Biography of Henry I King Navarre 1244-1274

Paternal Family Tree: Blois

In 1222 [his father] Theobald IV King Navarre (age 20) and Agnes of Beaujeu Countess Savoy were married. She by marriage Countess Champagne.

After 11th July 1231 [his father] Theobald IV King Navarre (age 30) and [his mother] Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 14) were married. She by marriage Countess Champagne.

Around 1244 Henry I King Navarre was born to Theobald IV King Navarre (age 42) and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 27).

On 8th July 1253 [his father] Theobald IV King Navarre (age 52) died. His son [his brother] Theobald (age 13) succeeded V Count Champagne, II King Navarre.

On 12th April 1256 [his mother] Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre (age 39) died.

In 1269 Henry I King Navarre (age 25) and Blanche Capet Queen Navarre (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Robert Capet Count of Artois and Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol (age 45). He the son of Theobald IV King Navarre and Margaret Bourbon Queen Consort Navarre. They were half third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 04 or 5th December 1270 [his brother] Theobald "Young" II King Navarre (age 30) died at Trapani returning from the Eighth Crusade. His brother Henry (age 26) succeeded I King Navarre, III Count Champagne. [his wife] Blanche Capet Queen Navarre (age 22) by marriage Queen Navarre, Countess Champagne.

On 14th January 1273 [his daughter] Joan Blois I Queen Navarre was born to Henry I King Navarre (age 29) and [his wife] Blanche Capet Queen Navarre (age 25). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 22nd July 1274 Henry I King Navarre (age 30) died. His daughter [his daughter] Joan (age 1) succeeded I Queen Navarre.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 3rd February 1276 Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster (age 31) and [his former wife] Blanche Capet Queen Navarre (age 28) were married. She by marriage Countess Lancaster. She the daughter of Robert Capet Count of Artois and [his former mother-in-law] Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol (age 52). He the son of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England (age 53). They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.