William I The CONQUEROR

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Duke of Normandy
• Name: Guillaume De Normandie I
• Fact: Between 1066 and 1087, King of England
• Crowned: 25 Dec 1066, Westminster Abbey

Notes:

Guillaume, also known as William the Conqueror was crowned December 25, 1066. Sometimes he was called William the Bastard. William's heart was left to Rouen Cathedral,( which he had founded) and his entrails were interred at the church in Chalus. HIs burial place has been often disturbed: in 1522, Rome instructed an examination of the grave contents; in 1562, Calvinists caused "complete devastation" of the tomb, in which the only bit of remains of the Conqueror was a thigh bone ( it was reburied under a new monument); the grave was again demolished in the riots of the revolution of 1793. What was the grave of William the Conqueror is today marked with a stone slab. It is believed that William the Conqueror had no illegitimate issue. His reputation was one of faithfulness to his wife.

Excerpt from "Directory of Royal Genealogical Data":
Reigned 1066-1087. Duke of Normandy 1035-1087. Invaded England defeated and killed his rival Harold at the Battle of Hastings and became King. The Norman conquest of England was completed by 1072 aided by the etablishment of feaudalism under which his followers were granted land in return for pledges of service and loyalty. As King William was noted for his efficient if harsh rule. His administration relied upon Norman and other foreign personnel especially Lanfranc Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1085 started Domesday Book.

In the middle of the 11th century, the Normans conquered both Southern Italy and England. William, who had a claim on the English throne, defeated the English King Harold at the Battle of Hastings, and was crowned King on Christmas Day in 1066. A new alien aristocracy was imposed upon more than two million English people, and England was given firm, but arrogant, government. The Normans dispossessed many of the Anglo-Saxon landowners, pressed the peasantry into service on their new feudal territories, and treated their Anglo-Saxon subjects with contempt, but they also taught better farming, developed the economy, put an end to Viking raids, and built many fine stone cathedrals and churches.

William married Matilda Of FLANDERS in 1053. Matilda (daughter of Count of Flanders Baldwin V "the Pious" and Adela Of FRANCE) was born in 1031/2 in Flandres; died between 02 and 03 Nov 1083 in Caen, Normandy; was buried in Abbey Of Holy Trinity, Caen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. AdelizaAdelaide Of ENGLAND was born in Normandy, France; died in 1065.
2. Robert II CURTHOSE was born about 1054 in Normandy, France; died between 03 and 10 Feb 1134 in Cardiff Castle; was buried in Gloucester Cathedral.
3. Richard Prince Of ENGLAND was born between 1055 and 1056 in Normandy, France; died between 1075 and 1081 in Killed while hunting in the New Forest; was buried in Winchester Cathedral.
4. Cecily Princess Of ENGLAND was born about 1055 in Normandy, France; died on 30 Jul 1126 in Caen, Calvados, France; was buried in Abbey of the Holy Trinity, abbess of Holy Tiranity (Benedictine convent), Caen.
5. William II King Of ENGLAND was born between 1056 and 1060 in Normandy, France; died on 02 Aug 1100 in Killed while hunting in the New Forest; was buried in Winchester Cathedral.
6. Mathilda Princess Of ENGLAND was born in 1059 in Normandy, France; died before 1080; was buried in Cathedral Church of St. Mary's, Bayeux.
7. Adela Of ENGLAND was born about 1062 in Normandy, France; died on 8 Mar 1137 in Cluniac Priory of Marcigny-sur-Loire; was buried in Abbey Of the Holy Trinity in Caen.
8. Gundred Princess Of ENGLAND was born about 1063 in Normandy, France; died on 26 May 1085 in (in childbed)Castle Acre, Acre, Norfolk, England; was buried in Chapter House,Priory, Lewes, Sussex, England.
9. Agatha Princess Of ENGLAND was born about 1064 in Normandy, France; died before 1086 in Calvados, France; was buried in Bayeux, Calvados, France.
10. Constance Princess Of ENGLAND was born about 1066 in Normandy, France; died on 13 Aug 1090 in St. Melans, Rhedon; was buried in St Edmondsbury, Suffolk, England.
11. Henry I "Beauclerc" King Of ENGLAND was born in Sep 1068 in Selby, England; died on 01 Dec 1135 in (of food poisoning) Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France; was buried on 04 Jan 1136 in Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Robert II the Devil of Normandy
• Fact: Sometimes called "the Devil or the Magnificent"
• Fact: A Crusader
• Birth: Abt 1000, Normandy
• Fact: Between 1027 and 1035, Duke of Normandy
• Fact: 06 Aug 1028, Acceded

Notes:

Robert I the Magnificent and Arlette were not married.

Excerpt from "Directory of Royal Genealogical Data":
Robert contributed to the restoration of Henry King of france to his throne, and received from the gratitude of that monarch, the Vexin, as an additional to his patrimonial domains. In the 8th year of his reign, curiosity or devotn (?) induced him to undertake a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, where the fatiges of the jouney and the heat of the climate so impaired his constitution, he died on his way home.

Robert married Arlette DE FALAISE about 1023. Arlette (daughter of Fulbert DE FALAISE and Doda Of FALAISE) was born about 1003 in Falaise, Normandie; died about 1050. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Arlett-Herleve De Falaise