TENTH GENERATION

330. King Henry Capet I was born in 1006. He died on 4 Aug 1060 in Vitry-en-Brie, France. He was also known as King Henry I. From Encyclopedia Britannica Online, article entitled Henry I, King of France:

"Henry was anointed king at Reims (1026) in his father's lifetime, following the death of his elder brother Hugh. His mother, Constance, however, favoured his younger brother Robert for the throne, and civil war broke out on King Robert II's death (1031). The younger Robert was given Burgundy in 1032, after Henry had sought refuge with Robert, Duke of Normandy. From 1033 to 1043 Henry struggled with his eudatories, notably Eudes of Blois and his brother Robert. In 1055, as the result of an agreement made by Robert II, the county of Sens came to the crown as the sole territorial gain of Henry's reign.

"Henry helped William (the future William I of England), Robert's successor as duke of Normandy, to quell his rebellious vassals at the Battle of Val-aux-Dunes (or Val-áes-Dunes; 1047), but he was thereafter usually at war with him--a notable defeat for the king being that at Varaville (1058). Henry tried to resist papal interference but could not prevent Pope Leo IX from holding a council at Reims (1049). Philip, elder son of Henry's marriage to a Russian princess, was crowned in 1059. "

He was married to Anne (daughter of Prince Yaroslav I and Princess Ingeborg) on 29 Jan 1044.⁽⁸⁴⁾ Anne was born in 1036. She died in 1075. King Henry Capet I and Anne had the following children:

+429 i. Duke Hugh Magnus Capet.
+430 ii. King Philip CAPET I.

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