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Personal data WILLIAM "the Conqueror" Duke of Normandy 1st Norman King of England 27th GGF 

  • He was born on October 14, 1024 in Falaise, Duchy of Normandy.
  • (Domesday Book) in the year 1086: He ordered the compilation of the Domesday Book, a survey listing all the land-holdings in England along with their pre-Conquest and current holders.
  • (Coronation) on December 25, 1066 in London, England.
  • (Battle of Hastings) on October 14, 1066 in Hastings, England: William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England. It took place approximately 7 m. NW of Hastings, which was a decisive Norman victory.
  • He died on September 9, 1087 in Prieuré de Saint-Gervais, Rouen, Duchy of Normandy (Wounds suffered at the siege of Mantes), he was 62 years old.
  • Alternative: He died.
    He was apparently taunted by the French king into a retributive attack on Mantes. Some people said that the front of his saddle rammed into his belly while attempting to jump a ditch, others said exhaustion. Took him 5 weeks to die.
  • He is buried in Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, Normandy.
  • A child of ROBERT I "the Magnificent" Duke of Normandy and HERVELA of Falaise

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He has/had a relationship with MATILDA of Flanders Queen Consort of England and Duchess of Normandy.


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