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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 ...
The term "Companions of the Conqueror" in the widest sense signifies those who planned, organised and joined with William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, in the great adventure which was the Norman Conquest (1066-1071). The term is however more narrowly defined as those nobles who actually fought with Duke William in the Battle of Hastings. [2]
Odo was the son of William the Conqueror's mother Herleva and Herluin de Conteville. Count Robert of Mortain was his younger brother. There is uncertainty about his birth date. Some historians have suggested he was born around 1035. Duke William made him bishop of Bayeux in 1049.
Born c. 1030, [1] Adelaide was an illegitimate daughter of the Norman duke Robert the Magnificent. [2] Adelaide's brother or half-brother, Robert's son and successor William the Conqueror, was likewise illegitimate.
William the Conqueror (c. 1028–1087). [20] By Herleva or possibly another concubine, [b] [21] he was the father of: Adelaide of Normandy, who married firstly, Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu. [22] She married secondly, Lambert II, Count of Lens, and thirdly, Odo II of Champagne. [23]
Henry was probably born in England in 1068, in either the summer or the last weeks of the year, possibly in the town of Selby in Yorkshire. [1] [nb 1] His father was William the Conqueror, the duke of Normandy who had invaded England in 1066 to become the king of England, establishing lands stretching into Wales.
King William II, the third son of William the Conqueror, was known as William Rufus. He reigned as King of England from 1087 until his death in 1100, at which point his younger brother, Prince ...
Robert was born c. 1031 in Normandy, a half-brother of William the Conqueror. [ 2 ] and was probably not more than a year or so younger than his brother Odo, born c. 1030 . [ 1 ] [ 3 ] About 1035, Herluin, as Vicomte of Conteville, along with his wife Herleva and Robert, founded Grestain Abbey .