Henry I

noun

1. Henry the Fowler, a.d. 876?–936, king of Germany 919–936: first of the Saxon kings.

2. Beauclerc, 1068–1135, king of England 1100–35 (son of William the Conqueror).

3. 1008–60, king of France 1031–60.

Henry I

noun

1. known as Henry the Fowler. ?876–936 _ad , duke of Saxony (912–36) and king of Germany (919–36): founder of the Saxon dynasty (918–1024)

2. 1068–1135, king of England (1100–35) and duke of Normandy (1106–35); son of William the Conqueror: crowned in the absence of his elder brother, Robert II, duke of Normandy; conquered Normandy (1106)

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Henry I's favourite nephew took over the throne, despite the late king forcing his barons to accept his only surviving legitimate child Matilda as his heir.

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Yet according to medieval historians, King Henry I did not just occasionally indulge in lampreys.

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The cradle sat empty and the sands in Henry I's hourglass ran low, so he resolved that his lone legitimate child, Matilda, would have the throne as a ruling queen.

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King Henry I issued a decree in 1125 ordering that those who produced substandard currency “lose their right hand and be castrated.”

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As Henry I did not have another legitimate son, his death sparked the years-long civil war known as The Anarchy.

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