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King of England (1066-1087) and Duke of Normandy (1035-1087) William I The Conqueror, 1027–1087 (aged 60 years)
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- King of England (1066-1087) and Duke of Normandy (1035-1087) /William I /The Conqueror
- Name prefix
- King of England (1066-1087) and Duke of Normandy (1035-1087)
- Given names
- William I
- Nickname
- The Conqueror
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1000–1035
Birth: 22 June 1000
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— Normandy, France Death: 3 July 1035 — Nicaea, Bursa, Marmara, Turkey |
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1027–1087
Birth: 1027
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— Falaise, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France Death: 9 September 1087 — Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France |
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1027–1087
Birth: 1027
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— Falaise, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France Death: 9 September 1087 — Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France |
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| Marriage | Marriage — 1053 — Eu, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France |
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2 years
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1051–1134
Birth: between 1051 and 1054
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— Normandy, France Death: 10 February 1134 — Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales |
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1 year
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2 years
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2 years
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1056–1100
Birth: 1056
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— Normandy, France Death: 2 August 1100 — New Forest, Hampshire, England |
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6 years
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3 years
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5 years
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1068–1135
Birth: 1068
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— Selby, Yorkshire, England Death: 1 December 1135 — Lyons-la-Foret, Eure, Upper Normandy, France |
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Cause: He died in the New Forest, after being gored by a stag. |
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Death
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Cause of death: Abdominal injuries received from his saddle pommel when he fell off a horse at the Siege of Mantes. |
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Cemetery: St. Stephen's Church |
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Unique identifier
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5C2A3AA6079DEA40B5FB8B77E09E40C266FD
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Last change
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Author of last change: Danny |
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The Illegitimate son of Robert I, Duke of Normandy, he became duke of Normandy in 1035, and King of England from 1066-1087. He visited England in about 1051, when Edward the Confessor may have promised to make him his heir. In 1064, Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex, was shipwrecked off Ponthieu in France, and taken to William, who made him swear to uphold the Duke's claim to the English throne. In 1066, and on hearing that Harold had been crowned king, William invaded England, and defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings. He was crowned in London on Christmas Day, 1066. Between 1066 and 1072, he crushed the opposition of the Saxon nobles. He built castles, and called in most of the English titles and estates, and reassigned them on a feudal basis, to his Norman followers. In 1085, he ordered a general survey of lands, their value, and their holders, that resulted in the Domesday Book. He died at the Convent of St. Gervais near Rouen, France. |
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