Henry Capet

Early Life
Henry Capet was the youngest child of King Philip I of France and brother to six years older King Louis I of France, four years older Michiel Capet and two years older Constance Capet. As the youngest son of the King, Henry Capet's prospects to become king were very low which is why Henry Capet was trained to be a fighter instead.

Life
At the age of 18, in 1052, Henry married the half-French half-Italian daughter of an Italian noble from Bologna, Ysabel Chérau. The marriage was partly forced and organised by Henry Capet's father, King Philip I of France. The marriage to a noble from the city of Bologna would secure an alliance with that noble family in Italy.

However, in 1056, it turned out that Ysabel had committed adultery against Henry. The man she slept with was the French officer Auguste Barrault. In order to escape the rage of the Roman Catholic Church and the Papal States, August Barrault was executed by the order of Henry and Ysabel was sent to a monastery near Paris.

Henry had no choice but to spend the rest of his life without his wife until she died.

In 1059, Henry was knighted by King Philip I of France, surprisingly two years before his older brother Michiel Capet.

Henry started serving in the army and was involved in the war against the heretic army under the Faith of the Moon in 1083-1084. Furthermore, he witnessed the death of his brother Michiel Capet in the last battle against the heretic army.

After this war, Henry retreated to Cannes in the South of France where he spent the rest of his days until his death in early 1092. He was buried in the royal cemetery in Paris, France.