Born
1068
Died
1135
Nationality
Norman
Events involving Henry I of England (11)
1100
ID: 5818
Henry I's Charter of Liberties addresses sheriff abuses - promises to end sheriffs' extortions but maintains their role in protecting royal revenues from baronial grants
ID: 5818
1100
ID: 2595
August 2, 1100
Death of William Rufus in New Forest - shot by arrow while hunting, Walter Tirel flees, Henry seizes treasury
ID: 2595
1100
ID: 2596
August 5, 1100
Henry I crowned three days after Rufus dies - issues Charter of Liberties to win support, promises to end Rufus's abuses
ID: 2596
1100
ID: 2597
November 11, 1100
Henry I marries Matilda of Scotland - descendant of Anglo-Saxon kings, unites Norman and Saxon royal lines
ID: 2597
1101
ID: 2598
Treaty of Alton - Robert Curthose invades but makes peace, receives pension, renounces claim to England
ID: 2598
1106
ID: 2599
September 28, 1106
Battle of Tinchebray - Henry defeats and captures brother Robert, Normandy and England reunited
ID: 2599
1110
ID: 5819
Exchequer system formalized - sheriffs must account twice yearly for all royal revenues from their shires, including from granted lands
ID: 5819
1120
ID: 2600
November 25, 1120
White Ship disaster - Henry's only legitimate son William drowns with 300 nobles, succession crisis begins
ID: 2600
1121
ID: 2601
Henry I remarries - marries Adeliza of Louvain hoping for male heir, but no children result
ID: 2601
1127
ID: 2602
Henry names daughter Matilda as heir - barons swear oath to accept first female ruler of England
ID: 2602
1135
ID: 2605
December 1, 1135
Death of Henry I - dies in Normandy from 'surfeit of lampreys', Stephen seizes throne while Matilda in Anjou
ID: 2605