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Personal data Guillaume / William I The Conqueror "The Bastard" (Guillaume / William I The Conqueror "The Bastard") Beauclerk Plantagenet, Duke de Normandie, King Of England 

• First name Guillaume / William I The Conqueror "The Bastard".
• He was born between October 20, 1024 and 1028 in Château de Ducal Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.
• He was christened in Norman Conquest.
• Occupations:
• King of England, Duke of Normandy, The Conqueror of England, Duqye de Normandía, Rey de Inglaterra, William the Conqueror, King Wiliam I of England, William II, Norman Conqueror, Comte de Normandie, fought in the Norman Conquest, King of the English, Kun in Duke of Normandy/.
• from July 3, 1035 till September 9, 1087 King of England, Duke of Normandy, The Conqueror of England, Duqye de Normandía, Rey de Inglaterra, William the Conqueror, King Wiliam I of England, William II, Norman Conqueror, Comte de Normandie, fought in the Norman Conquest, King of the English, Kun in Normandy, France.
• between December 31, 1066 and January 6, 1088 in King Of England/.
• Nationality: Duchy of Normandy.
• Resident:
• Saint-Étienne de Caen, Frankrijk.
• Saint-Étienne de Caen France.
• (Fact 4) in William "the conqueror" built Corfe Castle in the 11th century.The site was the location were King Edward "the martyr" was assassinated while riding his horse.He was stabbed to death on the orders of his ruthless stepmother Queen Alfthryth.
• (Fact 1) in Pevensey Castle, Westham, Pevensey, UK was the Landing Place for William l "the conqueror" army in 1066: It is estimated that William was 5 10. This made him quite tall for his time..
• (Fact 2) in Chateau Falaise (which means cliff) and was built on cliffs by William "the conqueror": Many castles and keeps, for example, The White Tower (the central keep of the Tower of London), were constructed during Williams reign..
• (Fact 3) in William"the conqueror" built Tintern Abbey in 1066: William was a keen hunter and he brought in laws to regulate who had permission to hunt in England..
• (Award) in the year 1035: In 1035, William became Duke of Normandy. Edward the Confessor, the King of England, was Williams cousin, giving William a claim to the throne of England..
• (Award) in the year 1036: At only 8 years of age William became the new Duke of Normandy. Violence and corruption plagued his early reign as the feudal barons fought for control of his fragile dukedom. A few of William's guards died and his teacher was murdered during a period of severe anarchy. With the help of King Henry I of France, William managed to survive the early years..
• (Accomplishment) in the year 1066 in Hastings England: He invaded England from Normandy in September 1066. He defeated and killed Harold Godwinson, Edward the Confessors successor, on 14th October 1066 in the Battle of Hastings..
• (Comment) about 1066: The first Norman ruler of England who famously invaded the kingdom in 1066, William the Conqueror seized lands and plundered treasures from Sussex to Yorkshire that would be worth $228 billion (£159bn) in today's money. He spent his lavish riches on everything from tapestries to castles, including the iconic White Tower at the Tower of London..
• (Award) on December 25, 1066: He was crowned as the King of England on Christmas Day 1066..
• He died on September 15, 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, S, Haute-Normandie, France.
• Will on September 9, 1087.

  William I left Normandy to his eldest son Robert England to his middle son William and he left money to his youngest son Henry.

Household of Guillaume / William I The Conqueror "The Bastard" (Guillaume / William I The Conqueror "The Bastard") Beauclerk Plantagenet, Duke de Normandie, King Of England

He is married to Countess Matilda "Maud" Flanders Queen of England Beauclerk van Vlaanderen.

They got married in the year 1053 at Castle of Angi, France.

Child(ren):

1. Gundrada van Saint-Omer (van Normandië)  1053-1085 

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