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).