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"Encyclopedia Brittania 11th ed.", 1911: King of England 1066-1087; King William I; bastard son of Robert the Devil; 5 or 6 daughters
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Survived his father as (William II) Duke of Normandy 1035, conquered Maine 1063, Obtained crown of England by conquest 14, Oct. 1066. Crowned at Westminster Abbey by Ealdred, Archbishop of York, 25 Dec. 1066. He died at the Priory of St. Gervais, near Rouen and was buried at the Abbey of St. Stephen Caen, which he founded.
Most ancesters of Wm I added from GEDCOM file ROYALS.GED downloaded from CompuServe
William I or William the Conqueror, 1027?-1087 (r.1066-1087), was the illegitimate son of Robert I, duke of Normandy, and succeeded to the dukedom in 1035. While visiting (1051) England, he was probably named by his cousin Edward the Confessor as successor to the throne, and in 1064 he extracted a promise of support from Harold, then earl of Wessex. In 1066, hearing that Harold had been crowned king of England, William raised an army and crossed the Channel. He defeated and slew Harold at Hastings and was crowned king. William immediately built castles and harshly put down the rebellions that broke out; by 1072 the military part of the Norman conquest was virtually complete. He substituted foreign prelates for many English bishops, and land titles were redistributed on a feudal basis to his Norman followers. After 1075 he dealt frquently with continental quarrels. Wiliam ordered a survey (1085-1086) of England, the results of which were compiled as the Doomsday Book. He was one of the greatest English monarchs and a pivotal figure in European history. His son Robert II succeeded him in Normandy, while another son, William II or William Rufus succeeded him in England. - Encyclopedia, p. 921
Nearly twenty years before the Conquest there was at the court of Count Baldwin of Flanders a very beautiful girl, his sister Matilda. Young Duke William of Normandy fell in love with her at first sight. He did not manfiest his devotion, however, in the usual ways. There was none of the mooning of adolescence, no shy dancing of attendance on the part of the determined Norman.
He courted Matilda in a forthright way, making it clear that he intended to marry her, come what may. Matilda met his advances cooly. Her reluctance may have been due to the fact that William's mother had been Herleva, the pretty daughter of a tanner, and that his father had taken no steps to legitimatize his birth, thereby condemning him for life to the appellation of Bastard ... William's courting of Matilda lasted seven years in all. At the end of that time, in the year 1047, he became so enraged at her continued refusals that he waited outside a church in the city of Bruges, where she was hearing mass, and attacked her when she emerged. He knocked her down, rolled her in the dirt of the street, tore her fine cloak, upbraided her furiously, and then sprang into the saddle and rode away. Perhaps he shold have adopted this method of courthsip earlier. It produced, at any rate, the desired effect. Matilda gave in. They were married in William's castle of Angi, and it was a grand occasion. ... William saw to it that Matilda was the first wife of an English king to have the title Queen. .. The consort of a Saxon ruler had been called "lady companion of the King", but this was not good enough for Matilda. ... When she died in 1083, he mourned her for the rest of his days. He built a great tomb for her at Caen in Normandy, covered with gems and with an epitaph lettered in gold. - The Conquerors,Thomas B. Costain, pp. 14-16
Ordered the creation of the Doomsday book
It was surely an instance of divine justice that the Conqueror, while riding through the conflagration, should sustain a fall when his horse stepped on a burning plank. He was carried out of the blazing ruins and back to a monastery under the walls of Rouen. Here he lingered for six weeks, suffering greatly and becoming wearker with each day. When it was certain he was going to die he made a verbal will. He left Normandy to Robert, in spite of the eldest son's mutinous record. Then he looked at William, his favorite, who also was strong and cruel and who was called the Red because of his colring. "As for the kingdom of England", he said, struggling for breath, "I bequeath it to no one, for it was not bequeathed to me. I acquired it by force and at the cost of blood. I leave it in the hands of God - only wishing that my son William, who has been submissive to me in all things, may obtain it if he please God and prosper." - The Conquerors,Thomas B. Costain, p. 28
... led the Norman conquest of England and provided stability and firm government in an age of great disorder. The illegitimate son of the Norman duke, Robert I, he interited Normandy in 1035, consolidating his rule in the face of baronial opposition in about 1042. He successfully faced further rebellions and after 1050 began to take an interest in acquiring land in England - perhamps given some encouragement by the English king Edward the Confessor. After Edward's death (Jan 5, 1066), Vikings under King Harold III of Norway moved on England, and William soon followed with an invasion force of his own. The new English king, Harold II, defeated the Vikins and confronted the Normans near Hastings in October 1066. William's forces achieved a decisive victory, and on Christmas Day 1066, William was crowned king of Engalnd, founding the Anglo-Norman monarchy and realm. A highly capable, intelligent, and determined man, William I established a strongly personal monarchy. He imposed Norman institutions and personnel both on the state and on the church, and he brought England into the mainstream of continental development. Imposing royal authority directly on courts and other institutions, William ordered the inquests that resulted in the monumental DOMEDAY BOOK. He revolutionized the social, political, and military structures of England, replacing the English nobility with French nobles, thus strengthening his authority, and introducing continental feudalism, a structure in which nobles held land in return for service in the royal army. As the Anglo-Saxon state was Normanized, so too was the English church: English bishops and abbots were replaced by ntoed churchmen from the Continent, including Lanfranc of Bec, who became (1070) archbishop of Canterbury. The Conqueror had been a great reformer of the church in Normandy, and he continued this role in England. He established the archbishop of Canterbury as primate of the English church, held reforming councils (which he attended), and exercised not only his rights but also his responsibilities over the church. The bishops were among his closest advisors and officials. William I kept a close but cool relationship with the papacy, supporting ecclesiastical reform while carefully maintaining his control over the English church. He was succeeded as duke of Normandy by his eldest son, Robert II, and as king of England by his sons, first William II, then Henry I.
- 1CHARL.TXT (Compuserve)
See also $$harol.txt (Harold, #2425)
William I - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 210 Duke of Normandy - ROYAL.JRW (Compuserve)
BIRTH: The Conquerors,Thomas B. Costain, 1CHARL.TXT (Compuserve) p 317 COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve Roots) - p. 2 says 1027/1028 QUINCY.TAF (Compuserve) (says 1025), COMYNI.GED (Compuserve) says ABT 1025
DEATH: 1CHARL.TXT (Compuserve)
COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve Roots), p. 2, COMYNI.GED (Compuserve) ROYAL.JRW (Compuserve)
BURIAL: COMYNI.GED (Compuserve)
MARR PLAC William's castle at Angi
MARR SOUR The Conquerors, Thomas B. Costain (says 1047) p 15 ROYAL.JRW (Compuserve), 1CHARL.TXT (Compuserve) says 1053 NORM.TAF (Compuserve) (says 1054), says ABT 1050
Encyclopedia Britannica on-line
William I, byname WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, or THE BASTARD, or WILLIAM OF NORMANDY, French GUILLAUME LE CONQURANT, or LE BTARD, or GUILLAUME DE NORMANDIE, duke of Normandy (as William II) from 1035 and king of England from 1066.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5283/royal.htm b 14 Oct 1024 in Calvados, France
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