NORMANS:

William the First, 1066 to 1087

The Conqueror.

BORN: 1028, Falaise, Normandy.
PARENTS: Robert, Duke of Normandy (c. 1008-35),
Herleva (c. 1012-50).
MARRIED: Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031 - 83),
1053.
ACCEDED: 25 December 1066
CROWNED: 25 December 1066, Westminster Abbey.
DIED: 9 September 1087,
Hermentrube, near Rouen.
INTERRED: Abbey of St. Stephen's, Caen, France.

CHILDREN: (1) Robert, Duke of Normandy (c. 1054 - 1134)
(2) Richard, Duke of Bernay (c. 1055 - 81)
(3) Adeliza (c. 1035 - 65)
(4) Cecily (1056 - 1126)
(5) William II (Rufus) (c. 1056/60 - 1100)
(6) Agatha (1064 - 79)
(7) Constance (c. 1066 - 90)
(8) Adela (mother of Stephen) (c. 1067 - 1137)
(9) Matilda
(10) Henry I Beauclerc (1068 - 1135)

COEVAL
PERSONS:
Scottish Crown:
Malcolm III, Canmore (Bighead)

Allies:
Odo, Bishop of Bayeux
William Fitz Osbern

Opponent:
Edgar the Ęthling

Archbishops of Canterbury:
Stigand
Lanfranc

Popes:
Alexander II
St. Gregory VII
Blessed Victor III

NOTABLE
EVENTS:
The Norman Conquest, 1066.
Battle of Hastings, 10 October 1066.
Siege of Exeter, February 1068.
Norman defeat of remaining Northern resistance, 1069.
Canterbury Cathedral rebuilt, 1072.
Treaty of Abernethy, 1072.
Edgar the Ęthling attempts to seize throne, 1073.
First showing of the Bayeux Tapestry, 14 July 1077.
The Domesday Book order, 25 December 1085 (completed 1088).

Castles built at:
Wallingford, 1067.
Norwich, 1067.
Chepstow, 1067.
Warwick, 1068.
Exeter, 1068.
Old Sarum, 1070.
Chester, 1070.
Stafford, 1070.
Ely, 1071.
Durham, 1072.
Windsor, 1075.
White Tower, Tower of London, 1078.
Lewes, 1080.
Colchester, 1080.

Contemporary portrait of William the First