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Episode 6, Adelizer of Louvain, the Fair Maid of Brabant. On the 25th of November, 1120, two years after the death of his wife, Matilda, King Henry

I in his army gathered at Barfleur in Normandy, preparing to sail for England.

He had spent most of the last four years in the Dudjie fighting rest of subjects in the French King,

but finally he had won a hard-fought peace, secured by the promise of marriage between his son William

and the French Princess Matilda, yes, another one, this time Matilda of Anjou. As he was about to embark,

he was approached by a man called Thomas Fitz Stephen, whose father had captain the Moorer, William

the Conqueror's flagship during the invasion of 1066. He offered to ferry Henry across the channel

for the maiden voyage of his own brand spanking new vessel, the white ship. The king refused for himself, but allowed his son William to go, along with 300 other members of his own brand spanking new vessel, the white ship. The king refused for himself,

but allowed his son William to go, along with 300 other members of his retinue.

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