Henri I, king of France

Events

Date of Birth: probably before 17 May 1008.

The date is given by Stewart.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 4 August 1060.

Place of Death: Palais de Vitry-aux-Loges.

The date and place are given by Cawley.

Place of Burial: église de l’Abbaye royale de Saint-Denis.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Robert II “le Pieux”, king of France.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:72), by Sirjean (p. 55), by Lewis (p. 24), by Schneidmüller, by Glocker (pp. 327-328), and by Stewart.

Mother: Constance d'Arles.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:72), by Sirjean (p. 55), by Lewis (p. 24), by Schneidmüller, and by Stewart.

Spouse: Mathilde. Died 1044.

This relationship is given by Glocker (pp. 327-328) and by Stewart. Lewis (p. 45) calls her a German princess.

Spouse: Anna Iaroslavna of Kiev. Married 19 May 1051 at Reims.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:73), by Sirjean (p. 55), by Lewis (p. 45), by Glocker (pp. 327-328), and by Stewart.

Children (by Mathilde):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

a daughter.

Children (by Anna):

Philippe de France (1052 - 30 July 1108), later Philippe I, king of France, married (1) Bertha of Holland; married (2) Bertrade de Montfort.

Emma de France (born 1054).

Robert de France (born before June 1054, died about 1063).

Hugues de France (1057 - 18 October 1102), married Adelais, countess of Vermandois.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Bachrach, Bernard S. Fulk Nerra, the Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040: A Political Biography of the Angevin Count, (University of California Press, 1993).

Cawley, Charles. “Henri de France” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Glocker, Winfrid. Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik: Studien zur Familienpolitik und zur Genealogie des Sächsischen Kaiserhauses (Böhlau Verlag: Köln, 1989).

Lewis, Andrew W. Royal Succession in Capetian France: Studies on Familial Order and the State, (Harvard University Press, 1981).

Schneidmüller, B. "Heinrich I." in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 4 (Stuttgart: 1989).

Sirjean, Gaston. Encyclopédie généalogique des maisons souveraines du monde: Première Partie No. 3 Les Capétiens Directs (1959).

Stewart, Peter. “Robert II le Pieux (the Pious)” in The Henry Project. (2012)

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).