Ruler · High and Late Middle Ages · England

William the Conqueror

c. 1028–1087

Duke of Normandy who became king of England in 1066, born about 1028 and dead in 1087. His victory at Hastings on 14 October 1066 ended Anglo Saxon England and joined it to the Norman world. The Domesday survey of 1086 recorded every manor in the kingdom for taxation.

Facts

Born: About 1028, Falaise, Normandy.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, William the Conqueror
Died: 1087, Rouen.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, William the Conqueror
Reign: Duke of Normandy 1035 to 1087; king of England 1066 to 1087.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, William the Conqueror
Realm: Normandy and England.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, William the Conqueror
Known for: Hastings (1066) and the Domesday Book (1086).; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, William the Conqueror

Images

William the Conqueror at Hastings, from the Bayeux Tapestry (Wikimedia Commons)

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