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Birth:          4 May 1008 Bourgogne, France
Death:          4 Aug 1060 Vitry-en-Brie, France
Burial:         St. Denis, France

Notes
Duke of Burgundy
Count of Paris
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I_of_France
Henry I (4 May 1008 – 4 August 1060) was King of the Franks from 1031 to his death. 
The royal demesne of France reached its smallest size during his reign, and for this 
reason he is often seen as emblematic of the weakness of the early Capetians. This is 
not entirely agreed upon, however, as other historians regard him as a strong but 
realistic king, who was forced to conduct a policy mindful of the limitations of the 
French monarchy.
Reign[edit]

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).[1] He was crowned King of France at 
the Cathedral in Reims on 14 May 1027,[2] in the Capetian tradition, while his father 
still lived. He had little influence and power until he became sole ruler on his father's 
death.

The reign of Henry I, like those of his predecessors, was marked by territorial 
struggles. Initially, he joined his 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.[3] In 1032, he 
placated his brother by giving him the duchy of Burgundy[3] 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;[4] however, Henry would later support the barons against William 
until the former's death in 1060.[5]

In 1051, William married Matilda, the daughter of the count of Flanders, which Henry 
saw as a threat to his throne.[6] In 1054, and again in 1057, Henry invaded 
Normandy, but on both occasions he was defeated.[6]

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.[7] In October 1048, the two Henries met again and signed 
a treaty of friendship.[8] The final meeting took place in May 1056 and concerned 
disputes over Theobald III and County of Blois.[8] The debate over the duchy became 
so heated that Henry accused the emperor of breach of contract and subsequently 
left.[8] In 1058, Henry was selling bishoprics and abbacies, ignoring the accusations 
of simony and tyranny by the Papal legate Cardinal Humbert.[9] Despite his efforts, 
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 
Basilica of St Denis. He was succeeded by his son, Philip I of France, who was 7 at 
the time of his death; for six years 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.[10]

He was also Duke of Burgundy from 1016 to 1032, when he abdicated the duchy to 
his brother Robert.[11]

Marriages[edit]

Henry I was betrothed to Matilda, the daughter of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, but 
she died prematurely in 1034.[12] Henry then married Matilda of Frisia, but she died in 
1044,[13] following a Caesarean section. Casting further afield in search of a third 
wife, Henry married Anne of Kiev on 19 May 1051.[13] They had four children:
1.Philip I (23 May 1052 – 30 July 1108).
2.Emma (1054 – 1109?).
3.Robert (c. 1055 – c. 1060).
4.Hugh "the Great" of Vermandois (1057–1102).[14]

Parents
____ Robert II "the Pious" (27 Mar  972 - 20 Jul 1031)
OF ARLES, PROVENCE AND TOULOUSE Constance (ABT  975 - 28 Jul 1032)

Siblings
OF FRANCE Hedwig (ABT 1003 - 1063)
____ Henry I (4 May 1008 - 4 Aug 1060)
____ Adela (Adele) (Alix) (Adelaide) (ABT 1009 - 1079)
____ Robert I "the Old" (ABT 1011 - 21 Mar 1076)
OF FRANCE Constance (ABT 1014 - )

Marriage To YAROSLAVNA Anna Agnesa (1036 - 1075)
    m. 19 May 1051 Reims, France

Notes
her first his third

Parents
WLADIMIROWWITSCH Jaroslaw (Jaroslav) (Yaroslav) I "the Wise" Mudry ( 980 - 20 Feb 1054)
OLAFSDOTTIR Ingegerd (Ingegreda) (1001 - 10 Feb 1050)

Children by YAROSLAVNA Anna Agnesa 1036 - 1075
____ Philip (Philippe) I (BEF 23 May 1053 - 29 Jul 1108)
DE FRANCE Hugh Magnus "le Grand" (1057 - 18 Oct 1101)

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