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	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		William, the illegitimate son of the Duke of Normandy, spent his first six years with his mother in Falaise and received the duchy of Normandy upon his father's death in 1035.
		In 1047, William reasserted himself in the eastern Norman regions and, with the aid of France's King Henry I, crushed the rebelling barons.
		William was enraged and immediately prepared to invade, insisting that Harold had sworn allegiance to him in 1064.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon22.html (740 words)

	William the Conqueror
		To the pope, William was ever careful to show himself a considerate and respectful son, even on such occasions as when he firmly resisted the claim made by Gregory VII to feudal homage.
		In the last years of William's reign a great deal of his attention was absorbed by the political complications which threatened his Continental dominions and by the undutiful attitude of his sons.
		The principal sources are the Gesta Willelmi of WILLIAM OF POITIERS, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the Historia Ecclesiastica of ORDERICUS VITALIS, the Gesta Regum of WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY and the Historia Normannorum of WILLIAM OF JUMIÈGES.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/w/william_conquerer.html (1514 words)

	Columbia Encyclopedia- William I - AOL Research & Learn
		William is said to have visited England in 1051 or 1052, when his cousin Edward the Confessor probably promised that William would succeed him as king of England.
		Although William immediately began to build and garrison castles around the country, he apparently hoped to maintain continuity of rule; many of the English nobility had fallen at Hastings, but most of those who survived were permitted to keep their lands for the time being.
		William undertook church reform, appointed Lanfranc archbishop of Canterbury, substituted foreign prelates for many of the English bishops, took command over the administration of church affairs, and established (1076) separate ecclesiastical courts.
	reference.aol.com /columbia/_a/william-i/20051208005709990026 (656 words)

	History of the Monarchy > The Normans > William I (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		William's claim to the English throne was based on his assertion that, in 1051, Edward the Confessor had promised him the throne (he was a distant cousin) and that Harold II - having sworn in 1064 to uphold William's right to succeed to that throne - was therefore a usurper.
		William's wholesale confiscation of land from English nobles and their heirs (many nobles had died at the battles of Stamford Bridge and Senlac) enabled him to recruit and retain an army, by demanding military duties in exchange for land tenancy granted to Norman, French and Flemish allies.
		William bequeathed Normandy as he had promised to his eldest son Robert, despite their bitter differences (Robert had sided with his father's enemies in Normandy, and even wounded and defeated his father in a battle there in 1079).
	www.royal.gov.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /output/Page18.asp (1788 words)

	William I of England (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		William I (''c.'' 1027 – September 9, 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087.
		William was born the grandnephew of Queen Emma, wife of King Ethelred the Unready and later of King Canute.
		William succeeded to his father's Duchy of Normandy at the young age of 7 in 1035 and was known as Duke William II of Normandy.
	william-i-of-england.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (1159 words)

	William the Conqueror
		William survived but he was forced to accept Ralph of Wacy as his guardian and leader of his armed forces.
		In 1053 William married Matilda of Flanders, the daughter of Count Baldwin of Flanders.
		William was furious and on mounted an attack on the king's territory.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /MEDwilliam1.htm (3143 words)

	William Dzus Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Whenever someone did, William was on him with a flurry of questions about the magical land because that is where he wanted to make his life.
		William had prepared for the venture with a change of clothes and $25 stuffed in his sock.
		William envisioned a fastener that would prevent the metal from vibrating and eventually hardening from this activity; the hardened metal became brittle and ultimately, the piece would fail.
	www.qtrturn.com /wdbio.htm (1434 words)

	Kids' Zone > History homework > King William I
		King William built many castles around England during the course of his reign, perhaps the best known of which is the Tower of London, still in existence today.
		William always claimed that he had been promised the throne by Edward the Confessor in the early 1050s but there is little written evidence to support this claim.
		Although William was a hugely successful monarch in terms of winning battles and taking control of a kingdom, he was an unpopular character among the English peoples.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page2523.asp (919 words)

	World History, Rulers, William the Conqueror, William I
		William, the illegitimate son of the Duke of Normandy, was born about 1027, spent his first six years with his mother in Falaise, and received the duchy of Normandy upon his father's death in 1035.
		William was enraged and immediately made plans to invade England, insisting that Harold had sworn allegiance to him in 1064.
		William was prepared for battle by August 1066 but high winds over the next several weeks prevented crossing the English Channel.
	www.laughtergenealogy.com /bin/histprof/kings/william_i_1066.html (914 words)

