Was William of Normandy an experienced warrior?

Answer 1

Yes, The Battle of Hastings goes down as a massive defeat for the English, but if you look at the detail, the English army had to march hundreds of miles north to face an overwhelming force of vikings at the Battle oF Stanford Bridge. The English won this battle but took heavy losses, once the English King Harold heard of the Normans down south, the English army had to march once again hundreds of miles to Hastings. William the conquerer didn't want to face the English on equal terms, so he waited until they were worn out. During the Battle of Hastings a undermanned, exhausted and malnourished English army (due to the hundreds of miles covered marching plus battles against the vikings) stood their ground and fought a well rested, well equipped Norman army, no wonder the English lost, the Normans were well fed and rested whereas the English hadn't eaten properly and where exhausted and possibly injured due to fighting th Vikings. The fact that William fought a malnourished, overworked and undersupplied army with a well supplied force and won giving him the name William the 'Conquerer' is stupid, he waited so his army didn't have to fight a better force.

Answer 2

He was very skilled because he planned his battles and he even faked his own death to confuse Harold to come down the hill