William the Conqueror

After he had his forces and ships ready for the invasion, it took from early August to late September 1066 before he could sail, because of adverse winds. When the winds turned, he crossed in a few days. After landing it took a little over three weeks before he had defeated king Harold.

With land. He just took it from the Saxons who ruled it and handed it to his men, complete with the peasants (serfs or villeins) who worked it. For example, a certain M. d'Isigny, who had roughly the status of a Sergeant in William's army, got a village in Nottinghamshire called Norton, which became Norton d'Isigny and in the course of time Norton Disney. The family later emigrated to America and became quite famous.

=Harald Hardrada was a big bum head wich everyone loved to kick cos he was the worst guy ever to walk the planet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11=

There was no bay. Godwinson was stationed north in Yorkshire and fought the Battle of Stamford bridge before learning of William's invasion. He marched his army south over the course of a week before engaging the Norman conqueror at Hastings.

William Of Normandy wasn't thought to be the right heir to the throne because he was French and from France not England. But in 1066 he became king anyway when he shot Harold II in the eye with an arrow which killed him - making William king of England.

The Normans played a trick on the English. They pretended to run a way. This caused the English to leave their strong position on the hill.

William was brave, determined and ambitious. He wanted to be the King of England as well as the Duke of Normandy.

The Normans had soldiers on horseback.

William was a very good commander of his troops.

The Normans brought with them a useful mixture of foot-soldiers, archers and cavalry. Each of these played a very important part in the final victory.

He had a fleet of around three thousand ships which was filled with mighty horses and courageous men.

Once arriving at Pevensey, he built a castle with a strong rampart. Then he hurried off to Hastings, where he erected another similar fortress.

William had very good tactics.

Since the English were in the north, the Norman's freely disembarked at Pevensey without any opposition.

He was Duke of Normandy, invaded England, killed Harold Godwinesson, and took charge of the thrown.

No, he was king of England.

He believed he, not Harold Godwinson, should be king. In 1066, His army of knights defeated Harold's foot soldiers. William was then crowned king of England and became known as William the Conquerer. -Journey Across Time Glencoe

William the Conqeuror was another heir to the throne (and so was Harold). William was from Normandy and he sailed to England to claim the throne. Harold was elected to be the next king by the nobles, but William insisted he was the next rightful king because he was a relative. At the battle of Hastings, it was the major turning point and William became king.

He put to death tens of thousands of innocent civilians in the 'harrying of the north', an act of mass murdeer that was barbaric even by 11th century standards.

Harold g killed Hardrada in the battle of Stanford brigde but William defeats Harold g

he was as rich as a fish

Yes, there were eight rebellions against William the Conqueror.

1067: Rebels attacked Dover Castle, but failed to capture it.

1067-1069: Edric the Wild and Welsh kings rebelled in the West Midlands. Edric surrendered in 1070 and was pardoned.

1068: King Harold's sons sailed from Ireland and attacked Bristol. They were defeated.

1068: Other rebels took control of Exeter but surrendered after eighteen-day siege. William built a castle in Exeter.

1069: King Harold's sons landed with 60 shiploads of men and attacked Exeter. Norman soldiers from Exeter Castle defeated them and forced them to return to Ireland.

1069: The Norman commanders in York and Durham were killed by rebels. The rebels made alliances with the Kings of Scotland and Denmark. William marched north, won back control of the area and built two castles in York.

However, a large Danish army joined the northern rebels in another attack on York. William forced the Danes to flee and punished the local people so harshly. This event was called, The Harrying of the North.

1070: Small rebellions in Cheshire and Staffordshire.

1070: King Swein of Denmark sailed to England with a large army. Swein landed and set up a camp in the Fenlands near Ely.

William's date of birth is unknown, but he was about 38 at the time of the battle.

I think William of Normandy won over 25 battles

When William of Normandy took over the throne in England the first type of castle he introduced was the motte and bailey castle. A few years later some of the motte and bailey castles where upgraded to concentric castles.

The White Tower in the Tower of London.

William won because he was well more equipped with cavalry, archers and foot soldiers also that many things went wrong for Harold and the Saxon's. Between October 2nd and October 6th Harold had to make the decision to leave most of his army behind as he had to make his way to London, Harold arrived at Hastings very late and most of his army was made up of Farmers and also it was said that William had seen something that told him that god was on his side - i have not found out what yet though - Hope this helps!

It is generally reckoned that the Norman army numbered around 7000 men plus provisioners and horses.

Not all of the English liked William as there king , because he was a bad influence on people and their minds'. When he killed Harold Godwin at the battle of Hastings , he treated Harold's dead body as a joke. First he stripped him from his clothes, then he dragged his nude body across the rough ground with a horse. After he chopped his limbs off his body, and after that no one actually knows what they did to the remains of him.

After Harold's defeat at the battle of Hastings ,Gytha(his mother) tried to buy his body from king William, offering to pay the weight of his body in gold. However the foreign king ignored this as if a couple of peasants' begging for money.

The Bayeux tapestry was constructed from eight separate pieces of linen which were joined to make up its length. It is approximately 70 metres long and half a metre wide. It is evident that at one stage it was even longer, probably by as much as seven or eight metres are missing. This particular tapestry provides the vital evidence for the cruelty and inhumanity towards the English king, Harold Godwin.

William duke of Normandy was also the prime suspect of murdering Edward the atheling who was the father of prince Edgar (one of the claimants to the English throne after the death of Edward the confessor). So the supporters and the followers of prince Edgar ,must have hated William , and would not accept at any condition for William to become their new king.

William had faced many rebellions during his reign in 1066 - 1087, Hereward the Wake was one of them. In 1070, Hereward led a rebellion against the new king ,William. By this time ,people had already tried many times to remove William. Hereward had joined forces with Edwin (the Earl of Mercia),Morcar(the Earl of Northumberland) and an army of Danes to fight against the Normans ,but they were eventually defeated by the Normans.

Another rebellion against William was led by Gytha, Harold Godwin's mother, which took place in 1068 in Exeter, Devon, which is where the Godwin family had a home. However these rebels were also crushed by William, and William gained control over Exeter and Devon. By spring 1070 William was in control, although there were other rebellions, none of them were as serious as the rebellions of 1067 and 1069.

The hate of William arose in the form of rebels

Yes, it was 1066 when Duke William of Normandy successfully invaded. The Normans had, however, been exercising power by marrying into the English royal family at various points and there were many Normans at the English court. Given that the Normans were descended from Vikings who settled in Northern France and most of the English nobility then were also partly descended from Vikings, culturally and racially they had much in common, but there was a language difference.

The White Tower began construction around 1078 and was being built in a country that had only just been invaded in 1066. The tower was built to dominate London and the surrounding countryside to prevent any uprisisings by the people, to serve as a garrison for William's troops and to also serve as a home for the Kings once it was finished. The Tower of London was used as the principal home for all the English kings from William II to Henry VII.

Yes William showed amazing determination during the Battle of Hastings. He showed it through his leadership skills as was able to keep his troops fighting and not give up. He also kept fighting the Battle getting stronger and stronger

as soon as Harold Godwinson was killed (With an arrow in the eye) William knew Harolds army would soon surrender!