Born ‎ Sep 1068 at Selby,Yorkshire,England, died ‎ Dec 1, 1135 at St. denis,Seine-St. Denis,France‎, 67 years, buried ‎ at Reading Abbey (which he founded)
Beauclerc
BIOGRAPHY: Henry was in reality a usurper. He imprisoned his older brother, Robert in Cardiff Castle in Wales, and it is said he had Robert's eyes put out. Henry reigned thirty-five years, not only over England, but over one third of France. In 1120 the White Ship went down on a hidden rock in the English Channel with the Crown Prince on board and it is said Henry Iis never known to have smiled again. He had only one child left, Maude, then a widow of the German Emperor Henry V. For political reasons she was next married to Geoffrey of Anjou, a boy of sixteen, ten years her junior. After the death of Henry I there was civil war between Matilda and her nephew Stephen,who got the throne for nineteen years. At one point in this contest Matilda had to escape from the Robert Doyley tower of Oxford Castle by sliding down a rope with gloved hands, the rope held by her favorite knight, Alain. She, with a few others dressed in white to avoid detection, crossed in the snowy night over the frozen Thames. The condition of the English people was deplorable during the reign of Henry I, owing to the blood-curdling cruelty of the Barons. Henry established a vigorous police system to check this, and tried to stop counterfeiting the money by mutilations. He oppressed his people by taxation.

Henry I was Duke of Normandy from 1106-1135 and King of England from1100-1135. William I left Normandy to his oldest son Robert II Curthoseand England to his next oldest son, William II Rufus. Henry was leftgreat wealth and eventually outmanuvered his brothers to become King ofEngland in 1100 and ruled 35 years. Henry is remembered for expanding andstrengthening royal justice, integrating the Norman and Anglo-Saxon legalsystems, and laying the foundation for more centralized royal rule. "TheEncyclopedia of the Middle Ages" Norman F. Cantor, General Editor.

Beauclerc King of England

Died ‎ 1118
1 NAME Matilda of /Scotland/

Born ‎± 1109 at Louvain Belgium, died ‎ Apr 23, 1151 at Affligham,Flanders France‎, approximately 42 years, ‎1st marriage to: William III D'Aubigny, ‎2nd marriage to: King Henry I England

Born ‎± 1073 at Dynevor Castle,Llandyfeisant,Carmarthenshire,Wales‎, ‎1st marriage to: King Henry I England, ‎2nd married/ related to: Gerald FitzWalter deWindsor
Princess of Wales
Princess Nesta was a very remarkable woman. She is sometimes referred to as the "mother of the Irish invasion" since her sons, by various fathers, and her grandsons were the leaders of theinvasion. She had, in the course of her eventful life, two lovers, two husbands, and many sons and daughters. Her father is quoted as saying that she had 10children as a result of her matrimonial escapades, eight sons and two daughters, among them William fitzGerald de Windsor. One of her lovers was King Henry Iof England. Some years before she married Gerald, her father, the fierce old Prince of South Wales, was fighting the English under Henry, (then the Prince andlater King). Henry succeeded in taking the lovely Nesta as hostage. By this royal lover, she had two sons; Meyler fitzHenry and the celebrated Robert of Gloucester. It would seem that Gerald, busily engaged in military business, could have had no peace about his wife, since she was clever as well as beautiful, andevery warrior seems to have fallen in love with her. In 1095, Gerald led an expedition against the Welsh on the borders of what is now Pembrokeshire. In 1100, he went to Ireland to secure for his lord, Arnulf Montgomery, the hand of thedaughter of King Murrough in marriage. He was the first of the Geraldines to set foot in Ireland, where they were later to rule like kings. Later, Arnulf joined in a rebellion against the King, was deprived of his estates and exiled in1102. Then the King granted custody of Pembroke Castle to Gerald. Later, he wasappointed president of the County of Pembrokeshire.

But it was Nesta that occupied the center of their stage during their marriage. Her beauty continued to excite wonder and desire throughout Wales. At Christmas in 1108,Cadwgan, Prince of Cardigan, invited the native chieftains to a feast at Dyvet(St. David's). Nesta's beauty was a subject of conversation. She excited the curiosity of Owen, the son of Prince Cadwgan, who resolved to see her. She was his cousin, so that the pretense of a friendly visit was easy. He successfully obtained admission with his attendants into Pembroke Castle. Her beauty -- it waseven greater than he expected -- excited his lust. He determined to carry heroff! In the middle of the night, he set fire to the castle, and his followers surrounded the room where Gerald and Nesta were sleeping. Gerald was awakened bythe noise and about to discover the cause, but Nesta, suspecting some /treason, persuaded him to make his escape. She pulled up a board and let her husband escape down a drain by a rope. Then Owen broke open the door, seized Nesta and two of her sons, and carried them off to Powys, leaving the castle in flames. Owen had his way with Nesta, (historians say that one of her ten children was his), though whether she yielded from desire or force was uncertain. But at her request, Owen hastened to send back the two sons to Gerald. When King Henry heardof Nesta's abduction, he was furious. He regarded it as an injury almost personal, since Gerald was not only his steward, but his particular friend. The abduction of Nesta led to a war, which resulted in her return to her husband, and Owen fled to Ireland. Gerald took a conspicuous role in the fighting. In 1116, Henry ordered Owen, who had returned to Wales, to apprehend Gruffuyd, son of Rhys ap Tewdyr. As he passed through a wood on his march to join up with the royalforces, Owen seized some cattle. The owners of the cattle, as they fled, met Gerald, Constable of Pembroke. Gerald was also on his way to join the royal forces. When the cattle owners requested his assistance, he was only too delightedto have the opportunity for revenge for the insult to his honor done by Owen'sabduction of Nesta. He lost no time in pursuing Owen, found him, and a skirmishfollowed. Owen was slain, an arrow piercing his heart, and Gerald's honor was avenged.
Gerald died about 1135.

