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William the Conqueror
William the Conqueror was the first king of England when he conquered England in 1066 during the Battle of Hastings. He was born in 1028 and died on 9th September 1087. He was also the duke of Normandy from 3rd July 1035 until his death in September 1087.
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Was William the Conqueror the King of England?
he was the only one to conquer England as we know now but the the Romans conquered some barbarian tribes before him. ----------------------------
And between the Romans and William parts of England were conquered by the Vikings.
When did William the Conqueror marry Matilda of flanders and when did both of them die?
William the conqueror did marry Matilda Flanders after the papal ban.
What did William the Conqueror give his men for fighting?
spears and long bows with arrows. Before battle they would put them in the ground to put bacteria on them so if it hit someone for instance in the shoulder it would be infected and the victim would have a slow painful death. This stratedgy seemed to work for them as they killed 1 quatre of the foot men with the nifected arrows. It adds up in scores if you count.
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What was William the Conqueror's surname?
William did not have a surname. People had descriptions after their personal names, but these were not surnames as they changed froim time to time and were not inherited from father to son.
Before he became King of England, William was Duke of Normandy, and the "of Normandy" was the nearest to what we would call a surname.
What good or bad decisions did William of Normandy make?
William of Normandy repeated an accident through when he was having a rough time such as he kept on shirring away and the Saxons kept following him he would slaughter them as they ran down the hill
What kind of personality did William the conqueror have?
William the Conqueror was a gallant man who believed in whipping children when they breath his air. He didn't have any heirs.
What was William the Conqueror's height?
He was approximately 5 feet and 10 inches - quite tall in those times.
What did William the Conqueror invent?
William the conqueror or William I is a very well known king he came up with the feudal system and the dooms day book
what is the feudal system?
is the name of the power structure in the middle ages
What is the Domesday book?
is the list of what property and cattle was owned in the middle ages
William of Normandy conquered England in 1066 CE What system did he use to govern his new land?
Twas Feudalism
What was William the Conquerors birthday?
wiiliam the conqueror was born at Falaise Castleand was born in between 1027 or 1028.
he was born on august 1
Where was Dr William Tan born in?
In SIngapore!!!
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Why did William build motte and bailey castle?
Because they are quicker and easier to build and as gun powder didn't exist in those day's motte and Bailey's were hard to attack. these were only temporary as later on the were replaced by stone keepsMotte and Bailey castles represented the power from the people who built it and had a base in which to launch new attacks. they were easier to build cause they could be built in 4 days
Where did William Duke of Normandy live?
William Duke of Normandy lived in Falaise in Normandy in France.
If you want to find out more about William Duke use the link below.
This tells you why he invaded England and all the basic details and other information as well.
What famous battle William the Conqueror fought i n?
It was the battle of Hastings in 1066 and it made him king.
How did William the Conqueror take hold of London?
As he had an insufficient army to take London by assault, he went round the city from north and west, destroying as he advanced the Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire villages in order to isolate the Londoners and hasten their surrender.
That tactic succeeded in obtaining William recognition as King, without further bloodshed. William entered the city and was crowned as legitimate heir of Edward the Confessor on Christmas Day of 1066.
Did William the Conqueror speak ancient Scandinavian as he was Norse or some form of french?
William the Conqueror spoke french. He and a lot of people in Normandy weren't vikings, they were only descended from norwegian or danish vikings that settled in what came to be Normandy somewhere between a 100 and 200 years earlier. It was Williams great-great-great-great grandfather Rollo (later baptised Robert) that founded the viking municipality that would later become Normandy. So William was more french than Norse, he just had Norse roots. Historians disagree on whether Rollo came from Norway or Denmark.
#2: The Normans spoke a dialect of French called Norman French. After the Norman conquest the same dialect was used by the ruling classes in England. Three hundred years later it had developed in England until its speakers could not understand 'French of Paris', according to Geoffrey Chaucer. Eventually its use died out in England, but a large part of its vocabulary had by then been absorbed into English. The English language has retained most of its Norman-French vocabulary to the present day, which we use alongside the Anglo-Saxon vocabulary.
As an example, the previous sentence used the word 'retained' from the French side, while it could also have used 'kept' from Anglo Saxon.
