After the White Ship sank taking the cream of England's nobility with it, Henry needed to find a new wife so that he could replace his dead son.  He chose a woman nearly half his age, but surely that meant she'd be fertile... right?

 

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William Adelin - only legitimate son of Henry I (wikipedia)

Matilda of Anjou (wikipedia)

The Mora (wikipedia)

The White Ship (wikipedia)

Titanic (wikipedia)

Godfrey I of Louvain (wikipedia)

Emperor Henry V (wikipedia)

Voyage of St Brendan (wikipedia)

Death of Henry I (wikipedia)

Reading Abbey (official website)

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