Biography of King Henry I of France 1008-1060

Paternal Family Tree: Capet

Maternal Family Tree: Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou

In 988 [his father] Robert "Pious" II King France (age 15) and Rozala of Italy (age 38) were married. They separated around the time of coronation. The difference in their ages was 22 years; she, unusually, being older than him. He the son of [his grandfather] Hugh I King France (age 47) and [his grandmother] Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 43).

In 999 [his father] Robert "Pious" II King France (age 26) and [his step-mother] Bertha Welf Queen Consort France (age 35) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. They separated sometime before 1003 as a consequence of their consanguinity. She the daughter of Conrad I King Burgundy and Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy. He the son of [his grandfather] Hugh I King France and [his grandmother] Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 54). They were second cousins.

In 1003 [his father] Robert "Pious" II King France (age 30) and [his mother] Constance Arles Queen Consort France (age 17) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William "Liberator" Arles 1st Count Provence 1st Count Arles and [his grandmother] Adelaide Blanche Ingelger Queen Consort West Francia (age 63). He the son of [his grandfather] Hugh I King France and [his grandmother] Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 58).

On 4th May 1008 King Henry I of France was born to Robert "Pious" II King France (age 36) and Constance Arles Queen Consort France (age 22) at Reims.

On 14th May 1027 King Henry I of France (age 19) was crowned I King France: Capet at Reims Cathedral whilst his father was still living.

On 20th July 1031 [his father] Robert "Pious" II King France (age 59) died at Melun, Seine et Marne. His son Henry (age 23) succeeded I King France: Capet.

In 1034 King Henry I of France (age 25) and Matilda Brunonids Queen Consort France were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Liudolf Brunonids Margrave Frisia (age 31). He the son of Robert "Pious" II King France and Constance Arles Queen Consort France (age 48).

In 1034 [his mother] Constance Arles Queen Consort France (age 48) died.

In 1044 [his wife] Matilda Brunonids Queen Consort France died.

Battle of Val ès Dunes

In 1047 King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 19), supported by King Henry I of France (age 38), defeated a rebel army led by William's cousin Guy Ivrea (age 22) who opposed William's succession as Duke of Normandy at the Battle of Val ès Dunes in Caen, Calvados, Basse Normandie.

Hamon Dentatus was killed.

On 19th May 1051 King Henry I of France (age 43) and Anne Rurik Queen Consort France (age 21) were married at Reims Cathedral, Reims. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of Robert "Pious" II King France and Constance Arles Queen Consort France.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 23rd May 1052 [his son] King Philip I of France was born to King Henry I of France (age 44) and [his wife] Anne Rurik Queen Consort France (age 22).

In 1054 [his daughter] Emma Capet was born to King Henry I of France (age 45) and [his wife] Anne Rurik Queen Consort France (age 24).

In 1055 [his son] Robert Capet was born to King Henry I of France (age 46) and [his wife] Anne Rurik Queen Consort France (age 25).

Battle of Varaville

In 1057 at Varaville King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 29) defeated the army of King Henry I of France (age 48) and Geoffrey "Martel aka Hammer" Ingelger II Count Anjou during the Battle of Varaville. Henry and Geoffrey's army were fording the Dives River when the tide came in; only half of the army had crossed. William seized the opportunity and attacked.

In 1057 [his son] Hugh "Great" Capet was born to King Henry I of France (age 48) and [his wife] Anne Rurik Queen Consort France (age 27).

John of Worcester. 1060. Henry (age 51), king of the Franks, died, and was succeeded by his eldest son [his son] Philip (age 7). Duduc, bishop of Wells, died, and was succeeded by Giso, the king's chaplain; they were both natives of Lorraine. Kinsi, archbishop of York, died at York on the eleventh of the calends of January [22nd December]. His body was carried to the abbey of Peterborough Cathedral [Map], and buried there with great pomp. Aldred, bishop of Worcester, was elected his successor as archbishop of York at Christmas; and the see of Hereford, which had been entrusted to his administration on account of his great diligence, was given to Walter, a Lorrainer, and chaplain to queen Edgitha (age 34).

In 1060 [his son] Robert Capet (age 5) died.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1060. This year was a great earthquake on the Translation of St. Martin, and King Henry (age 52) died in France. Kinsey, Archbishop of York, died on the eleventh before the calends of January; and he lies at Peterboorugh [Map]. Bishop Aldred succeeded to the see, and Walter to that of Herefordshire. Dudoc also died, who was Bishop of Somersetshire; and Gisa the priest was appointed in his stead.