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Why is the conqueror considered an important monarch?

He was the one who seized the English throne.


Why is William the conqueror considered important monarch?

He was the one who seized the English throne.


What justification did William have contesting the English throne in 1066?

he said edward promised him the throne


What English Monarch gave up the throne in the 1900s?

Edward VIII gave up the throne on 11 December 1936.


Who was on the English throne in 1469?

Edward IV was King of England in 1469.


What was William the Conqueror's claim on the English throne?

His relative to King Edward.


Who seized the English throne after edward confessor died?

An English Lord, Harold Godwinson did. He claimed that the deceased king had entrusted to him the throne of England. Unfortunately so did the Viking chief Harald Hardrada and the Norman king William the Conqueror. After William defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings, he became King of England and was crowned on Christmas Day, 1066.


Why is William the Conqueror consider an important monarch?

He was the one who seized the English throne.


What king was thirty-three when he took the crown from his cousin?

The king who was thirty-three when he took the crown from his cousin was Edward IV of England. He seized the throne during the Wars of the Roses, when he overthrew his cousin, King Henry VI, in 1461. Edward IV ruled until 1483, with his reign marking a significant period in English history.


Why did William the Conqueror invaded England?

William laid claim to the English throne after Edward died. He was a distant cousin of Edward and said that Edward had promised him the throne when visiting France in 1051. He even said his claim had been accepted by Harold Godwinson in 1064, when Harold had been blown onto the Norman shore by a storm. William invaded England to become King and claim the throne from Harold.


Who was the first English monarch to abdicate?

Edward VIIIA couple were deposed in the middle ages, but the only King to give up the Throne voluntarily was Edward VIII in 1936.


Why did the normans conque england?

The Normans conquered England because their leader Duke William II had a claim to the English throne after the death of King Edward the Confessor, since Edward died childless. He defeated Edward's brother-in-law and heir Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 securing the throne.