Nest (who also [in addition to Gerald fitz Walter] had by Stephen,Constable of Cardigan, a son (Robert fitz Stephen) and by Henry I anotherson (Henry, killed 1158, father of Meiler fitz Henry), daughter of Rhysap Tudor Mawr, Prince of South Wales. [Burke's Peerage, p. 1679]

Born ‎± ABT. 1073 at Alcester, died ‎± ABT. 1165‎, approximately 92 years, ‎1st married/ related to: King Henry I Beauclerc England, ‎2nd married/ related to: King Henry I England, ‎3rd married/ related to: Herbert FitzHerbert, ‎4th married/ related to: N.N., ‎5th marriage to: Henry I "Beauclerc" , King of England , King of England, ‎6th marriage to: King Henry I England, ‎7th marriage to: Herbert FitzHerbert, ‎8th marriage to: King Henry I of England, ‎9th married/ related to: Herbert fitz Herbert of Winchester, ‎10th marriage to: King Henry I England, ‎11th married/ related to: Herbert fitz Herbert of Winchester
pg 641, Burke's "Extant Peerage & Baronetage etc" 1970 edition

pg 161, 196 & 232, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists etc" by Frederick Lewis Weiss, 6th Edition

vol 4, pg 728, Burke's "Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland"

pg 132, Burke's "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland" 2nd edition, published in 1841

Born ‎ 1086 at Leicester, Leicestershire, England, died ‎± 1147‎, approximately 61 years, ‎1st married/ related to: Henry I Beauclerc of England of England, ‎2nd marriage to: N.N., ‎3rd married/ related to: Henry I "Beauclerc" King of England, ‎4th marriage to: Gilbert deClare, Earl Of Pembroke , Earl Of Pembroke, ‎5th marriage to: N.N., ‎6th marriage to: King Henry I England, ‎7th marriage to: King Henry I England
Isabel?

Born ‎ 1068‎

Born ‎± ABT. 1072 at Greystoke, Cumberland, England, died ‎ 1152 at Granted Barony of Claydon by Henry I‎, approximately 80 years, buried ‎ at Endowed Oseney Abbey, ‎1st marriage to: King Henry I England, ‎2nd marriage to: Robert II d' Oyly, ‎3rd married/ related to: Robert deOilly

Born ‎before BEF. 1096 at Leicester, Leicestershire, England, died ‎ Jan 6, 1147/1148 at Tunbridge, Kent, England‎, approximately 51 years

Born ‎ 1079 at Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, died ‎ May 1, 1118 at Westminster, London, Middlesex, England‎, 38 or 39 years

Also known as: Adelicia of /Lorraine/, born ‎± ABT. 1103 at Brabant, Netherlands, died ‎ Apr 23, 1151 at Affligham, Flanders, France‎, approximately 48 years, ‎1st marriage to: King Henry I England, ‎2nd marriage to: N.N., ‎3rd married/ related to: N.N., ‎4th married/ related to: N.N.

Born ‎ 1070, died ‎ 1154‎, 83 or 84 years, ‎1st marriage to: King Henry I England, ‎2nd married/ related to: Gerald FitzWalter deWindsor, ‎3rd marriage to: King Henry I England
Nesta was firstly mistress to Henry I; secondly she married Stephen,Constable of Cardigan; thirdly she married Gerald of Windsor. Gerald andNesta had four children:
1. William fitzGerald.
2. Maurice fitzGerald.
3. David fitzGerald.
4. Angarat, a daughter.
Known as the most beautiful woman in Wales. She had many lovers.
In Christmas 1108 Owain ap Cadwgan of Cardigan came to visit Gerald andNesta. He so lusted after her that he, that night, attacked the castleand carried
her off and had his way with her. This upset Henry I so much that theincident
started a war.

Born ‎ 1080 at Dunfermline, fifeshire, Scotland, died ‎ May 1, 1118 at Westminster, Middlesex, England‎, 37 or 38 years, ‎1st marriage to: King Henry I England, ‎2nd married/ related to: King Henry I England