Biography of Sybilla Fitzroy Queen Consort Scotland 1092-1122

Paternal Family Tree: Norman

1100 Death of King William II

1100 Coronation of Henry I

1100 Marriage of Henry I and Matilda

1119 Battle of Bures-en-Bray

1120 Sinking of The White Ship

In 1092 Sybilla Fitzroy Queen Consort Scotland was born illegitimately to [her father] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 24) and [her mother] Sybilla Corbet (age 17) at Domfront.

Death of King William II

On 2nd August 1100 [her uncle] King William II of England (age 44) died in a hunting accident, not known whether accidentally or otherwise, in the New Forest, Hampshire. His brother [her father] Henry (age 32) succeeded I King of England. The brothers Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan (age 60) and Henry Beaumont 1st Earl Warwick (age 50), and Roger de Clare (age 34) and Gilbert de Clare (age 34) were present.

Coronation of Henry I

On 5th August 1100 [her father] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 32) was crowned I King of England by Bishop Maurice at Westminster Abbey [Map].

Marriage of Henry I and Matilda

On 11th November 1100, three months after acceeding to the throne, [her father] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 32) and Matilda of Scotland (age 20) were married. She was crowned Queen Consort England. Baptised Edith she took the regnal name Matilda. The marriage brought together the houses of Normandy and Wessex; she was a great granddaughter of King Edmund I of England. She the daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of [her grandfather] King William "Conqueror" I of England and [her grandmother] Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England.

Around 1107 Sybilla Fitzroy Queen Consort Scotland (age 15) by marriage Queen Consort Scotland.

On 7th January 1114 [her brother-in-law] Henry V Holy Roman Emperor (age 32) and [her half-sister] Empress Matilda (age 11) were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. The difference in their ages was 20 years. She the daughter of [her father] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 46) and Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England (age 34). They were fourth cousin once removed.

In 1119 [her half-brother] William Adelin Normandy Duke Normandy (age 15) and [her sister-in-law] Matilda of Anjou (age 8) were married. She the daughter of Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem (age 30) and Ermengarde La Flèche De Baugency Countess Anjou. He the son of [her father] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 51) and Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England. They were fourth cousin once removed.

In June 1119 [her illegitimate half-brother] Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester (age 20) and [her sister-in-law] Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester were married at Lisieux, Calvados, Basse Normandie. She by marriage Countess Gloucester. He the illegitmate son of [her father] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 51) and Daughter Gay.

Battle of Bures-en-Bray

On or before 17th July 1119 at the Battle of Bures-en-Bray [her father] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 51) fought against the army of King Louis VI of France (age 37).

Baldwin VII Count Flanders (age 26) who was killed. His first cousin Charles (age 35) succeeded I Count Flanders. Marguerite Clermont Countess Flanders (age 14) by marriage Countess Flanders.

Around August 1120 [her half-brother] William Adelin Normandy Duke Normandy (age 16) was appointed Duke Normandy.

Sinking of The White Ship

On 25th November 1120 the White Ship left Barfleur in north-west Normandy, with a party of young Normans. [her father] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 52) had left earlier on another ship. A mile out the White Ship foundered on a submerged rock. [her half-brother] William Adelin Normandy Duke Normandy (age 17), his half-siblings [her illegitimate half-brother] Richard Fitzroy (age 19) and [her illegitimate half-sister] Matilda Fitzroy Countess Perche, William Bigod (age 27), Lucia Mahaut Blois Countess Chester, brothers Geoffrey Aigle and Engenulf Aigle, half-brothers Richard Avranches 2nd Earl Chester (age 26) and Ottiwel Avranches, brothers Ivo Grandesmil and William Grandesmil and Geoffrey Ridel were all drowned.

In 1121 [her illegitimate half-brother] Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester (age 22) was created 1st Earl Gloucester.

Around May 1121 Miles Gloucester 1st Earl Hereford and Sibyl Neufmarché Countess Hereford (age 21) were married. The marriage had been personally arranged by [her father] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 53).

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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.

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On 21st July 1122 Sybilla Fitzroy Queen Consort Scotland (age 30) died.

King Alexander I of Scotland and Sybilla Fitzroy Queen Consort Scotland were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the illegitmate daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England and Sybilla Corbet. He the son of King Malcolm III of Scotland and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland.