King Henry I of England

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Henry was the youngest of four sons. He was expected to become a bishop.   
How far did he receive a religious education to be a bishop?

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Anselm, the Archbishop of Canterbury denied King Henry I the right to appoint bishops. In 1103 Henry exiled the Archbishop.

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When his father, King William I, had died in 1087, the future Henry I had received neither titles nor land. All Henry received was 5,000 pounds in silver.

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Adeliza of Louvain was the second Queen Consort of King Henry I. In 1126 she issued her first independent charter as principal signatory. The charter was a grant to the canons of Holy Trinity at Christchurch London.

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In his Coronation Charter King Henry I promised to revive the principles of Anglo-Saxon law. This move validated a culture the barons disdained.