William I ‎[House of Normandy]‎ King of England and Duke of Normandy  ‎(I1284)‎
Given Names: William I
Surname: ‎[House of Normandy]‎
Suffix: King of England and Duke of Normandy
   
Note: aka William the Conqueror ‎[Guillaume le Conquérant]‎; William the Bastard ‎[because he was the illegitimate son of Robert I, Duke of Normandy]‎


Gender: MaleMale
      

Birth: 1028 27 25 Falaise, France
Death: 9 September 1087 ‎(Age 59)‎ Convent of St. Gervais, Rouen
Personal Facts and Details
Birth 1028 27 25 Falaise, France

Occupation from 1035 ‎(Age 7)‎ Duke of Normandy

Marriage Matilda of Flanders - 1053 ‎(Age 25)‎ Cathedral of Notre Dame, Eu

Occupation 28 September 1066 ‎(Age 38)‎ William's fleet landed his army at Pevensey Bay, Sussex

Occupation 14 October 1066 ‎(Age 38)‎ Overcame Harold Godwineson's English army at the Battle of Hastings

Occupation between 25 December 1066 and 9 September 1087 ‎(Age 38)‎ King of England


Note: On his own orders, crowned in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1066 by Archbishop Aldred
Death 9 September 1087 ‎(Age 59)‎ Convent of St. Gervais, Rouen

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Parents Family  (F1283)
Robert I ‎[House of Normandy]‎ Duke of Normandy
1000 - 1035
Herleva Falaise
1003 - 1050
Adelaide ‎[House of Normandy]‎ Countess of Aumale
1026 - 1090
William I ‎[House of Normandy]‎ King of England and Duke of Normandy
1028 - 1087

Step-Parent Family  (F2598)
Herluin de Contville vicomte de Conteville
- 1035
Herleva Falaise
1003 - 1050
Emma de Contville
-

Immediate Family  (F565)
Matilda of Flanders
1031 - 1083
William II ‎[House of Normandy]‎ King of England
1056 - 1100
Adela of Normandy
1067 - 1137
Henry I ‎[House of Normandy]‎ King of England and Lord of Normandy
1069 - 1135


Notes
Occupation On his own orders, crowned in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1066 by Archbishop Aldred

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Family with Parents
Father
Robert I ‎[House of Normandy]‎ Duke of Normandy ‎(I2670)‎
Birth 22 June 1000 36 18 Normandy
Death 3 July 1035 ‎(Age 35)‎ Nicaea
3 years
Mother
 
Herleva Falaise ‎(I2671)‎
Birth about 1003
Death about 1050 ‎(Age 47)‎

Marriage: about 1025
1 year
#1
Sister
Adelaide ‎[House of Normandy]‎ Countess of Aumale ‎(I4799)‎
Birth about 1026 25 23 Calvados
Death about 1090 ‎(Age 64)‎
2 years
#2
William I ‎[House of Normandy]‎ King of England and Duke of Normandy ‎(I1284)‎
Birth 1028 27 25 Falaise, France
Death 9 September 1087 ‎(Age 59)‎ Convent of St. Gervais, Rouen
Mother's Family with Herluin de Contville vicomte de Conteville
Step-Father
Mother
Herleva Falaise ‎(I2671)‎
Birth about 1003
Death about 1050 ‎(Age 47)‎

Marriage: between 1029 and 1035
#1
Half-Sister
Emma de Contville ‎(I5099)‎
Birth Yes
Death Yes
Family with Matilda of Flanders
William I ‎[House of Normandy]‎ King of England and Duke of Normandy ‎(I1284)‎
Birth 1028 27 25 Falaise, France
Death 9 September 1087 ‎(Age 59)‎ Convent of St. Gervais, Rouen
3 years
Wife
 
Matilda of Flanders ‎(I1302)‎
Birth about 1031 19 22
Death 2 November 1083 ‎(Age 52)‎

Marriage: 1053 -- Cathedral of Notre Dame, Eu
3 years
#1
Son
William II ‎[House of Normandy]‎ King of England ‎(I2586)‎
Birth about 1056 28 25 Normandy
Death 2 August 1100 ‎(Age 44)‎ New Forest
11 years
#2
Daughter
Adela of Normandy ‎(I2387)‎
Birth about 1067 39 36 Normandy
Death about 8 March 1137 ‎(Age 70)‎ Marcigny-sur-Loire
2 years
#3
Son
Henry I ‎[House of Normandy]‎ King of England and Lord of Normandy ‎(I1283)‎
Birth 1069 41 38 Selby, Yorkshire
Death 1 December 1135 ‎(Age 66)‎ Saint-Denis-en-Lyons, Normandy