
A Who's Who of English Kings
The Medieval Podcast
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The Lion of Justice
Henry I ruled for much longer from 1100 to 1135. He had loads of kids, most of them illegitimate. His son William Efling was killed in the white ship disaster when a whole bunch of English nobles went down off the coast of France. But that left Matilda as the heir to the throne.
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