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William the Conqueror William is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry during the Battle of Hastings, lifting his helmet to show that he is still alive. King of England Reign 25 December 1066 – 9 September 1087 Coronation 25 December 1066 Predecessor Edgar Ætheling (uncrowned) Harold II (crowned) Successor William II Duke of Normandy Reign 3 July 1035 – 9 September 1087 Predecessor Robert I ...
Herleva's background and the circumstances of William's birth are shrouded in mystery. The written evidence dates from a generation or two later, and is not entirely consistent, but of all the Norman chroniclers only the Tours chronicler and William of Malmesbury, the latter thought to have simply copied the Tours source, assert that William's parents were subsequently joined in marriage.
mother of William the Conqueror: King William I The Conqueror c. 1028 –1087 r. 1066–1087 King of England: Matilda of Flanders c. 1031 –1083 Queen of England: Malcolm III d. 1093 King of Scotland: Robert II Duke of Normandy c. 1054 –1134: Richard of Normandy c. 1054 – c. 1070: Adeliza of Normandy c. 1055 – before 1113: Cecilia of ...
Family tree. Early life. Robert was the son of Richard II of Normandy and Judith, daughter of Conan I, ... William the Conqueror (c. 1028–1087). [20]
He became one of the legal protectors of the young successor to the duchy, William the Bastard, known later as William the Conqueror, then aged 8. [5] The young Duke William was in danger, as other members of the ducal family were trying to assassinate him to regain power in the duchy, and the Norman barons were rebelling.
Early 12th century additions made by Norman chronicler Orderic Vitalis to the Gesta Normannorum Ducum report that William the Conqueror was born at Falaise, in Normandy, to an extramarital relationship between Robert I, Duke of Normandy and Herleva, daughter of Fulbert, the one-time Duke's Chamberlain (cubicularii ducis), [1] an office to which ...
Matilda of Flanders (French: Mathilde; Dutch: Machteld; German: Mechtild) (c. 1031 – 2 November 1083) was Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy by marriage to William the Conqueror, and regent of Normandy during his absences from the duchy. [1]
Matilda de Montgomery, married to Robert, Count of Mortain and 2nd Earl of Cornwall, was the half-brother of William the Conqueror; William III of Ponthieu, (c. 1093 – 1172), married to Helie, daughter of Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy of the House of Burgundy. Via his mother, he inherited the county of Ponthieu.