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'{{Infobox royalty|monarch |name=Henry I |title=King of the Franks <small>[[Style of the French Sovereign#List of changes to the royal style|(more...)]]</small> |image=Henry I of France kronika.jpg |caption= |succession=King of France |reign=14 May 1027 – 20 July 1031;<br/> 20 July 1031 – 4 August 1060 |reign-type=Junior king<br>Senior king |coronation=14 May 1027, Cathedral of [[Reims]] |cor-type=france |othertitles=[[Duke of Burgundy]] (1016–1032) |full name= |predecessor=[[Robert II of France|Robert II]] |successor=[[Philip I of France|Philip I]] |spouse= [[Matilda of Franconia]]<br />[[Matilda of Frisia]]<br /> [[Anne of Kiev]] |issue=[[Philip I of France|Philip I]]<br /> [[Hugh I, Count of Vermandois]] |royal house=[[House of Capet]] |royal anthem = |father=[[Robert II of France|Robert II]] |mother=[[Constance of Arles]] |birth_date={{Birth date|1008|5|4|df=y}} |birth_place=[[Reims]], France |death_date={{Death date and age|1060|8|4|1008|5|4|df=y}} |death_place=[[Vitry-aux-Loges]], France |place of burial=[[Saint Denis Basilica]], Paris, France |}} {{Direct Capetians|henry1}} '''Henry I''' (4 May 1008 – 4 August 1060) was the [[List of French monarchs|King of the Franks]] from 1031 to his death. The [[Crown lands of France|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 [[House of Capet|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== A member of the [[House of Capet]], Henry was born in [[Reims]], the son of King [[Robert II of France|Robert II]] (972–1031) and [[Constance of Arles]] (986–1034). He was crowned King of France at the Cathedral in Reims on 14 May 1027, 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 I, Duke of Burgundy|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. In 1032, he placated his brother by giving him the [[duchy of Burgundy]] 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]]. A few years later, when William married [[Matilda of Flanders|Matilda]], the daughter of the [[count of Flanders]], Henry feared William's potential power. In 1054, and again in 1057, Henry went to war to try to conquer Normandy from William, but on both occasions he was defeated. Despite his efforts, Henry I's twenty-nine-year reign saw feudal power in France reach its pinnacle. 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. In October 1048, the two Henries met again, but the subject of this meeting eludes us. The final meeting took place in May 1056. It concerned disputes over Lorraine. The debate over the duchy became so heated that the king of France challenged his German counterpart to single combat. The emperor, however, was not so much a warrior and he fled in the night; despite this, Henry did not get Lorraine. King Henry I died on 4 August 1060 in Vitry-en-Brie, France, and was interred in [[Saint Denis Basilica]]. He was succeeded by his son, [[Philip I of France]], who was 7 at the time of his death; for six years Henry I's Queen, [[Anne of Kiev]], ruled as regent. He was also [[Duke of Burgundy]] from 1016 to 1032, when he abdicated the duchy to his brother [[Robert I, Duke of Burgundy|Robert Capet]]. ==Ancestry== {{ahnentafel top|width=100%}} <center>{{ahnentafel-compact5 |style=font-size: 90%; line-height: 110%; |border=1 |boxstyle=padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; |boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc; |boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9; |boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc; |boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc; |boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe; |1= 1. '''Henry I of France''' |2= 2. [[Robert II of France]] |3= 3. [[Constance of Arles]] |4= 4. [[Hugh Capet]] |5= 5. [[Adelaide of Aquitaine]] |6= 6. [[William I of Provence]] |7= 7. [[Adelaide of Anjou]] |8= 8. [[Hugh the Great]] |9= 9. [[Hedwige of Saxony]] |10= 10. [[William III, Duke of Aquitaine]] |11= 11. [[Gerloc]] (Adele) |12= 