	Duke William prepares at the River Dives
		The whole of William's shipping had assembled at the mouth of the Dives, a small river between the Seine and the Orne, in the middle of August.
		The impact of this bad luck was that William's army were discouraged by events and were less keen on the idea of invasion, or going to sea again.
		Duke William tried everything he could think of to raise the spirits of his men, as a last and desperate attempt he had the body of the patron Saint of St. Valery exhumed.
	www.battle-of-hastings-1066.org.uk /duke-william-river-dives.htm (381 words)

	The History Guy: Norman Invasion and Conquest of England
		Journeying toward the capital city, William received the surrender and submission of several important Anglo-Saxon nobles, and was crowned as King William (the First) on December 25, 1066.
		William still had to consolidate his power, and over the next several years, he and his Norman followers defeated several Anglo-Saxon rebellions, including an invasion by Harold Godwinson's surviving sons.
		William was the new King of England, but he was also still the Duke of Normandy in France, which put him and his successors in the awkward position of ruling one counrty, while still serving as a vassal (underling) of another country's ruler, in this case, the King of France.
	www.historyguy.com /norman_conquest_england.html (622 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: William the Conqueror
		William was the natural son of Robert, Duke of Normandy, his mother, Herleva, being the daughter of a tanner of Falaise.
		He was probably sincere enough in believing himself constituted by God champion of the Church, and in obtaining from Pope Alexander II not only a blessing on his enterprise, but the gift of a specially consecrated banner as for a religious crusade.
		Gregory himself commended the king for the zeal he had shown in securing the freedom of the Church, and he was content, while such a spirit prevailed, to leave the sovereign practically free in his appointments to English bishoprics.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15642c.htm (1499 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: Orderic Vitalis: On Henry I, from the Ecclesiastical History
		William the Conquerer's son and successor, William Rufus, had to defeat his brother Robert, the duke of Normandy, in order to claim his crown.
		Moreover, William and Henry both had to contend with the rambunctious Norman noble families that had crossed the channel with William the Conquerer and been granted large holdings as their share of the spoils.
		William, count of Evreux, and Rotrou, count of Mortagne, Gilbert of Laigle, and all the men of Exmes had plotted together against him, but they could find no way of taking vengeance in a way that befit the harm he had so often inflicted on them.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/orderic.html (4930 words)

	Invasion of England, 1066
		William justified his claim through his blood relationship with Edward (they were distant cousins) and by stating that some years earlier, Edward had designated him as his successor.
		With his victory at the Battle of Hastings, William became known as William "the Conquerer." Prior to this, he was known as William "the Bastard" because he was the result of his father's affair with a tanner's daughter.
		William was true to his word and Battle Abbey stands today at the site of the battle.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /bayeux.htm (1432 words)

	Steff's Corner of the Sky
		William was leading what might perhaps by called the first Crusade.
		William held his Breton, Maine and Anjou contingents to the left of the line, the Normans the main thrust, the Flemish and French to his right.
		After the battle was done and the rule of William the Conquerer established, my ancestor came to the attention of the king.
	members.tripod.com /~Wildwinds/index.html (540 words)

	William the Conqueror - Uncyclopedia
		William quickly built a fortress which he named "Lady of my Heart", after his lover Bartolemew.
		After the Battle of Hastings, William exiled many of the enemies' leaders to Turkey.
		William the Conqueror - Voltaire - Napoleon Bonaparte - Philippe Pétain - Charles de Gaulle - Jacques Chirac - Nicolas Sarkozy
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/William_the_Conqueror (832 words)

	Conquest -- Linear Campaign Scenarios
		The "conquerers" goal is to defeat each of the three listed opponents, who must be fought in the order indicated.
		Players can alternate roles as "conquerer" and "defender" after each game (i.e., fighting each battle on the same terrain, with players taking turns fighting each army), or the campaign can be fought all the way through before switching sides.
		Points are also accumulated by the "conquerer" so that if both or neither player successfully completes the conquest, then the victor is the "conquerer" who has acquired the greatest number of points.
	fanaticus.org /DBA/campaigns/campaignconquest.html (375 words)

