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The English King Henry I, a son of William the Conqueror, is reputed to have said, "an illiterate king was a crowned ass." Henry I was also called Henry Beauclerk, meaning that he was well educated. His remark shows that he had an expectation that a king should be educated, but that some were not.

There is a link below to an article on Henry I. There is also a link to the related question, "How were people educated in the middle ages?" which contains information on the educational policies of Charlemagne and King Alfred the Great. These were kings of the Early Middle Ages; kings of the later Middle Ages were more likely to be educated and to support education.

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