William II 'Rufus" , King of England 
William II was born about 1056 in Falaise Castle, Normandy, France. William II's father was William the William I 'the , King of England/Conqueror and his mother was Matilda of Matilda Flanders. He had six brothers and five sisters, named Prince of England, Prince of England, Robert II, Duke of Normandy, Prince of England, Prince of England, Henry I, Princess of England, Princess of England, Princess of England, Princess of England and Princess of England. He was the sixth youngest of the twelve children. He had a half-brother named William "the Elder". He died in 1100 in Killed in New Forest, Hampshire while hunting.General Notes
William II (of England), (1056?-1100), king of England (1087-1100), who extended his power into Normandy and Scotland. He was the third son of William I, king of England, who on his deathbed named him as his successor in England, leaving the duchy of Normandy to his eldest son, Robert. In 1088 William's uncle Odo led an unsuccessful rebellion of Norman barons who sought to unseat him in favor of Robert. In 1092 William forced Scottish king Malcolm III MacDuncan to pay him homage. William invaded Normandy in 1089, 1091, and 1094, winning some concessions from his brother Robert II, duke of Normandy, each time. He also held open vacant bishoprics and enriched himself with church monies, incurring the displeasure of many ecclesiastics. William was killed in 1100, while on a hunting trip in the New Forest in Hampshire.
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