52/58 He was preparing for the journey, but was seized with a sudden illness at St.Dennis le Forment, from eating too plentifully of lampreys, a food which always agreed better with his palate than his constitution.[***] [* W.Malms, p. 50.] He died in the sixty-seventh year of his age and the thirty-fifth year of his reign, leaving by will his daughter Matilda heir of all his dominions, without making any mention of her husband, Geoffrey, who had given him several causes of displeasure.[*] [* W.Malms, p. |