英国简史6：House of Normandy.pptVIP

* Henrys actions seem to be premeditated: wholly disregarding his dead brother, he rode straight for Winchester, seized the treasury (always the first act of a usurping king), and the next day had himself elected. * Henry I * Henry and Robert The?Treaty of Alton?was an agreement signed in 1101 between?Henry I of England?and his older brother?Robert, Duke of Normandy,?in which some concessions were made. 1. Robert agreed to release Henry from his oath of homage and recognize Henry as?king of England?in exchange for a yearly?stipend [sta?pend] (?2000 a year for life); 2. if either brother died without a male heir, the other would inherit his lands. The agreement temporarily ended a crisis in the succession of the Anglo-Norman kings.. 3. Henry renounced his claimed for Normandy. * The peace was short-lived, and Henry invaded the Duchy of Normandy in 1105 and 1106, finally defeating Robert at the Battle of Tinchebray. Henry kept Robert imprisoned for the rest of his life. In 1106, Henry defeated Roberts army decisively at the Battle of Tinchebray and claimed Normandy as a possession of the English crown, a situation that endured for almost a century. Captured after the battle, Robert was imprisoned in Devizes Castle for twenty years before being moved to Cardiff. In 1134, Robert died in Cardiff Castle in his early eighties. * Henrys actions seem to be premeditated: Henry was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. (Good Scholar-Beauclerc) Henry was present when William died in a hunting accident in 1100, and he seized the English throne, promising at his coronation to correct many of Williams less popular policies. Henry, hastened to Winchester to secure the royal treasury, then to London, where he was crowned within days, * Marriage Henry married Matilda of Scotland but continued to have a large number of mistresses, by whom he had many illegitimate children. On 11 November 1100 Henry married Matilda, the daughter