William the Conqueror – Biography, Conquest & Death
William the Conqueror, also known as William I (Falaise, 8 November 1028 - Rouen, 9 September 1087), was Duke of Normandy from 1035 with the name of William II and the king of England from 1066 until his death.Although also called William the Bastard because illegitimate or otherwise born from a non-canonical union not recognized by the Church, he was still known as "the Conqueror" already before 1066, for his victories over the Bretons and for the conquest of Maine.William ascended the throne of England after his victory in the Battle of Hastings, with which he began the Norman conquest, defeating the Saxon king Aroldo II. The epic of conquest and the reasons for the war are represented in the famous Bayeux Tapestry.It gave birth to the first census of English properties (the ...