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Silver penny of William II showing a crowned head facing forward (1089), Yorkshire Museum, York. Less than two years after becoming king, William II lost his father's adviser and confidant, the Italian-Norman Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury. After Lanfranc's death in 1089, the king delayed appointing a new archbishop for many years ...
Death of William II. Lithograph, 1895. Walter Tirel III [a] (1065 – some time after 1100), nicknamed the "Red Knight of Normandie", was an Anglo-Norman nobleman. He is infamous for his involvement in the death of King William II of England, also known as William Rufus.
Death Notes William II, Rufus: The Normans (England) c. 1056 1087–1100 2 August 1100 Killed by an arrow through the heart during a hunting trip. Widely suspected, though not proven, to be murder to benefit one of his brothers. Alexander III: House of Dunkeld (Scotland) 4 September 1241 1249–1286 19 March 1286
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 ...
On television, William was portrayed by Peter Firth in the 1990 play Blood Royal: William the Conqueror, directed by Peter Jefferies. [9] Singer Frank Turner told the story of the death of William II in the song "English Curse" from his 2011 album England Keep My Bones.
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after 70 years on the throne. She was 96.
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William II, Duke of Aquitaine (died 926) William II, Marquess of Montferrat (died c. 961) William II Sánchez of Gascony (died c. 996) William II, Count of Provence (c. 987 –1019) William II, Count of Besalú (died 1066) William II of Normandy (c. 1028 –1087), William I of England; William II of England (c. 1056 –1100), commonly referred ...