William the Conqueror
King of England from 1066 to 1087
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- William the Conqueror , sometimes called William the Bastard , was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death.
- By 1060, following a long struggle, his hold on Normandy was secure.
- He suppressed subsequent English revolts in what has become known as the Norman Conquest.
William the Conqueror, sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy from 1035 onward. By 1060, following a long struggle, his hold on Normandy was secure. In 1066, following the death of Edward the Confessor, William invaded England, leading a Franco-Norman army to victory over the Anglo-Saxon forces of Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings. He suppressed subsequent English revolts in what has become known as the Norman Conquest. The rest of his life was marked by struggles to consolidate his hold over England and his continental lands, and by difficulties with his eldest son, Robert Curthose.
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