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Henry I

 
Henry I and his queen Matilda.
From the W front of Rochester Cathedral.
From The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain by Thomas Hollis and George Hollis, part 1, 1840.
See copy published in A Student's History of England by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1916). See here.

Henry I,
Henry "Beauclerc".
See wikipedia.
He reigned 1100-1135.
He mar 1100 to Matilda of Scotland [descendant of Edmund II (Ironside) and of Charlemagne].
Henry had a large number of affairs before and during his marriage, and much illegitimate issue.
Matilda died 1118.
She was bur Chapel of Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey (grave not marked).
Henry died 1135.
He was bur Reading Abbey (now a ruin). There is no trace of his tomb. There is an ongoing search for his grave at Reading.
Henry I had issue by his wife Matilda:

1. Matilda the Empress.
   She mar 1stly, 1114, to Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor. No surviving issue.
   He died 1125.
   She mar 2ndly, 1128, to Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou and had issue.

Henry I had many affairs with many women, and many illegitimate children.
He had by one of his mistresses illegitimate issue:

1. Robert, Earl of Gloucester.