William "The Conqueror", King Of England^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1027 - 1087  (59 years)

• Name	William "The Conqueror"
  Suffix	King Of England
  Nickname	The Conqueror
  Born	14 Oct 1027	Failaise, , FRA   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Sep 1087	Hermenbraville, Rouen, FRA
  Buried	Abt 10 Sep 1087	St. Stephen's Abbey, Cain, Normandy   [6]
  Person ID	I2307	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Robert I "The Devil" DUKE OF NORMANDY,   b. Abt 1008, , Normandy, FRA ,   d. 22 Jun 1035, Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey  (Age ~ 27 years)
  Mother	Harlette (Herleva) DE FALAISE,   b. Abt 1012, Of Falaise, , FRA ,   d. Abt 1050  (Age ~ 38 years)
  Family ID	F6281	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matilda (Or Maud) D.Of BALDWIN V,   b. 1031, Flanders, , FRA ,   d. 1083, Caen, , Basse-Normandie, France  (Age 52 years)
  Married	1053
  Children	1. Robert III, Duke Of Normandy,   b. 1051,   d. 1134, Cardiff Castle  (Age 83 years)   2. William KING OF ENGLAND, II,   b. 1056,   d. 1100  (Age 44 years)   3. Adela D.Of,   b. 1062,   d. 1137  (Age 75 years)   4. Henry I KING OF ENGLAND,   b. 1068, Selby, , ENG ,   d. 1 Dec 1135, Angers, Maine-At-Loire, , FRA  (Age 67 years)   5. Matilda (Gundred)
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F6419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The mother of William the Conqueror is in discrepancy. It is either Herleve de Falaise, also spelled Harlette and Arlette. However, Usherwood states that she was Duke Robert's mistress, a tanner's daughter. His mother married a Norman nobleman after Robert's death. She helped her son's dukedom be saved by this marriage. William's birth date is also in question, listed as 1024 or 1027. What is not in question is the greatness of William the Conqueror. He had a bold spirit, orderly mind and tireless energy. He had European fame by the age of 38. He was Duke of Normandy and had inherited Normandy from his father at about age 8. Edward I, King of England, died without heirs and had told William that he would be his successor. On his deathbed in 1066, Edward named Harold his successor. This is when William decided to attack resulting in the famous Battle of Hastings and William's being crowned King of England on Christmas Day of 1066. (C-330) He married his cousin, Matilda, daughter of the Count of Flanders, to whom he was devoted. He died after a full life in Roen after months of internal bleeding from being thrown from his horse. The horse reared when burnt by embers in Mantes, a town he had just captured. (Usherwood, Reign by Reign)

  
  

• Sources

  [S826] Robert Jesse Harry, The Ancestors and Descendants of Hugh Harry and Elizabeth Brinton. [S1130] David Piper, Kings and Queens of England and Scotland with copies of pages provided to me by Pat Moran of Texas. [S2793] United Ancestries Linked Pedigrees CD 100 (Automated Archives). [S505] Blazier, Jo Ann, The Howards, From England to the Ohio Valley (c2002). [S2337] World Book Encyclopedia (World Book, c1988). [S1099] John Steele Gordon to Gen-Medieval@rootsweb.com E-mail letter dated Dec. 2, 1997 at kaboodle@worldnet.att.net (C-1372).