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1028 - 1087
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Name |
William I The CONQUEROR [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
Death |
Between 09 and 10 Sep 1087 |
Priory of St. Gervais, near Rouen [1, 3, 5, 6] |
Birth |
1028 |
Falaise, Normandy, France [3, 6] |
Gender |
Male |
Fact |
Between 1066 and 1087 |
King of England [3, 5] |
Crowned |
25 Dec 1066 |
Westminster Abbey [1] |
Fact |
Duke of Normandy [1, 3, 5] |
Name |
Guillaume De Normandie I [1] |
Burial |
Abbey of St. Stephen, Caen [1, 3] |
Notes |
- Guillaume, also known as William the Conqueror was crowned December 25, 1066. Sometimes he was called William the Bastard. William's heart was left to Rouen Cathedral,( which he had founded) and his entrails were interred at the church in Chalus. HIs burial place has been often disturbed: in 1522, Rome instructed an examination of the grave contents; in 1562, Calvinists caused "complete devastation" of the tomb, in which the only bit of remains of the Conqueror was a thigh bone ( it was reburied under a new monument); the grave was again demolished in the riots of the revolution of 1793. What was the grave of William the Conqueror is today marked with a stone slab. It is believed that William the Conqueror had no illegitimate issue. His reputation was one of faithfulness to his wife.
Excerpt from "Directory of Royal Genealogical Data":
Reigned 1066-1087. Duke of Normandy 1035-1087. Invaded England defeated and killed his rival Harold at the Battle of Hastings and became King. The Norman conquest of England was completed by 1072 aided by the etablishment of feaudalism under which his followers were granted land in return for pledges of service and loyalty. As King William was noted for his efficient if harsh rule. His administration relied upon Norman and other foreign personnel especially Lanfranc Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1085 started Domesday Book.
- In the middle of the 11th century, the Normans conquered both Southern Italy and England. William, who had a claim on the English throne, defeated the English King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, and was crowned King on Christmas Day in 1066. A new alien aristocracy was imposed upon more than two million English people, and England was given firm, but arrogant, government. The Normans dispossessed many of the Anglo-Saxon landowners, pressed the peasantry into service on their new feudal territories, and treated their Anglo-Saxon subjects with contempt, but they also taught better farming, developed the economy, put an end to Viking raids, and built many fine stone cathedrals and churches. [7]
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Person ID |
I12868 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
18 May 2021 |
Father |
Robert I, b. Abt 1008, Normandy, France d. 22 Jul 1035, Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey (Age 27 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Arlette DE FALAISE, b. Abt 1003, Falaise, Normandie d. Abt 1050 (Age 47 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
Abt 1023 |
Family ID |
F02199 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Matilda Of FLANDERS, b. 1031/2, Flandres d. Between 02 and 03 Nov 1083, Caen, Normandy |
Married |
Between 1051 and 1053 |
Cathedral of Notre Dame d'Eu [1, 3, 6] |
Marriage |
1053 [5, 8] |
Children |
| 1. AdelizaAdelaide Of ENGLAND, b. Normandy, France d. 1065 [Natural] |
| 2. Robert II CURTHOSE, b. Abt 1054, Normandy, France d. Between 03 and 10 Feb 1134, Cardiff Castle [Natural] |
| 3. Richard Prince Of ENGLAND, b. Between 1055 and 1056, Normandy, France d. Between 1075 and 1081, Killed while hunting in the New Forest (Age 20 years) [Natural] |
| 4. Cecily Princess Of ENGLAND, b. Abt 1055, Normandy, France d. 30 Jul 1126, Caen, Calvados, France (Age 71 years) [Natural] |
| 5. William II King Of ENGLAND, b. Between 1056 and 1060, Normandy, France d. 02 Aug 1100, Killed while hunting in the New Forest (Age 44 years) [Birth] |
| 6. Mathilda Princess Of ENGLAND, b. 1059, Normandy, France d. Bef 1080 (Age < 21 years) [Natural] |
| 7. Adela Of ENGLAND, b. Abt 1062, Normandy, France d. 8 Mar 1137, Cluniac Priory of Marcigny-sur-Loire (Age 75 years) [Birth] |
| 8. Gundred Princess Of ENGLAND, b. Abt 1063, Normandy, France d. 26 May 1085, (in childbed)Castle Acre, Acre, Norfolk, England (Age 22 years) [Natural] |
| 9. Agatha Princess Of ENGLAND, b. Abt 1064, Normandy, France d. Bef 1086, Calvados, France (Age < 22 years) [Natural] |
| 10. Constance Princess Of ENGLAND, b. Abt 1066, Normandy, France d. 13 Aug 1090, St. Melans, Rhedon (Age 24 years) [Natural] |
+ | 11. Henry I "Beauclerc" King Of ENGLAND, b. Sep 1068, Selby, England d. 01 Dec 1135, (of food poisoning) Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France (Age 67 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F02195 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
31 Jan 2016 |
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Sources |
- [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese.
- [S02258] Mrs. (Oscar Herbert) Elizabeth M. Leach Rixford, Families Directly Descended from "All the Royal Families in Europe" (495-1932) and Mayflower Descendants, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company, Inc., Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;).
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- [S5452] Alan J. Koman, A Who's Who of Your Ancestral Saints, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. - Baltimore).
- [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.
- [S02170] Tompsett, Brian C., Directory of Royal Genealogical Data.
- [S9498] Plantagenet Somerset Fry, Kings & Queens of England and Scotland.
- [S02447] Hulett FTW from MC Scott.FTW.
Date of Import: Oct 13, 2000
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