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Personal data Guillaume de Normandie Ier 

  • He was born on October 14, 1027 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.
  • He was christened in the year 1066 in Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom.
  • Title: King of England; Roi d'Angleterre. First Norman King of England.
  • Physical description: Said to be of medium height, corpulent, but majestic in person, choleric, mendacious, greedy, a great soldier, governor, centralizer, legislator, and innovator. (Encyc. of World History page 191).
  • (Politics) in the year 1064 in England, United Kingdom: Treaty with Harold, Earl of Wessex for throne of England.
  • (Burial Location) in the year 1087 in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France: Interred at the Abbey of Saint-Étienne. Unfortunately William"s original tombstone of black marble, the same kind as Matilda"s in the Abbaye aux Dames, was destroyed by the Calvinist iconoclasts in the 16th century and his bones scattered..
  • (Cause of Death) : William "The Conqueror" was killed near Rouen, France by his plunging horse while quelling revolt. Fatal fall from a horse, died of a burst bowel. While jumping a trench on horseback, his stomach was forced onto the pommel..
  • (Notes) : William I was christened in England as he was crowned King of England, in 1066, right after the Norman Conquest of England..
  • (Notes) : Promised succession to English throne by Edward the Confessor, about 1051.
  • (Fact) : He ordered the creation of the Doomsday Book in 1086. This was the first official record of the property holders living in England and amount of land they held..
  • (Notes) : He was promised succession to English throne by Edward the Confessor in about 1051.
  • (Fact) : Achieved the Oath of Salisbury in 1086 guaranteeing that the oath was to prohibit the English vassals from making war with each other..
  • (Founder) : Founded Hatfield Priory in the County of Essex, England.
  • He died on September 9, 1087 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France, he was 59 years old.
  • He is buried after er 09-09-1087 in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.
  • A child of Duc Robert de Normandie and Hariette de Falaise

Household of Guillaume de Normandie Ier

He is married to Matihilda van Vlaanderen.

They got married


Child(ren):

  1. Adela Normandy  ± 1062-1137 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Guillaume de Normandie

Fulbert de Falaise
970-1007
Doda Inghen Mail Coluim
980-1003

Guillaume de Normandie
1027-1087


Matihilda van Vlaanderen
± 1031-1083

Adela Normandy
± 1062-1137

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