Henry I of England plans for Matilda, the King was succeeded by his nephew, Stephen of Blois, resulting in a period of civil war known as the Anarchy. Henry was probably born in England in 1068, in either the summer or the last weeks of the year, possibly in the town of Selby in Yorkshire. His father was William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy who had invaded England in 1066 to become the King of England, establishing lands stretching into Wales. The invasion had created an Anglo-Norman elite, many with estates spread across both sides of the English Channel. These Anglo-Norman barons typically
When I Was King and Other Verses When I Was King and Other Verses When I Was King and Other Verses (1905) is a collection of poetry by Australian poet and author Henry Lawson. The original edition consisted of 76 poems, representing work that Lawson had published in the years since his previous major collection, "Verses, Popular and Humorous" was published in 1900. The book's publisher, Angus and Robertson, also released the collection in two volumes later the same year, titled "The Elder Son" and "When I Was King". These volumes were released under the publisher's Commonwealth Series of poetry collections and contain roughly half the original