Henry I of England plans for Matilda, the King was succeeded by his nephew, Stephen of Blois, resulting in a period of civil war known as the Anarchy. Henry was probably born in England in 1068, in either the summer or the last weeks of the year, possibly in the town of Selby in Yorkshire. His father was William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy who had invaded England in 1066 to become the King of England, establishing lands stretching into Wales. The invasion had created an Anglo-Norman elite, many with estates spread across both sides of the English Channel. These Anglo-Norman barons typically
I Served the King of England (film) I Served the King of England (film) I Served the King of England () is a 2006 Czech comedy film written and directed by Jiří Menzel, based on the novel "I Served the King of England" by Bohumil Hrabal. It is Menzel's sixth adaptation of the works of Hrabal for film. The film was released in the United Kingdom and in the United States in 2008. Jan Dítě has been released from a Czech prison just before the very end of his 15-year sentence and is settling in a town near the border between Czechoslovakia and Germany. He occupies his