	Laws of William the Conqueror
		Here is set down what William, king of the English, established in consultation with his magnates after the conquest of England:
		First that above all things he wishes one God to be revered throughout his whole realm, one faith in Christ to be kept ever inviolate, and peace and security to be preserved between English and Normans.
		We decree also that every freeman shall affirm by oath and compact that he will be loyal to king William both within and without England, that he will preserve with him his lands and honor with all fidelity and defend him against his enemies.
	www.civicwebs.com /cwvlib/constitutions/gb/e_laws_william_conquerer.htm (700 words)

	Lincoln Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When William the Conqueror defeated Harold and the English at Hastings on the 14th October 1066 he continued to face resistance to his rule in the north of England.
		For a number of years William's position was very insecure and in order to project his influence northwards to control the 'Danelaw' (an area traditionally under the control of Scandinavian settlers) he felt it necessary to construct a number of major castles in the north and midlands of England.
		When William reached Lincoln (one of the country's major settlements) he found a Viking commercial and trading centre with a population of 6,000 to 8,000.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lincoln_Castle (1264 words)

	Christopher Hussey
		Thus, Helen Husey was the aunt of William the Conquerer.
		Christopher Hussey was recorded as the head of a party which arrived after 88 days at sea on the "William and Francis" June 5, 1632 at Saugus, [later Lynn] Massachusetts by Gov. John Winthrop in "Winthrop's Journal." "Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy" states [erroneously] that he was a resident of Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1630.
		William Penn founded Pennsylvania in 1682 as a "holy experiment in the application of Quaker ideals to the state," but the Friends were not able to give their principles full expression because the crown imposed limitations on the colony's policies.
	ruthhussey.com /Hussey-Christopher.html (7841 words)

	Alabama Secretary of State William Garrett
		Members of the family have been ennobled and knighted by the English royalty in church and state for centuries past, and they were accorded a coat of arms which is still in use by the family in England.
		Sir William Garrett was lord mayor of London in 1551, and one William Garrett was first chairman of the original Virginia Colony Company.
		John Garrett was raised from knighthood to the baronetcy of Lanier by James I. Col. Garrett was forced to leave school in his eleventh year due to financial reverses which came upon his father.
	www.archives.state.al.us /conoff/garrett.html (276 words)

	Duke William in Battle
		Duke William proves to be a brave knight
		"Duke William pressed close upon the English with his lance, striving hard to reach the standard with the great troop he led, and seeking earnestly for Harold, on whose account the whole war was.
		The Normans follow their lord, and press around him; they ply their blows upon the English, and these defend themselves stoutly, striving hard with their enemies, returning blow for blow.
	www.battle-of-hastings-1066.org.uk /duke-william-in-battle.htm (275 words)

	Ahnentafel for Terry Schulte
		William FITZALAN, b abt 1110 (Baron of Oswestry)
		William (Guillaume) II Talvas de BELLEME, b abt 998 (Prince of Belleme)
		William I 'Longsword' of NORMANDY, b bet 891/900 (2nd Duke of Normandy)
	home.att.net /~t.schulte/ahnentaf.htm (1386 words)

	Wi: Positive Atheism's Big List of Quotations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin.
		William by the grace of God King of the English, to R Bainard and G de Magnavilla, and P de Valoines, and to my other faithful ones of Essex and of Hertfordshire and of Middlesex, greeting.
		-- William the Conquerer, in a very early espression of the separation of state and church, that is, the separation of civil authority (secular matters) and state-established ecclesiastical authority (religious matters), from "Ordinance of William I Separating the Spiritual and Temporal Courts," quoted from Ernest F Henderson, Select Historical Documents of the Middle Ages (1896)
	www.positiveatheism.org /hist/quotes/quote-w1.htm (2561 words)

	The Real William Wallace quiz -- free game
		While William Wallace was undoubtedly one of Scotland's greatest heroes, the movie strays from the real history quite a bit..."
		English propagandists said that William Wallace was a bloodthirsty giant.
		Wallace is shown in the movie to support Robert the Bruce's claim to the Scottish throne.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=30090 (313 words)

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