William I King of England

Abt 1028 - 1087  (59 years)

• Name	William I King of England
  Birth	Abt 1028	Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France
  Gender	Male
  Cause of Death	killed near Rouen, France by his plunging horse while quelling revolt. Fatal fall from a horse, died of a burst bowel. While jumping a trench on horseback, his stomach was forced onto the pommel.
  Title of Nobility	From 3 July 1035 to 9 September 1087
  	Duke of Normandy
  Circumstances+of+Death	1055
  	The dethroned bishop is alleged to have abandoned himself to a pact with the devil and, having gone mad, drowned about 1055; his body was buried in a church at Cherbourg-Octeville.
  Military Service	14 Oct 1066
  	Battle of Hastings - between the Norman-French army of William, Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson
  Title of Nobility	Count of Arques and Thoulousse
  Title of Nobility	From 25 December 1066 to 9 September 1087
  	King of England
  _FSFTID	9H17-VTZ
  Death	9 Sep 1087	Rouen, France
  Burial	2 Oct 1087	Caen, Normandy, France
  Person ID	I32886	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Duke of Normandy Robert I "the Magnificant",   b. 22 Jun 1000, Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France d. 2 Jul 1035, ?znik, Bursa, Türkiye (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Herleva de Falaise,   b. Abt 1010   d. Abt 1050, Caen, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	1027
  Family ID	F13273	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Duchess of Normandy Mathilde of Flanders Queen Consort of England,   b. Abt 1031, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France d. 2 Nov 1083, Caen, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	1051	Normandy, France
  Children	1. de Normandie Adeliza,   b. Abt 1052, Normandy, France d. Bef 1113 (Age < 60 years)   2. Duc de Normandie Robert II de Normandie,   b. 1053, Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d. 10 Feb 1134, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom (Age 81 years)   3. de Normandie Richard,   b. 1054, Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d. 1081, New Forest, Hampshire, England (Age 27 years)   4. Abbess of Caen Cecilia de Normandie,   b. Abt 1054, Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d. 30 Jul 1126, Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France (Age 72 years)   5. King of England William II,   b. Abt 1056, Falaise, Ardennes, Grand Est, France d. 2 Aug 1100, New Forest, Hampshire, England (Age 44 years)   6. de Normandie Mathilde,   b. 26 Apr 1057, Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d. 26 Apr 1086, Normandy, France (Age 29 years)   7. Constance de Normandie,   b. 1061, Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d. 13 Aug 1090, Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France (Age 29 years)   8. Comtesse de Blois Adele de Normandie,   b. 12 May 1062, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France d. 8 Mar 1137, Marcigny, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France (Age 74 years)   9. Agatha de Normandie,   b. 1064, Normandy, France d. 1079, Calvados, Normandy, France (Age 15 years)   10. King of England Henry I,   b. Abt 1068, Yorkshire, England d. 1 Dec 1135, Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F13072	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023