Constance Princess Of ENGLAND

Family/Spouse: Roscelin DE BEAUMONT. Roscelin died after 1145. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert DE NEUBOURG was born about 1101 in Le Neubourg, Normandy, France; died on 30 Aug 1158 in Abbey Of Bec, Normandy, France.
2. Richard I DE BEAUMONT died after 1194.
3. Geoffrey DE BEAUMONT was born about 1096.
4. Rotrou Bishop Of EVREUX was born about 1103 in Normandy, France; died on 27 Nov 1183.
5. Margery DE BEAUMONT was born about 1106.
6. Henry DE BEAUMONT was born about 1093.
7. Agnes DE BEAUMONT was born about 1108.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 25 Dec 1066, Acceded - Westminster Abbey, London, England
• Birth: 1070, Selby, Yorkshire, England
• Fact: Between 1100 and 1135, Reigned as King of England
• Crowned: 06 Aug 1100, Westminster Abbey
• Fact: Between 1106 and 1135, Duke of Normandy

Notes:

Henry was the only one of his father's children to be born in England. Henry I was called Beauclerc because of his love of learning and knowledge. Concerning the name, Henry; according to "Complete Peerage" by Cokayne, Vol. 3, Appendix C, "Before Henry VII the name Henry appeared almost invariably in the forms 'Harry' or Herry' in English Privy Seals." Henry and Adela had no children. Again according the "Complete Peerage", Vol 11, Appendix D, "it seems fairly certain that Henry was the father of at least 9 sons and 11 daughters." It adds, however, "there is no satisfactory modern list of Henry's bastards." Given-Wilson and Curteis (pg 60) state that Henry was father of "at least twenty royal bastards, more than any other king in English history.". There were advantages to a king's having bastards. The marriages of bastards could be used to cement alliances, and, most importantly, bastards were greatly loyal: "being illegitimate, they were almost entirely dependent on the king for advancement.

Henry married Nesta. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Nesta married afterwards Gerald of Windsor.