Individual Details
King Henry I of France
(Apr 1008 - 4 Aug 1060)
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Henri I, Roi de France1
M, #103097, b. April 1008, d. 4 August 1060
Last Edited=4 Nov 2011
Henri I, Roi de France was born in April 1008. He was the son of Robert II, Roi de France and Constance d'Arles.1,2 He and Mathilde Salian were engaged.3 He married Anne of Kiev, daughter of Jarislaus I, Grand Duke of Kiev and Ingegarde of Sweden, on 29 January 1044.2 He died on 4 August 1060 at age 52 at Vitry-en-Brie, France.2 He was buried at Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.
He was a member of the House of Capet.1 He succeeded to the title of Roi Henri I de France in 1031.1
Children of Henri I, Roi de France and Anne of Kiev
Philippe I Capet, Roi de France+ b. c 1052, d. 29 Jul 1108
Hugh de Crépi, Comte de Vermandois et de Valois+4 b. 1057, d. 18 Oct 1102
Citations
[S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 77. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
[S45] Marcellus Donald R. von Redlich, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, volume I (1941; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002), page 63. Hereinafter cited as Pedigrees of Emperor Charlemagne, I.
[S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.
[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XII/2, page 829. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
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From Wikipedia
Henry I of France
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry I
King of the Franks (more...)
Henry1 head.jpg
A depiction of Henry from Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
King of the Franks
Junior king
Senior king 14 May 1027 – 20 July 1031;
20 July 1031 – 4 August 1060
Coronation 14 May 1027, Cathedral of Reims
Predecessor Robert II
Successor Philip I
Born 4 May 1008
Reims, France
Died 4 August 1060 (aged 52)
Vitry-aux-Loges, France
Burial Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France
Spouse Matilda of Frisia
Anne of Kiev
Issue Philip I
Emma of France
Robert of France
Hugh I, Count of Vermandois
House House of Capet
Father Robert II
Mother Constance of Arles
French Monarchy
Direct Capetians
Arms of the Kingdom of France (Ancien).svg
Henry I
Philip I
Hugh, Count of Vermandois
v t e
Henry I (4 May 1008 – 4 August 1060) was the King of the Franks from 1031 to his death. The royal demesne of France reached its smallest size during his reign, and for this reason he is often seen as emblematic of the weakness of the early Capetians. This is not entirely agreed upon, however, as other historians regard him as a strong but realistic king, who was forced to conduct a policy mindful of the limitations of the French monarchy.
Contents
1 Reign
2 Marriages
3 Ancestry
4 References
5 Sources
Reign
A member of the House of Capet, Henry was born in Reims, the son of King Robert II (972–1031) and Constance of Arles (986–1034).[1] He was crowned King of France at the Cathedral in Reims on 14 May 1027,[2] in the Capetian tradition, while his father still lived. He had little influence and power until he became sole ruler on his father's death.
The reign of Henry I, like those of his predecessors, was marked by territorial struggles. Initially, he joined his brother Robert, with the support of their mother, in a revolt against his father (1025). His mother, however, supported Robert as heir to the old king, on whose death Henry was left to deal with his rebel sibling.[3] In 1032, he placated his brother by giving him the duchy of Burgundy[3] which his father had given him in 1016.
In an early strategic move, Henry came to the rescue of his very young nephew-in-law, the newly appointed Duke William of Normandy (who would go on to become William the Conqueror), to suppress a revolt by William's vassals. In 1047, Henry secured the dukedom for William in their decisive victory over the vassals at the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes near Caen;[4] however, Henry would later support the barons against William until the former's death in 1060.[5]
In 1051, William married Matilda, the daughter of the count of Flanders, which Henry saw as a threat to his throne.[6] In 1054, and again in 1057, Henry invaded Normandy, but on both occasions he was defeated.[6]
Henry had three meetings with Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor—all at Ivois. In early 1043, he met him to discuss the marriage of the emperor with Agnes of Poitou, the daughter of Henry's vassal.[7] In October 1048, the two Henries met again and signed a treaty of friendship.[8] The final meeting took place in May 1056 and concerned disputes over Theobald III and County of Blois.[8] The debate over the duchy became so heated that Henry accused the emperor of breach of contract and subsequently left.[8] In 1058, Henry was selling bishoprics and abbacies, ignoring the accusations of simony and tyranny by the Papal legate Cardinal Humbert.[9] Despite his efforts, Henry I's twenty-nine-year reign saw feudal power in France reach its pinnacle.
