of England · ◉ direct ancestor
♂Henry of England
Died 1135.
Henry of England (died 1 December 1135), known as Henry I, was the twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth great-grandfather of Nancy Jane Blanchard (1929–2006), by two separate lines of descent, both through his daughter Maud of England (died 1167). The two lines meet again in Joan of England (1272–1307), whose parents both descended from him.
Henry was a son of William of Normandy, the Conqueror, and Maud of Flanders, and became King of England and Duke of Normandy. He was crowned on 5 August 1100. Three months later, on 11 November 1100, he married Maud of Scotland, a daughter of Malcolm IIIW, King of Scots. Their daughter Maud, later the Empress Maud, was born in London about 8 February 1102; she married first the Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich V and then, in 1128, Geoffrey of AnjouW, and through her son Henry II the line runs on to Nancy Jane Blanchard. Henry’s second wife was Adeliza of LouvainW, with whom he had no children.
Henry is said to have died at Saint-Denis-le-Ferment in Normandy on 1 December 1135, and to have been buried at Reading AbbeyW.
Lines of descent
Both lines from Henry to Nancy Jane Blanchard run down her father’s side, through Kenneth Blanchard (1897–1975), and both pass through his daughter Maud of England and her son Henry of England (1133–1189). They meet again in Joan of England, whose parents, Edward of England (1239–1307) and Eleanor of Castile (died 1290), both descended from Henry.
Notes
Sources
His crowning, his marriage to Maud of Scotland, his second marriage, his death at Saint-Denis-le-Ferment and his burial at Reading Abbey come from Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage (1869), p. xviii, and from Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry (2nd ed.), vol. I, ENGLAND 1, p. 1, both printed compilations; no contemporary record is cited for them here, which is why the death and burial carry a qualifier. His title as King of England and Duke of Normandy is from Richardson. His daughter Maud’s birth in London about 8 February 1102 and her marriages to Heinrich V and to Geoffrey of Anjou are from Richardson, ENGLAND 1, p. 1.
Birth
Burke gives his birth as at Selby, Yorkshire, in 1070. That statement appears only in the preface to the peerage, so no birth date or place is given for him here.
Family time line
Recorded events
| Event | When | Where | Evidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living at born at Selby, co. York 1070 per Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, 31st ed. (1869), The Royal... - compiled, no record seen |
1070 | Selby, Yorkshire, England | from a compiled source |
| Death at St. Denis, Normandy; bur. Reading Abbey (Burke 1869 p.xviii) |
1 Dec 1135 | from a compiled source | |
| Title (Nobility) King of England; Duke of Normandy (Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, vol. I ENGLAND 1 p.1) |
from a compiled source |
Sources
- Burke, Sir Bernard, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, 31st ed. (London, 1869) — Living at, Death, about this person, family with Maud of Scotland
- Richardson, Douglas. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd ed. (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011) — Title (Nobility), about this person, family with Maud of Scotland
Borders as they stood about 1500, from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.
Line of descent
Descendants
- Maud of England –1167
- Henry of England 1133–1189
- Eleanor of England 1162–1214
- Berenguela of Castile –1246
- John of England 1166–1216
- Henry of England 1207–1272
- Eleanor of England 1162–1214
- Henry of England 1133–1189