12. {{ill|fr|Boso II of Arles|Boson II d'Arles}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/PROVENCE.htm#BosonIIArlesdied965B|title=Boson II of Arles|author=Charles Cawley|work=Medieval Lands|publisher=Fondation for Medieval Genealogy|accessdate=2 August 2010}}</ref> |13= 13. {{ill|fr|Constance of Vienna|Constance de Provence}} |14= 14. [[Fulk II of Anjou|Fulk II, Count of Anjou]] |15= 15. Gerberga of Orléans |16= 16. [[Robert I of France]] |17= 17. [[Béatrice of Vermandois]] |18= 18. [[Henry the Fowler]] |19= 19. [[Matilda of Ringelheim]] |20= 20. [[Ebalus, Duke of Aquitaine]] |21= 21. [[Emilienne]] |22= 22. [[Rollo]] |23= 23. Poppa of Bayeux |24= 24. Rotbald I d'Agel |25= |26= 26. [[Charles Constantine of Vienne]] |27= 27. [[Thiberge de Troyes]] |28= 28. [[Fulk I, Count of Anjou]] |29= 29. [[Rosalie de Loches]] |30= 30. Geoffrey Viscount of Orléans, count of [[Gâtinais]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Les vicomtes de Châteaudun et leurs alliés|first=Christian|last=Settipani|authorlink=Christian Settipani|url=http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9f%C3%A9rence:Onomastique_et_Parent%C3%A9_dans_l%27Occident_m%C3%A9di%C3%A9val|newspaper=Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval|publisher=Prosopographica et genealogica|location=Oxford|isbn=1-900934-01-9|year=2000|pages=247–261|language=French|trans_title=Viscounts of Chateaudun and their relatives}}</ref>{{,}}<ref>Christian Settipani, "Les comtes d'Anjou et leur alliances aux Xe et XIe siècles", in K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, ed., Family Trees and the Roots of Politics (Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1997): 211–267.</ref> |31= 31. Ada of Auvergne }}</center> {{ahnentafel bottom}} ==Marriages and family== Henry I was betrothed to [[Matilda of Franconia|Matilda]], the daughter of the Emperor [[Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor|Conrad II]] (990–1039), but she died prematurely in 1034. Henry I then married [[Matilda of Frisia|Matilda]], daughter of Liudolf, [[Margrave]] of Frisia, but she died in 1044, following a Caesarean section. Casting further afield in search of a third wife, Henry I married [[Anne of Kiev]] on 19 May 1051. They had four children: # [[Philip I of France|Philip I]] (23 May 1052 – 30 July 1108) # Emma (born 1054, date of death unknown) # Robert (c. 1055 – c. 1060) # [[Hugh of Vermandois|Hugh the Great]] (1057–1102) ==Sources== * Vajay, S. ''Mathilde, reine de France inconnue'' (Journal des savants), 1971 ==References== {{reflist}} </div> {{S-start}} {{S-hou|[[House of Capet]]|4 May|1008|4 August|1060}} {{S-reg}} |- {{S-bef|before=[[Robert II of France|Robert II]]}} {{S-ttl|title=[[List of French monarchs|King of the Franks]]|regent1=[[Robert II of France|Robert II]] as senior king|regent2=[[Philip I of France|Philip I]] as junior king|years=14 May 1027 – 4 August 1060|years1=14 May 1027 – 20 July 1031|years2=23 May 1059 – 4 August 1060}} {{S-aft|after=[[Philip I of France|Philip I]]}} {{S-bef|before=[[Robert II of France|Robert II]]}} {{S-ttl|title=[[Duke of Burgundy]]|years=1016–1032}} {{S-aft|after=[[Robert I, Duke of Burgundy|Robert I]]}} {{S-end}} </div> {{Monarchs of France}} {{France topics}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2011}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME =Henry 01 Of France | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION =King of France | DATE OF BIRTH =4 May 1008 | PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Reims]], France | DATE OF DEATH =4 August 1060 | PLACE OF DEATH =[[Vitry-aux-Loges]], France }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Henry 01 Of France}} [[Category:French monarchs]] [[Category:Roman Catholic monarchs]] [[Category:Dukes of Burgundy]] [[Category:Kings of France]] [[Category:House of Capet]] [[Category:French Roman Catholics]] [[Category:1008 births]] [[Category:1060 deaths]] [[Category:11th-century rulers in Europe]]'