William II "Rufus" King of England 
William II "Rufus" King of was born about 1056 in Normandy, France. William II "Rufus" King of's father was William I "The Conqueror" King of England and his mother was Matilda (Maud) of Flanders. His paternal grandparents were Robert I "The Magnificent" Duke of Normandy and Herleve (Arlette) de Falaise; his maternal grandparents were Baudouin V Count of Flanders and Adele (Aelis) Princess of France. He had two brothers and a sister, named Robert II "Curthose" Duke of, Henry I "Beauclerc" King of and Adela of. He was the second oldest of the four children. He had a half-sister named Gundred of. He died on August 2nd, 1100 in New Forest, near Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England. He was buried in Winchester, Hampshire, England.General Notes
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Strong, outspoken and ruddy (hence his nickname 'Rufus'), William II (reigned 1087-1100) extended his father's policies, taking royal power to the far north of England. Ruthless in his relations with his brother Robert, William extended his grip on the duchy of Normandy under an agreement between the brothers in 1091. (Robert went on crusade in 1096.) William's relations with the Church were not easy; he took over Archbishop Lanfranc's revenues after the latter's death in 1089, kept other bishoprics vacant to make use of their revenues, and had numerous arguments with Lanfranc's popular successor Anselm. William died on 2 August 1100, after being shot by an arrow whilst hunting in the New Forest.
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In 1100 Rufus was shot in the back with an arrow and killed while hunting in the New Forest in Hampshire. The incident was probably an assassination, and Rufus' alleged slayer, Walter Tirel, lord of Poix in Ponthieu, may have been under orders from the king's younger brother, Henry. Henry promptly seized the English throne as King Henry I. [Encyclopaedia Britannica]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0959 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.28 Aug 1026 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.0911 in Arque, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0942 in Arque, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.1031 in France
- b.0923 in Sweden
- b.~ 0999 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.02 Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey (on pilgrimage to Jerusalem)
- b.~ 0982 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.16 Jun 1017 in Normandy, France
- b.14 Oct 1027 in Falais, Calvados, France d.09 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Seine-Maritime, France
- b.0978 in Falaise, Clavados, France
- b.~ 1003 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.1050
- b.0980 in France
- b.~ 1056 in Normandy, France d.02 Aug 1100 in New Forest, near Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 0935 in Flanders, France d.1 JAN 961/62 in (dvp)
- b.Dec 0961 in Flanders, France d.30 Mar 0987 in Chapel de St Laurent, France
- b.0937 in Saxony, Germany d.25 May 1008
- b.~ 0980 in Flanders now Belgium d.30 May 1036 in Flanders now Belgium
- b.~ 0962 in Luxembourg d.26 JAN 1002/03
- b.1012 in Flanders, France d.01 Sep 1067 in Lille, Nord, France
- b.~ 0995 in Luxemburg d.21 FEB 1029/30 in Flanders, France
- b.1032 in Flanders, France d.03 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.ABT JAN 940/41 in Paris, Seine, France d.14 Oct 0996 in Les Juifs, Chartres, France
- b.27 Mar 0972 in Orleans, France d.20 Jul 1031 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
- b.~ 0945 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou, France d.~ 1004
- b.1009 in France d.8 JAN 1078/79 in Monastere de L'O, Messines, France
- b.0950 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, France d.0994 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, France
- b.~ 0986 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France d.25 Jul 1032 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
- b.~ 0942 in Anjou, France d.1026 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, France
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