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Carney & Wehofer Family
Genealogy Pages
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 1008 - 1060 (52 years)
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| Name |
Henri CAPET |
| Suffix |
King Of the Franks |
| Born |
4 May 1008 |
Reims, Champagne, France  [1] |
| Christened |
23 May 1008 |
Reims, Champagne, France [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 [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, Île-de-France, France [1] |
| Died |
4 Aug 1060 |
Vitry, Brie, France |
| Person ID |
I42 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
13 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
Robert II "The Pious", King Of France, b. 27 Mar 972, Orléans, Loiret, France , d. 20 Jul 1031, Melun Castle, Melun, Aquitaine, France (Age 59 years) |
| Mother |
Constance DE ARLES, b. Abt 973, Tolouse, Arles, France , d. 25 Jul 1032, Melun, Seine-Et-Marne, France (Age ~ 59 years) |
| Alt. Marriage |
1000 |
Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France [2] |
| Married |
1001 |
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| Family ID |
F4185 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Duchess/ Anna Agnesa YAROSLAVNA, Of Kiev, b. 1036, Of Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine , d. 5 Sep 1075, La Ferté-Alais, Essonne, Île-de-France, France (Age 39 years) |
| Married |
19 May 1051 |
Reims Cathedral, Reims, Champagne, France |
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| Children |
| | 1. Philippe Auguste I CAPET, King Of France, b. 23 May 1052, Champagne-et-Fontaine, Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France , d. 29 Jul 1108, Melun, Seine-Et-Marne, France (Age 56 years) |
| | 2. Count Hugues "Le Grand" DE FRANCE, b. Abt 1053, Of Vermandois, Normandy, France , d. 18 Oct 1101, Tarsus, Cilicie (Age ~ 48 years) |
| | 3. Emma, Princess Of France, b. 1054, Of Reims, Champagne, France , d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. Robert, Prince Of France, b. 1055, Reims, Champagne, France , d. 1060 (Age 5 years) |
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| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Family ID |
F33 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| 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-ès-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.
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| Sources |
- [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).
- [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).
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