*Henri I King of France
born 1008 Of, Reims, Champagne
died 4
Aug 1060 Vitry, Brie, France
buried Abbaye De St Denis, St Denis,
France
father:
*Robert II "The
Pious" France
born 27 Mar 0972 Orlâeans, France
died 20 Jul 1031
Melun, France
buried St Denis, France
mother:
*Constance De
Toulouse
born Abt 0986 Of, Toulouse
died 25 Jul 1032 Melun,
France
buried Abbaye De St Denis, Isle De France, France
married 1000
France
siblings:
*Robert Prince of
France born Abt 1011 France
died 21 Mar 1076 Fleury-Sur-Ouche,
France
buried Abbaye De St Seine, Sâemur, Bourgogne
Eudo (Odes) Prince
of France born 1013 France died 1056
*Adâelaèide
Havoise Princess of France born 1003 Of, Nevers, Bourgogne
died after
1063 Of, Nevers, Bourgogne buried St Germain, Bourgogne
*Adáele (Alix)
Princess of France born 1003 France
died 8 Jan 1079 Monastáere De
L'Ordre De St. Benoist, Messines, France
buried Monastáere De L'Ordre De St.
Benoist, Messines, France
*Constance
Princess of France born 1014? Of France
spouse:
*Anna Agnesa (Grand
Duchess Of Kiev) Yaroslavna
born 1036 Of, Kiev, Ukraine
died
1076/1089 France
buried Abbaye De Villiers, La-Ferte-Alais, France
married
19 May 1051 France
children:
*Hugues "le
Grand" De France born Abt 1053 Of, Vermandois, France
died 18 Oct
1102 Tarsus, Cilicie buried St Paul De Tarse
Emma Princess of France
born 1054 Of, Reims, France
*Philippe I King of
France born Bef 23 May 1052/1053 Reims, Champagne, France
died 29 Jul
1108 Melun, Isle De France, France buried St-Benoit-sur-Loire,
France
Robert Prince of France born 1055 Of, Reims, France died
1060
biographical and/or anecdotal:
King of France from 1031 to 1060,
was born about 1008, died in 1060 in Vitry-aux-Loges (Vitry-en-Brie), buried at
St. Denis. He was the Duke of Burgundy 1015-1031. He is the least-known of all
the Capetian Kings; no one wrote about him in his lifetime, and the destruction
of the archives shortly after his time has left a huge blank over this period.
All that is known is that his mother, *Queen
Constance, contested his right to the throne, which she wanted to go to
Robert; this resulted in a war between the two brothers, of which little is
known. Henry won it by buying the support of his vassals, which cost him French
Vexin and the total renunciation of the duchy of Burgundy in favor of his
brother, in 1034. Without the benefit of the coronation it is likely that Henry,
who appears to have been a mediocre man, would have been brushed aside. But the
anointing brought him respect and won time for, concessions. Managing to remain
in power is after all a sign of stability, and despite the obscurity of his
reign it saw a strengthening of the dynasty. He was crowned co-king with his
father in 1026. He married (1) Matilda, daughter of Emperor Conrad II, niece of
Emperor Henry II. of Germany. The most interesting aspect of Henry's life was
his attempt to bring about a Franco-Russian alliance by marriage. According to
one record he then married (2) Matilda, daughter of Mgve Liudorf of Friesland.
After the death of his second wife Matilda in 1044, he married, rather late in
life in Riems in 1051, (3) Anne of Kiev, daughter of Yaroslav, the Russian head
of state, and granddaughter of Valdimir I of Kiev, in Russia.
Henry I. died
in 1060, having crowned his son, Philip, although he was only a child. Philip
was only eight years old at the time of his father's death. One of the young
king's uncles, Baldwin, Count of Flanders, became the regent. Anne of Kiev,
refused to be regent. Later she was abducted by Raoul of Crepy, lived with him
as his wife and married him when his wife died. Widowed a second time, she lost
her title as Queen and was henceforth referred to as the Queen Mother. Of
Baldwin's regency little is known, although it appears to have been fairly
lacking in incident, but Burgundy, over which Robert ruled, took advantage of
the situation to assert its independence from the French crown; this was to
occur frequently in the course of the various Burgundian dynasties.
notes
or source:
LDS