William 'The Conqueror' 
William 'The was born on October 14th, 1024 in Falaise Castle, Normandy, France. William 'The's father was Robert II "the Magnificent" and his mother was Herleva Arlette De Falaise. His paternal grandparents were II Richard and Juetta (Judith) de Bretagne; his maternal grandparents were Rollo Filbert de Falaise and Doda Duxia. He had two brothers and two sisters, named Ralph, Drogo, Felicia and Adbelahide. He was the third oldest of the five children. He had two half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Robert, Earl of Kent and Bishop of Bayeux, Emma and Muriel. He died at the age of 62 on September 9th, 1087 in Hermentrube, Near Rouen, France. He was buried in Caen, Calvados, France.General Notes
William I (of England), Duke of Normandy, King of England
William I (of England), called The Conqueror (1027-1087), first Norman king of England (1066-1087), who has been called one of the first modern kings and is generally regarded as one of the outstanding figures in western European history. Born in Falaise, France, William was the illegitimate son of Robert I, duke of Normandy. Upon Robert's death, the Norman nobles accepted William as his successor. During a visit in 1051 to his childless cousin, Edward the Confessor, king of England, William is said to have obtained Edward's agreement that he should succeed to the English throne. When King Edward died, however, the witenagemot (royal council) elected Harold, earl of Wessex, as king. William secured the sanction of Pope Alexander II for a Norman invasion of England.
The duke and his army landed at Pevensey on September 28, 1066. On October 14, the Normans defeated the English forces at the Battle of Hastings, in which Harold was slain. William proceeded to London and was crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey. William met opposition with strong measures. By 1070 the Norman conquest of England was complete. William invaded Scotland in 1072 and forced the Scottish king Malcolm III MacDuncan to pay him homage. During the succeeding years the Conqueror crushed insurrections among his Norman followers. One feature of William's reign as king was his reorganization of the English feudal and administrative systems. In 1087, during a campaign against King Philip I of France, William's horse fell in the vicinity of Mantes, fatally injuring him.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0866 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0931
- b.~ 0921 in Normandy, France d.17 DEC 942
- b.~ 0899 in Evreux, Neustria
- b.28 AUG 933 in Normandy, France d.20 NOV 996 in Fecamp, France
- b.0840 in Peronne, Somme, Picardie, France d.0902 in Murdered
- b.0882 in Bretagne, France d.< 0950
- b.~ 0850
- b.~ 0958 in Normandy, France d.28 Aug 1026 in Fecamp, France
- b.~ 0891 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
- b.~ 0911 in Crêpon, Normandy, France d.1002
- b.~ 0936 in Crêpon, Normandy, France d.1031 in France
- b.~ 0885 in Uppsala, Sweden d.~ 0985
- b.~ 0910 in Denmark
- b.~ 0885
- b.~ 1008 in Normandy, France d.22 Jul 1035 in Nicea, Bithynia, Turkey
- b.~ 0884 d.< 0930
- b.~ 0914 d.0952
- b.~ 0944 in Bretagne, France d.27 JUN 992
- b.~ 0914
- b.0982 in Bretagne, France d.16 Jun 1017 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 0909 in Anjou, France d.11 NOV 958 in Tours, France
- b.11 NOV 938 in Anjou, France d.21 JUL 987
- b.~ 0920 in Maine, France d.~ 0952
- b.~ 0960 in Anjou, France d.0992
- b.0918 in Vermandois, France d.29 AUG 968
- b.~ 0945 in Vermandois, Neustria d.12 MAR 984/85
- b.~ 0914 in Vergy, Boulogne, Neustria d.19 AUG 967
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise Castle, Normandy, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermentrube, Near Rouen, France
- b.~ 0885 in Uppsala, Sweden d.~ 0985
- b.~ 0930 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark d.0984
- b.~ 0885
- b.~ 0940 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden d.0985
- b.~ 0910 in Blauzahn, Germany d.1 NOV 987 in Jomsburg, Denmark
- b.~ 0947 in Denmark d.18 Sep 1000 in Norway
- b.~ 0925 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.~ 1078 in Falaise, Normandy
- b.~ 0941 in Halland, Sweden
- b.1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.~ 1050
- b.~ 1080 in Falaise, Normandy
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William 'The and Matilda of were married in a religious ceremony in 1050 in Castle of Angi, Normandy, France. They had seven sons and eight daughters, named Prince of England, Prince of England, II, Prince of England, William II, Prince of England, Henry I, Princess of England, Princess of England, Princess of England, Princess of England, Princess of England, Princess of England, Princess of England and Maud.
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Children
Princess of England Gundreda
Princess of England was born about 1055 in Falaise Castle, Normandy, France.
Princess of England Adaela
Princess of England was born about 1062 in Normandy, France. She died in Marcigny-sur-Loire, France. She was buried in Abbey of Holy Trinity, Caen, Normandy.
Princess of England Anna
Princess of England was born about 1066 in Normandy, France. She died in Sudeley Manor, Gloucester, England.
Henry I Beauclerc
Henry I was born about September 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England. He died on December 1st, 1135 in Westminster Palace, London, England. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
They had a son named William "the Elder".
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Children
William "the Elder" Peverell
William "the Elder" was born about 1054 in Normandy, France. He died in Nottingham, England.
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