Roy Family Genealogy
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Henry I "Beauclerc", King of England and Duke of Normandy

Male 1070 - 1135  (65 years)


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  • Name Henry I  
    Relationshipwith Robert Alan Roy
    Birth 1070  Selby, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5
    General Information He was the first King of England to use and grant a coat of arms.  [1
    Title(s) 1106 (Age 36) 
    Death 1 Dec 1135  Lyons-la-Forêt, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7
    • He died from the effects of a purgative given for indigestion after eating too many lampreys.
    Burial —  Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Siblings 10 Siblings 
    Person ID I2222  | Roy Line, Boudreau Line
    Last Modified 18 Dec 2021 

    Father William I "the Conqueror", King of England,   b. 1027, Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1087, Convent of St Gervais, Rouen, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Maltilda of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy and Queen of England,   b. 1032, Flanders, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1083, Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 1053  Eu, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 26 years - She : ~ 21 years. 
    Family ID F1746  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Matilda of Scotland,   b. 1078, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1118 (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage 11 Nov 1100  [1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 30 years and 11 months - She : ~ 22 years and 11 months. 
    Children 
     1. The Empress Maud,   b. 7 Feb 1102, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1167, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     2. Euphamia,   b. Jul 1101   d. young
     3. Richard
     4. William Athling,   b. Before 5 Aug 1103   d. 25 Nov 1120 (Age 17 years)
    Family ID F1739  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Oct 2021 

    Family 2 Adeliza of Louvain,   b. About 1103   d. 23 Apr 1151, Affligem, Flanders Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage 29 Jan 1121  [1, 2, 5, 9
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 51 years and 1 month - She : ~ 18 years and 1 month. 
    Children They had no children together.  [2
    Family ID F1745  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Oct 2021 

    Family 3 Sibyl Corbet,   b. Abt 1070   d. Abt 1157 (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage Type: They were not married 
    Children 
     1. Robert of Caen "the Counsul", Earl of Gloucester,   b. Abt 1090, Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1147, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) [Father: natural,Mother: natural]
    +2. Reginald FitzRoy de Dunstanville, Earl of Cornwall,   b. Between 1110 and 1115   d. 1 Jul 1175, Chertsey, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) [Father: natural,Mother: natural]
     3. Sybilla [Father: natural,Mother: natural]
     4. Rohese [Father: natural,Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1742  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2020 

    Family 4 unknown woman 
    Marriage Type: They were not married 
    Children 
    +1. Matilda,   b. 1086   d. 25 Nov 1120 (Age 34 years) [Father: natural,Mother: natural]
     2. Elizabeth FitzRoy,   b. About 1095   d. 12 May 1166, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) [Father: natural,Mother: natural]
     3. Constance [Father: natural,Mother: natural]
     4. William de Tracy   d. Abt 1135 [Father: natural,Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1741  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2021 

    Family 5 Ansfride 
    Marriage Type: They were not married 
    Children 
     1. Richard of Lincoln,   b. Before 1101   d. 25 Nov 1120 (Age 19 years) [Father: natural,Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1740  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2019 

    Family 6 Nest verch Rhys  [2
    Marriage Type: They were not married 
    Children 
     1. Henry FitzRoy of Narberth and Pebidiog,   b. Abt 1105   d. 1157 (Age 52 years)
    Family ID F7944  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Nov 2019 

  • Notes 
    • Birth: Sewell gives his birth as about September 1068. [5]

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1070 - Selby, Yorkshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Robert of Caen "the Counsul", Earl of Gloucester - Abt 1090 - Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - The Empress Maud - 7 Feb 1102 - London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Dec 1135 - Lyons-la-Forêt, Normandy, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - — - Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002).

    2. [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982).

    3. [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------.

    4. [S1031] Lawson, Stephen M. Ancestry of Stephen Lawson - Bowen, (Online http://sml.simplenet.com/smlawson/bowen.htm. Printout dated 12 March 1998).

    5. [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008).

    6. [S309] Fraser, Antonia. The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975).

    7. [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).

    8. [S1482] Magnusson, Magnus. Scotland - The Story of a Nation, (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2000).

    9. [S11] Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire , (London: Harrision, 1866).