Death of Henry I and the Anarchy begins
December 1, 1135
The English king died in Normandy from a surfeit of lampreys, leaving no surviving legitimate son. His nephew Stephen of Blois raced across the Channel and seized the throne before Empress Matilda could react. Nineteen years of baronial civil war followed, during which, chroniclers said, Christ and his saints slept.
In context
Also in 1135 (3 other events on record)
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Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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