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
Henry King (poet) of her husband. His second son, Henry, died 21 February 1669; his eldest son, John, died 10 March 1671. King wrote many elegies on royal persons and on his private friends, who included John Donne and Ben Jonson. A selection from his "Poems and Psalms" was published in 1843. Henry King (poet) Henry King (1592 – 30 September 1669) was an English poet who served as Bishop of Chichester. The elder son of John King, Bishop of London, and his wife Joan Freeman, he was baptised at Worminghall, Buckinghamshire, 16 January 1592. He was educated at Lord Williams's School, Westminster