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William 'the Conqueror', King of England

William 'the Conqueror', King of England

Male 1028 - 1087  (59 years)

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  • Name William 'the Conqueror'  
    Suffix King of England 
    Born 1028 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1087 
    Person ID I1996  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 28 Oct 2021 

    Father Robert 'the Devil', Duke of Normandy 
    Family ID F825  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Matilda,   d. 1083 
    Married Abt 1051  Eu, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Henry I. 'Beauclerk', King of England,   d. 1135
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F823  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Illegitimate son.

      William the Conqueror is the 22nd great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Emma was his great-aunt.

      Queen Emma
      Born in the 980s, the daughter of Richard I, Duke of Normandy
      Married two kings - Æthelred the Unready (reigned 1002-1016) and Cnut the Great (reigned 1017-1035)
      Had children including two kings - King Harthacnut (reigned 1040-1042) and Edward the Confessor (reigned 1042-1066)
      A key political figure in her own right, she gave the dukes of Normandy a hereditary claim to the English throne, leading to the Norman Conquest in 1066
      Described in a Latin inscription on a mortuary chest as the "mother and wife of the kings of the English"


  

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