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| Birth: | 14 OCT 1024 in Falaise Castle, Normandy, France |
| Death: | 9 SEP 1087 in Hermentrube, Near Rouen, France |
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Burial: Caen, Calvados, France
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| Matilda of Flanders (Wife) b. 1031 in Flanders, France |
| Marriage: 1050 in Castle of Angi, Normandy, France |
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 Prince of England Pepin b. ABT 1051
- Prince of England Charles b. ABT 1052
- Duke of Normandy Robert II b. ABT 1053 in Normandy, France
- Prince of England Richard b. ABT 1054
 Princess of England Gundreda b. ABT 1055 in Falaise Castle, Normandy, France
- Princess of England Cecilia b. ABT 1056
- II , King of England 'Rufus" William b. ABT 1057
- Prince of England Louis b. ABT 1058
- Princess of England Mathilda b. ABT 1059
- Princess of England Constance b. 1061
- Princess of England Adaela b. ABT 1062 in Normandy, France
- Princess of England Anna b. 1066 in Normandy, France
- I , King of England Beauclerc Henry b. ABT SEP 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England
- Princess of England Adelaide b. 1070
- Princess of England Margaret Maud b. ABT 1072 in Falaise Castle, Normandy, France
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| Ingelrica Maud Peverell (Wife) b. ABT 1030 in St. Martin`s le Grand, London, Middlesex |
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- William "the, Lord Nottingham Peverell Elder" b. ABT 1054 in Normandy, France
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1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 OCT 1024
2 PLAC Falaise Castle, Normandy, France
WilliamI (of England), Duke of Normandy, King of England
William I (of England), called The Conqueror (1027-1087), first Norman ki
ng of England (1066-1087),who has been called one of the first modern kin
gs and is generally regarded asone of the outstanding figures in western E
uropean history. Born in Falaise, France, William was the illegitimate s
on of Robert I, duke of Normandy. Upon Robert's death, the Norman nobles a
ccepted William as his successor. During a visit in 1051 to his childle
ss cousin, Edward the Confessor, king of England, Williamis said to have o
btained Edward's agreement that he should succeed to the English throne. W
hen King Edward died, however, the witenagemot (royal council) elected Har
old, earl of Wessex, as king. William secured the sanction ofPope Alexand
er II for a Norman invasion of England.
The duke and his army landed at Pevensey on September 28, 1066. On Octob
er 14, the Normans defeated the English forces at the Battle of Hasting
s, in which Harold was slain. William proceeded toLondon and was crowned k
ing of England in Westminster Abbey. William met opposition with strong me
asures. By 1070 the Norman conquest of England was complete. William invad
ed Scotland in 1072 and forced the Scottishking Malcolm III MacDunc
an to pay him homage. During the succeeding years the Conqueror crushed in
surrections among his Norman followers. One feature of William's rei
gn as kingwas his reorganization of the English feudal and administrati
ve systems. In 1087,during a campaign against King Philip I of France,Wil
liam's horse fell in thevicinity of Mantes, fatally injuring him.
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