King Henry I died on 4 August 1060 in Vitry-en-Brie, France, and was interred in Basilica of St Denis. He was succeeded by his son, Philip I of France, who was 7 at the time of his death; for six years Henry's queen Anne of Kiev ruled as regent.
He was also Duke of Burgundy from 1016 to 1032, when he abdicated the duchy to his brother Robert.[10]
Marriages
Henry I was betrothed to Matilda, the daughter of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, but she died prematurely in 1034.[11] Henry then married Matilda of Frisia, but she died in 1044,[12] following a Caesarean section. Casting further afield in search of a third wife, Henry married Anne of Kiev on 19 May 1051.[12] They had four children:
Philip I (23 May 1052 – 30 July 1108).
Emma (1054 – 1109?).
Robert (c. 1055 – c. 1060).
Hugh "the Great" of Vermandois (1057–1102).[13]
Ancestry
[show]Ancestors of Henry I of France
References
Jim Bradbury, The Capetians: The History of a Dynasty, (Bloomsbury, 2007), 93.
William W. Clark, Medieval Cathedrals, (Greenwood Publishing, 2006), 87.
Elizabeth Hallam and Judith Everard, Capetian France 987-1328, (Routledge, 2013), 95.
David C Douglas, William the Conqueror, (Yale University Press, 1999), 1026.
R. Allen Brown, The Normans and the Norman Conquest, (Boydell Press, 1969), 49.
Jim Bradbury, The Capetians: The History of a Dynasty, 106-108.
Frauen und Tochter der salischen Herrsher, Zum Wandel salischer Hieratspolitik in der Krise, Claudia Zey, Die Salier, das Reich und der Niederrhein, ed. Tilman Struve, (Bohlau Verlag GmbH & Cie., 2008), 62.
Stefan Weinfurter, The Salian Century: Main Currents in an Age of Transition, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999), 107.
Elizabeth Hallam, The Capetians 987-1328, (Longman Group Ltd., 1980), 104.
Jim Bradbury, The Capetians: The History of a Dynasty, 100.
Herwig Wolfram, Conrad II, 990-1039: Emperor of Three Kingdoms, transl. Denise A Kaiser, (The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000), 38.
Jim Bradbury, The Capetians: The History of a Dynasty, 108-109.
Gislebertus (of Mons), Chronicle of Hainaut, transl. Laura Napran, (The Boydell Press, 2005), 28 note108.
Settipani, Christian (2000). "Les vicomtes de Châteaudun et leurs alliés" [Viscounts of Chateaudun and their relatives]. Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval (in French) (Oxford: Prosopographica et genealogica). pp. 247–261. ISBN 1-900934-01-9.
Christian Settipani, "Les comtes d'Anjou et leur alliances aux Xe et XIe siècles", in K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, ed., Family Trees and the Roots of Politics (Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1997): 211–267.
Sources
Vajay, S. Mathilde, reine de France inconnue (Journal des savants), 1971.
Henry I of France
House of Capet
Born: 4 May 1008 Died: 4 August 1060
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Robert the Pious King of the Franks
14 May 1027 – 4 August 1060
with Robert II as senior king (14 May 1027 – 20 July 1031)
Philip I as junior king (23 May 1059 – 4 August 1060) Succeeded by
Philip I
Duke of Burgundy
1016–1032 Succeeded by
Robert the Old
Henri I, Roi de France1
M, #103097, b. April 1008, d. 4 August 1060
Last Edited=4 Nov 2011
Henri I, Roi de France was born in April 1008. He was the son of Robert II, Roi de France and Constance d'Arles.1,2 He and Mathilde Salian were engaged.3 He married Anne of Kiev, daughter of Jarislaus I, Grand Duke of Kiev and Ingegarde of Sweden, on 29 January 1044.2 He died on 4 August 1060 at age 52 at Vitry-en-Brie, France.2 He was buried at Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.
