Prince/Duke of Normandy William William The Aetheling Duke of Normandy/Duke of Normandy/of England 
William was born before August 5th, 1103 in of Selby, York, England. William's father was King Henry I Beauclerc of England and his mother was Matilda Edith Queen of England and of Scotland. He had a brother and three sisters, named Richard, Elizabeth, Matilda and Euphamia. He had fifteen half-brothers and nineteen half-sisters, named Robert, William, William, Rainald, Gilbert, Robert, Henry, Robert, Henry, Robert, Robert, Gilbert, Richard, Fulk, Richard, Sibyl Elizabeth, Gundred, Rohese, Matilda (Maud), Eustacie, Alice, Daughter, Isabel, Isabel, Maud, Princess, Maud, Emma, Maud, Juliane, Constance, Juliane, Mathilde and Alix. He died on November 26th, 1119 in At Sea, Near Barfleur, France.General Notes
The Plantagenet Chronicles, ed. by Dr. Elizabeth Hallam, p. 37. He was the Heir Apparent. He drowned when his ship "Le Blanc Nef" (the White Ship" sank off Barfleur after hitting rocks. The crew were drunk after reveling with the Prince and his entourage. The Prince was seventeen.
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Called the Aetheling; died without issue in a shipwreck. Source of birthdate is Royal Gen.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.Sep 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.11 Dec 1135 in Lyons-la-Foret, Normandie, France
- b.<05 Aug 1103 in of Selby, York, England d.26 Nov 1119 in At Sea, Near Barfleur, France
- b.Oct 1079 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.01 May 1118 in Westminster Palace, Middlesex, England
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