William I "The Conqueror" de Normandie King Of England

   Another name for William was William the Conquerqueror.

  Noted events in his life and other information:

• Dates & Events: ¹⁷⁷
William was the illegitimate son of the Duke of Normandy. He was given the British crown, Christmas Day 1066, after the Normans defeated English forces and his brother-in-law, King Harold of England, at the Battle of Hastings.

• Death : ¹⁷⁷
William died when his horse threw him violently into the saddle's iron prommel. The saddle burst his intestines and peritonitis quickly set in. It took him five weeks to die.

• Alt. Name: ¹³¹
Guillaume "le Conquérant"
William the Bastard

William married Matilda de Flandres et de Falaise, daughter of Baudouin V "le Debonnaire" comte de Flandres and Adèle Capet Princess des Francs, in 1053 in Castle Of Angi, Normandy, France.¹¹⁶ (Matilda de Flandres et de Falaise was born about 1032 in Flanders, France, died on 2 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France and was buried in Eglise DE La Sainte Trinitae, Caen, Normandy.)