He was a member of the House of Capet.1 He succeeded to the title of Roi Henri I de France in 1031.1
Children of Henri I, Roi de France and Anne of Kiev
Philippe I Capet, Roi de France+ b. c 1052, d. 29 Jul 1108
Hugh de Crépi, Comte de Vermandois et de Valois+4 b. 1057, d. 18 Oct 1102
Citations
[S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 77. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
[S45] Marcellus Donald R. von Redlich, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, volume I (1941; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002), page 63. Hereinafter cited as Pedigrees of Emperor Charlemagne, I.
[S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.
[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XII/2, page 829. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
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From Wikipedia
Henry I of France
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry I
King of the Franks (more...)
Henry1 head.jpg
A depiction of Henry from Chroniques de France ou de St Denis
King of the Franks
Junior king
Senior king 14 May 1027 – 20 July 1031;
20 July 1031 – 4 August 1060
Coronation 14 May 1027, Cathedral of Reims
Predecessor Robert II
Successor Philip I
Born 4 May 1008
Reims, France
Died 4 August 1060 (aged 52)
Vitry-aux-Loges, France
Burial Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France
Spouse Matilda of Frisia
Anne of Kiev
Issue Philip I
Emma of France
Robert of France
Hugh I, Count of Vermandois
House House of Capet
Father Robert II
Mother Constance of Arles
French Monarchy
Direct Capetians
Arms of the Kingdom of France (Ancien).svg
Henry I
Philip I
Hugh, Count of Vermandois
v t e
Henry I (4 May 1008 – 4 August 1060) was the King of the Franks from 1031 to his death. The royal demesne of France reached its smallest size during his reign, and for this reason he is often seen as emblematic of the weakness of the early Capetians. This is not entirely agreed upon, however, as other historians regard him as a strong but realistic king, who was forced to conduct a policy mindful of the limitations of the French monarchy.
Contents
1 Reign
2 Marriages
3 Ancestry
4 References
5 Sources
Reign
A member of the House of Capet, Henry was born in Reims, the son of King Robert II (972–1031) and Constance of Arles (986–1034).[1] He was crowned King of France at the Cathedral in Reims on 14 May 1027,[2] in the Capetian tradition, while his father still lived. He had little influence and power until he became sole ruler on his father's death.
The reign of Henry I, like those of his predecessors, was marked by territorial struggles. Initially, he joined his brother Robert, with the support of their mother, in a revolt against his father (1025). His mother, however, supported Robert as heir to the old king, on whose death Henry was left to deal with his rebel sibling.[3] In 1032, he placated his brother by giving him the duchy of Burgundy[3] which his father had given him in 1016.
In an early strategic move, Henry came to the rescue of his very young nephew-in-law, the newly appointed Duke William of Normandy (who would go on to become William the Conqueror), to suppress a revolt by William's vassals. In 1047, Henry secured the dukedom for William in their decisive victory over the vassals at the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes near Caen;[4] however, Henry would later support the barons against William until the former's death in 1060.[5]
In 1051, William married Matilda, the daughter of the count of Flanders, which Henry saw as a threat to his throne.[6] In 1054, and again in 1057, Henry invaded Normandy, but on both occasions he was defeated.[6]
Henry had three meetings with Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor—all at Ivois. In early 1043, he met him to discuss the marriage of the emperor with Agnes of Poitou, the daughter of Henry's vassal.[7] In October 1048, the two Henries met again and signed a treaty of friendship.[8] The final meeting took place in May 1056 and concerned disputes over Theobald III and County of Blois.[8] The debate over the duchy became so heated that Henry accused the emperor of breach of contract and subsequently left.[8] In 1058, Henry was selling bishoprics and abbacies, ignoring the accusations of simony and tyranny by the Papal legate Cardinal Humbert.[9] Despite his efforts, Henry I's twenty-nine-year reign saw feudal power in France reach its pinnacle.
