Henry Beauclerk, King of England

1068 - 1135  (67 years)

• Name	Henry Beauclerk
  Title	King of England
  Suffix	I.
  Birth	Sep 1068	Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  FSID	9CS3-646
  Death	1 Dec 1135	Normandie, France
  Burial	Berkshire, England
  Person ID	I8417	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Normandie, King Of England ,   b. 1026, Normandie, France d. 7 Sep 1087, Normandie, France (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Matilda of Flanders, Queen Consort of England ,   b. Abt 1031, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France d. 2 Nov 1083, Normandie, France (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1050	Normandie, France
  Family ID	F5054	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eadgith Dunkeld,   b. 1079, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 1 May 1118, Middlesex, England (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1100	Middlesex, England   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Robert Fitzroy, First Earl Of Gloucester ,   b. 11 Apr 1090, Normandie, France d. 31 Oct 1147, Gloucestershire, England (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Elizabeth Fitzhenry,   b. 1095, Yorkshire, England d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Matilda Normandie,   b. 7 Feb 1102, Berkshire, England d. 10 Sep 1167, Normandie, France (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Constance Fitzroy,   b. Abt 1120, England, United Kingdom d. Aft 1173, Normandie, France (Age > 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3815	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Henry I, King of the English, was the youngest son of William, Duke of N o r m a n dy and King of the English - "the Conqueror" - and his wife Matild a . H e w a s b orn some time in 1068 , the only son born in England after h i s f a t h er's 1066 conquest of the kingdom, although the exact date and p l a c e a r e not known. Local tradition has claimed Selby in Yorkshire as h i s b i r t hplace, but no evidence supports this claim. Rather than being g i v e n a t r aditional Norman name, he was named after his maternal grandfa t h e r . As the youngest son, Henry was not originally expected to inherit his f a t h e r 's domains, and it is possible that at one time he might have been i n t e n d ed for the church, for which his education would have fitted him. C o n t e m porary accounts, record him as being educated in Latin and the lib e r a l a r ts. Later historians called him "Beauclerc" - well-educated - bu t t h e r e i s no evidence that he was known by this name during his lifeti me . I n s t ead, on 24 May 1086, at age eighteen, he was knighted at Winche s te r i n E n gland by his father, suggesting that any thoughts of a church c a r e e r h ad been superseded.

  
  

• Photos

  Henry I

  
  

• Sources

  [S188] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: Some of the descendants of Lewis and Ann Jones of Roxbury, Mass , through their son Josiah and gran.