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Henri CAPET, King Of the Franks

Henri CAPET, King Of the Franks

Male 1008 - 1060  (52 years)

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  • Name Henri CAPET 
    Suffix King Of the Franks 
    Born 4 May 1008  Reims, Champagne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christened 23 May 1008  Reims, Champagne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Clan   [1
    House of Capet 
    TitleOfNobility Between 1016 and 1032  [1
    Duke of Burgundy 
    Coronation 14 May 1027  Reims Cathedral, Reims, Champagne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    King Henry I of France 
    FamilySearch ID LDW5-66P 
    TitleOfNobility Between 14 May 1027 and 4 Aug 1060  [1
    King of the Franks 
    TitleOfNobility Between 23 May 1059 and 4 Aug 1060  [1
    Senior king of the Franks (with Philip I as junior king) 
    Name Henri I  [1
    _UID 78EB0D6008774531928D8416E1C6B72F0B27 
    Buried 1060  Basilica of Saint Denis, Paris, ?le-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 4 Aug 1060  Vitry, Brie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I42  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2022 

    Father Robert II "The Pious", King Of France,   b. 27 Mar 972, Orl?ans, Loiret, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1031, Melun Castle, Melun, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Constance DE ARLES,   b. Abt 973, Tolouse, Arles, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1032, Melun, Seine-Et-Marne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Alt. Marriage 1000  Melun, Seine-et-Marne, ?le-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Married 1001 
    • NOTE MARRIED
    Family ID F4185  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mathilde VON FRIESLAND,   b. 1008, Reims, Marne, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1044  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 1043  of Reims, Marne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F536728394  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Duchess/ Anna Agnesa YAROSLAVNA, Of Kiev,   b. 1036, Of Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1075, La Fert?-Alais, Essonne, ?le-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 19 May 1051  Reims Cathedral, Reims, Champagne, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • NOTE MARRIED
    Children 
     1. Philippe Auguste I CAPET, King Of France,   b. 23 May 1052, Champagne-et-Fontaine, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1108, Melun, Seine-Et-Marne, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     2. Count Hugues "Le Grand" DE FRANCE,   b. Abt 1053, Of Vermandois, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1101, Tarsus, Cilicie Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 48 years)
     3. Emma, Princess Of France,   b. 1054, Of Reims, Champagne, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Robert, Prince Of France,   b. 1055, Reims, Champagne, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1060  (Age 5 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F33  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Henry I King of France
    Henry I King of France

  • Notes 
    • 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). In the early-Capetian tradition, he was crowned King of France at the Cathedral of Reims on 14 May 1027, while his father still lived. He had little influence and power until he became sole ruler on his father's death 4 years later.

      The reign of Henry I, like those of his predecessors, was marked by territorial struggles. Initially, he joined his younger 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. In 1032, he placated his brother by giving him the duchy of Burgundy 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-?s-Dunes near Caen;[5] however, Henry would later support the barons against William until the former's death in 1060.

      In 1054, William married Matilda, the daughter of the count of Flanders, which Henry saw as a threat to his throne. In 1054, and again in August 1057, Henry invaded Normandy, but lost twice at the battles of Mortemer and Varaville.

      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.[8] In October 1048, the two Henries met again and signed a treaty of friendship.[9] The final meeting took place in May 1056 and concerned disputes over Theobald III and the County of Blois. The debate over the duchy became so heated that Henry accused the emperor of breach of contract and subsequently left. In 1058, Henry was selling bishoprics and abbacies, ignoring the accusations of simony and tyranny by the Papal legate Cardinal Humbert. In 1060, Henry rebuilt the Saint-Martin-des-Champs Priory just outside Paris. Despite the royal acquisition of a part of the County of Sens in 1055, the loss of Burgundy in 1032 meant that 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 the Basilica of St Denis. He was succeeded by his son, Philip I of France, and Henry's queen Anne of Kiev ruled as regent. At the time of his death, he was besieging Thimert, which had been occupied by the Normans since 1058.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 13 Dec 2022), entry for Henri CAPET, person ID LDW5-66P. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 13 Dec 2022), entry for Robert II "The Pious", person ID LD9R-RB7. (Reliability: 3).