King Henry I died on 4 August 1060 in Vitry-en-Brie, France, and was interred in Basilica of St Denis. He was succeeded by his son, Philip I of France, who was 7 at the time of his death; for six years Henry's queen Anne of Kiev ruled as regent.
He was also Duke of Burgundy from 1016 to 1032, when he abdicated the duchy to his brother Robert.[10]
Marriages
Henry I was betrothed to Matilda, the daughter of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, but she died prematurely in 1034.[11] Henry then married Matilda of Frisia, but she died in 1044,[12] following a Caesarean section. Casting further afield in search of a third wife, Henry married Anne of Kiev on 19 May 1051.[12] They had four children:
Philip I (23 May 1052 – 30 July 1108).
Emma (1054 – 1109?).
Robert (c. 1055 – c. 1060).
Hugh "the Great" of Vermandois (1057–1102).[13]
Ancestry
[show]Ancestors of Henry I of France
References
Jim Bradbury, The Capetians: The History of a Dynasty, (Bloomsbury, 2007), 93.
William W. Clark, Medieval Cathedrals, (Greenwood Publishing, 2006), 87.
Elizabeth Hallam and Judith Everard, Capetian France 987-1328, (Routledge, 2013), 95.
David C Douglas, William the Conqueror, (Yale University Press, 1999), 1026.
R. Allen Brown, The Normans and the Norman Conquest, (Boydell Press, 1969), 49.
Jim Bradbury, The Capetians: The History of a Dynasty, 106-108.
Frauen und Tochter der salischen Herrsher, Zum Wandel salischer Hieratspolitik in der Krise, Claudia Zey, Die Salier, das Reich und der Niederrhein, ed. Tilman Struve, (Bohlau Verlag GmbH & Cie., 2008), 62.
Stefan Weinfurter, The Salian Century: Main Currents in an Age of Transition, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999), 107.
Elizabeth Hallam, The Capetians 987-1328, (Longman Group Ltd., 1980), 104.
Jim Bradbury, The Capetians: The History of a Dynasty, 100.
Herwig Wolfram, Conrad II, 990-1039: Emperor of Three Kingdoms, transl. Denise A Kaiser, (The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000), 38.
Jim Bradbury, The Capetians: The History of a Dynasty, 108-109.
Gislebertus (of Mons), Chronicle of Hainaut, transl. Laura Napran, (The Boydell Press, 2005), 28 note108.
Settipani, Christian (2000). "Les vicomtes de Châteaudun et leurs alliés" [Viscounts of Chateaudun and their relatives]. Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval (in French) (Oxford: Prosopographica et genealogica). pp. 247–261. ISBN 1-900934-01-9.
Christian Settipani, "Les comtes d'Anjou et leur alliances aux Xe et XIe siècles", in K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, ed., Family Trees and the Roots of Politics (Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1997): 211–267.
Sources
Vajay, S. Mathilde, reine de France inconnue (Journal des savants), 1971.
Henry I of France
House of Capet
Born: 4 May 1008 Died: 4 August 1060
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Robert the Pious King of the Franks
14 May 1027 – 4 August 1060
with Robert II as senior king (14 May 1027 – 20 July 1031)
Philip I as junior king (23 May 1059 – 4 August 1060) Succeeded by
Philip I
Duke of Burgundy
1016–1032 Succeeded by
Robert the Old
Events
| Birth | Apr 1008 | ||||
| Title (Nobility) | 1031 - 1060 | King of the Franks | |||
| Death | 4 Aug 1060 | Vitry-en-Brie, France |
Families
| Spouse | Anne of Kiev (1024 - 1075) |
| Child | Hugh de Crépi "le Grand" (1057 - 1102) |
| Child | Philippe I Capet "the Fair" (1052 - 1108) |
| Father | King Robert II "the Pious of France" (972 - 1031) |
| Mother | Constance d'Arles (973 - 1032) |
| Sibling | Robert I de Bourgogne "le Vieux" (1011 - 1076) |
| Sibling | Hedwig de France (1003 - 1063) |
| Sibling | Adela of France (1009 - 1079) |