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Adela died 1137, married Stephen, Count of Blois. (Possibly) Agatha, the betrothed of Alfonso VI of León & Castile ____________________ . Died: 9 September 1087 (aged about 59), Priory of Saint Gervase, Rouen, Duchy of Normandy. Burial: Saint-Étienne de Caen, Normandy. . Successor: William II (son) . Use the following hashtag to view the full set posted so far #kingsandqueensofgreatbritain 👍 . Swipe to see what’s new in our British Monarchy Blog Shop 👀 . . . #WilliamI #WilliamtheConqueror #Royalhistory #Britishmonarchy #Normans (at Normandy, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRrk43BMzcA/?utm_medium=tumblr

On This Day In History 25 December 1066 William, Duke of Normandy was crowned King of England About William; ◼ William I (born.c. 1028 – died.9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror & sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087. ◼ William was the descendant of Viking raiders, he had been Duke of Normandy since 1035. After a long struggle to establish his power, by 1060 his hold on Normandy was secure, & he launched the Norman conquest of England in 1066. The rest of his life was marked by struggles to consolidate his hold over England & his continental lands & by difficulties with his eldest son. ◼ Afterwards he made arrangements for the governance of England in early 1067 before returning to Normandy. Several unsuccessful rebellions followed, but by 1075 William’s hold on England was mostly secure, allowing him to spend the majority of the rest of his reign on the continent. ◼ William’s final years were marked by difficulties in his continental domains, troubles with his eldest son, & threatened invasions of England by the Danes. ◼ In 1086 William ordered the compilation of the Domesday Book, a survey listing all the landholders in England along with their holdings. ◼ William died in September 1087 while leading a campaign in northern France, & was buried in Caen. His reign in England was marked by the construction of castles, the settling of a new Norman nobility on the land, & change in the composition of the English clergy. ◼ He did not try to integrate his various domains into one empire, but instead continued to administer each part separately. William’s lands were divided after his death: Normandy went to his eldest son, Robert, & his second surviving son, William, received England. #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1066 #WilliamI #WilliamIofEngland #WilliamtheConqueror #WilliamtheBastard #EnglishMonarchy #History #Royalty #Coronation #WestminsterAbbey #BritishMonarchy #D25Dec #Royalhistory #instaroyals #instahistory #Norman #Normans #Battleofhastings #onthisday #Dukeofnormandy #Normandy #Normanconquest (at Westminster Abbey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6gsDjdAwYo/?igshid=yxx1lfohcwvf

Miscellaneous Facts . About King William the Conqueror (William I) . . 👑 William the Conqueror was known as ‘William the Bastard’ during his lifetime, being the result of his father’s affair with a tanner’s daughter – but never to his face. His tendency, when offended, to order a person’s tongue to be cut out and nailed to a door probably accounted for this. . 👑 The White Tower (pictured), centrepiece of the Tower of London was built by William the Conqueror in 1078, and was a resented symbol of oppression, inflicted upon London by the new ruling elite. . 👑 He was a brutal monarch who, after an uprising in York, sent his army north with orders to kill every man, woman and child living there. Around 150,000 people died and much of the north of England was depopulated for generations. . 👑 William died putting down a rebellion in Normandy in 1087. He was already obese and his body swelled further on its journey to Caen to be buried. It would not fit his coffin and had to be forced in. During the struggle his abdomen burst open. The smell was horrendous & they couldn’t get the lid on fast enough. . . . #Miscellaneousfacts #KingWilliamI #WilliamI #WilliamtheConqueror #HouseofNormandy #Normans #History #KingofEngland #DukeofNormandy #England #EnglishMonarchy #Britishmonarchy #WhiteTower #TowerofLondon (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsMAS6QFHyd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17ltc2hb8kzif

On This Day In History . 25 December 1066 . William, Duke of Normandy was crowned King of England . . About William; . ◼ William I (born.c. 1028 – died.9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror & sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087. . ◼ William was the descendant of Viking raiders, he had been Duke of Normandy since 1035. After a long struggle to establish his power, by 1060 his hold on Normandy was secure, & he launched the Norman conquest of England in 1066. The rest of his life was marked by struggles to consolidate his hold over England & his continental lands & by difficulties with his eldest son. . ◼ Afterwards he made arrangements for the governance of England in early 1067 before returning to Normandy. Several unsuccessful rebellions followed, but by 1075 William's hold on England was mostly secure, allowing him to spend the majority of the rest of his reign on the continent. . ◼ William's final years were marked by difficulties in his continental domains, troubles with his eldest son, & threatened invasions of England by the Danes. . ◼ In 1086 William ordered the compilation of the Domesday Book, a survey listing all the landholders in England along with their holdings. . ◼ William died in September 1087 while leading a campaign in northern France, & was buried in Caen. His reign in England was marked by the construction of castles, the settling of a new Norman nobility on the land, & change in the composition of the English clergy. . ◼ He did not try to integrate his various domains into one empire, but instead continued to administer each part separately. William's lands were divided after his death: Normandy went to his eldest son, Robert, & his second surviving son, William, received England. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1066 #WilliamI #WilliamIofEngland #WilliamtheConqueror #EnglishMonarchy #History #Royalty #England #Coronation #WestminsterAbbey #BritishMonarchy #D25Dec (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Brz_qj-lk3E/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qqfmbeydm5tx