William I of England better known as William the Conqueror, was Duke of Normandy from 1035 and King of England from 1066 to his death.
William I of England better known as William the Conqueror, was Duke of Normandy from 1035 and King of England from 1066 to his death.
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William the Conqueror
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One of those great events in English history, which occur at distant intervals, and form, respectively, a sort of bound or landmark, to which all other events, preceding or following them for centuries, are referred, is what is called the ...
Of Franco-Scandinavian descent through his father, Duke Robert 'the Magnificent', William the Conqueror's life is set against his true background, the turbulent Norman Duchy which, even after the Conquest of England, remained his primary ...
Profiles the Duke of Normandy whose victory at Hastings in 1066 established him as the English king responsible for unifying the system of government and law.
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The father of William the Conqueror was Robert, who became subsequently the duke, the sixth in the line. He resided, at the time when William was born, in a great castle at Falaise.
William the Conqueror was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087.
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The father of William the Conqueror was Robert, who be-came subsequently the duke, the sixth in the line. He resided, at the time when William was born, in a great castle at Falaise.