The barons swear to Matilda
1127 · Event
With no legitimate son left, Henry I makes his barons — Stephen of Blois conspicuously among them — swear to accept his daughter Matilda, widow of the German emperor, as his heir. No woman has ever ruled England; the oath is sworn, resworn, and, the moment Henry dies, universally broken.
On these timelines: The Anarchy, England, Women in history, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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- White Ship disaster (1120)
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- Domesday Book (1086)
- Crusades (1095)
- Norman invasion of Ireland (1169)
- Capture of Jerusalem by First Crusade (1099)
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- Reign of Frederick I Barbarossa (1155)