King of England from 1100 to 1135 (1068–1135)
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Fourth son of the Conqueror, born landless and educated in letters while his brothers carved up kingdoms. He took the English throne in 1100 by seizing it the moment his brother died in a hunting accident, then spent decades crushing rivals and locking his own brother in prison for life.
Henry Beauclerc was the fourth son of William the Conqueror, educated in Latin and the liberal arts but left without land when his father died in 1087. After his brothers Robert Curthose and William Rufus took Normandy and England, Henry bought the County of Cotentin, was deposed in 1091, then clawed his way back. When William Rufus died in a hunting accident in 1100, Henry seized the throne ahead of Robert, married Matilda of Scotland, and beat back Robert's invasion in 1101. He invaded Normandy in 1105 and 1106, defeated Robert at Tinchebray, and kept him imprisoned for life. He then fought…
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I establish a firm peace in all my kingdom, and I order that this peace shall henceforth be kept.
I restore to you the law of King Edward together with such emendations to it as my father made with the counsel of his barons.
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