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Personal data William I "The Conqueror" (William I "The Conqueror") (First Norman King of England) (24th GGF) 

Sources 1, 2, 3
  • First name William I "The Conqueror".
  • He was born on October 14, 1024 in Falaise Castle, Calvados, Normandy, Kingdom of France.Sources 1, 2, 3
    William was the illegitimate son of Duke Robert "The Devil"
  • (Direct Ancestor) in the year 1024.
  • (Royal Coat of Arms) in the year 1024: "Norman Dynasty".
  • (Knighthood) in the year 1042: King Henry I of France, knighted him at the age of 15..
  • He died on September 9, 1087 in Rouen, Normandie, Kingdom of France, he was 62 years old.Sources 1, 2, 3
    William died after his horse reared up during a 1087 battle, throwing the king against his saddle pommel so forcefully that his intestines ruptured. An infection set in that killed him several weeks later.
  • He is buried in the year 1087 in Caen, Calvados, Normandie, Kingdom of France.Sources 2, 3
    William was buried in his abbey foundation of St Stephen at Caen. Desecrated by Huguenots (1562) and Revolutionaries (1793), the burial place of the first Norman king of England is marked by a simple stone slab.
  • A child of Robert I "The Magnificent" (Duke of Normandy) (25th Ggf) and Herleva of Falaise (Mistress) (25th Ggm)

Household of William I "The Conqueror" (William I "The Conqueror") (First Norman King of England) (24th GGF)

He is married to Matihilde "Maude" van Vlaanderen.

They got married about 1051 at Cathedral of Notre Dame d'Eu, Normandy, Kingdom of France.


Child(ren):

  5. Richard Beauclerc  1057-1081
  8. Adela of Normandy  1066-1138 
  9. Henry I Beauclerc  1068-1135 

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Sources

  1. Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  2. Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  3. Millennium File, Heritage Consulting / Ancestry.com


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