matilda Unknown died on 1 May 1118 in Westminster, Middlesex, England. | |
| Marriage | Henry I Beauclerc Unknown and Adeliza Unknown were married in 1121.2,1 |
| Death | He died on 2 December 1135, at age ~67, in St Denis-le-Fremont, Fance.2,1 |
| His wife Adeliza Unknown died in 1151. | |
| His wife Sybil Corbet died after 1157. | |
| His wife Isabel de Beaumont died after 1172. |
Citations
Elizabeth May Higgins1
F, #11637, Deceased, b. 10 June 1896, d. May 1985
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Parents
| Father | Henry James Higgins (d. about 1901) |
| Mother | Mary Ann Unknown (b. 1871, d. about August 1943) |
Family: James Alfred Watts (b. 13 August 1892, d. 1976)
| Daughter | Yvonne Watts+ (b. 24 June 1921, d. September 2012) |
Main Events
| Also Known As | Elizabeth May Higgins was also known as Elizabeth May Watts. |
| User Reference Number | She; 23411 |
| Birth | She was born on 10 June 1896 in Upton-cum-Chalvey. |
| Her father Henry James Higgins died about 1901 in Second Boer War. | |
| Marriage | Elizabeth May Higgins and James Alfred Watts were married on 5 March 1921 in Upton-cum-Chalvey, Buckinghamshire. |
| Her daughter Yvonne Watts was born on 24 June 1921 in Upton-cum-Chalvey, Buckinghamshire. | |
| Her mother Mary Ann Unknown died about August 1943 in Blandford, Dorset. | |
| Her husband James Alfred Watts died in 1976 in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. | |
| Death | Elizabeth May Higgins died in May 1985, at age 88, in Surrey [2]. |
Citations
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