Richard Of Lincoln (illegitimate Son Of Henry I Of England)
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Richard of Lincoln (before 1101 – 25 November 1120) was the illegitimate son of Henry I of England, born to Henry and a woman named Ansfride, widow of Aanskill (origins unknown). She is often referred to as Henry’s third mistress. Richard was brought up and educated by
Robert Bloet Robert Bloet (sometimes Robert Bloett;Knowles ''Monastic Order'' p. 132 died 1123) was Bishop of Lincoln 1093–1123 and Chancellor of England. Born into a noble Norman family, he became a royal clerk under King William I. Under William I's s ...
, the
Bishop of Lincoln The Bishop of Lincoln is the ordinary (diocesan bishop) of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury. The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and ...
. Bloet had also educated Richard’s half-brother
Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester Robert FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Gloucester (c. 1090 – 31 October 1147David Crouch, 'Robert, first earl of Gloucester (b. c. 1090, d. 1147)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 200Retrieved ...
. Richard is sometimes confused with
Richard de Lincoln Richard de Lincoln was a medieval Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman prelate. Although of English origin, he was a royal clerk in the administration of King William I of Scotland, William of Scotland. With royal support, he was elected Bishop of Moray o ...
, an Anglo-Norman prelate who died in 1203. Richard supported his father in his war with Louis VI of France, although it is unclear at what point he joined the fight with the English forces. According to Orderic Vitalis, he avoided capture by French forces at Les Andelys in 1119 through the help of
Ralph the Red of Pont-Echanfray Ralph the Red (Ralph le Roux, Raoul II Rufus) of Pont-Echnfrey (1070 – 25 November 1120), son of either Guillaume de Pont-Echanfrey or his brother Raoul I. Ralph was a knight who first served Robert Guiscard and then participated both in the Fir ...
. Richard continued to fight at his father’s side during the siege of the castle of
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being held by Henry’s most detested enemy, Amaury III de Montfort. His last known military adventure was at the
Battle of Brémule The Battle of Brémule was fought on 20 August 1119 between Henry I of England and Louis VI the Fat of France. Henry I had to defend his holdings in Normandy several times and his victory at this battle repelled a French invasion. The French defe ...
on 20 August 1119, for which the decisive win by the English led to Louis’ accepting Richard’s half-brother
William Adelin William Ætheling (, ; 5 August 1103 – 25 November 1120), commonly called Adelin (sometimes ''Adelinus'', ''Adelingus'', ''A(u)delin'' or other Latinised Norman-French variants of ''Ætheling'') was the son of Henry I of England by his wife M ...
as Duke of Normandy. In 1120, Richard became betrothed to Amice, the daughter of the defender of Brémule, Raoul II de Gael, seigneur of Gael and Montfort, son of
Ralph de Gael Ralph de Gaël (otherwise Ralph de Guader, Ralph Wader or Radulf Waders or Ralf Waiet or Rodulfo de Waiet; before 1042c. 1100) was the Earl of East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk) and Lord of Gaël and Montfort (''Seigneur de Gaël et Montfort'') ...
, Earl of East Anglia. The marriage never took place as Richard died in the wreck of the ''
White Ship The ''White Ship'' (french: la Blanche-Nef; Medieval Latin: ''Candida navis'') was a vessel transporting many nobles, including the heir to the English throne, that sank in the Channel during a trip from France to England near the Normandy ...
'' on 25 November 1120. Amice did not accompany him and lived until 1168, marrying the king's ward
Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1104 – 5 April 1168) was Justiciar of England 1155–1168. The surname "de Beaumont" was given to him by genealogists. The only known contemporary surname applied to him is "Robert son of Count Rober ...
, and one of many descendants included Ida de Tosny, a mistress of Henry II Curtmantle, King of England.


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*Thompson, Kathleen, ''Affairs of State: the Illegitimate Children of Henry I'', in Journal of Medieval History 29 (2), 2003, pg. 129–151 * Chibnall, Marjorie (translator), ''The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis'', 6 volumes (Oxford Medieval Texts), Oxford, 1968–1980
Medieval Lands Project, Children of Henry I
* Hollister, C. Warren, Frost, Amanda C., ''Henry I'', Yale University Press, New Haven, 2003 *'' The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles'', Translated by Anne Savage, Dorset Press, 1983 *Farrer, W., ''An Outline Itinerary of King Henry the First, Part II'', The English Historical Review, Mandell Creighton, et al., Longman, 1919 (available o
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