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Individual Record for: II WILLIAM (male)

    Robert I DE NORMANDY+
  I WILLIAM      Family Record
II WILLIAM      Family Record Arlette DE FALAISE+
Baldwin IV DE FLANDERS+
  Matilda DE FLANDERS      Family Record
    Adele CAPET+

Event Date Details
Birth 1057 Place: Normandy, France
Death 1 AUG 1100 Place: New Forest, Hampshire--Murdered
Burial   Place: reigned 1087-1100

Attribute Details
Title King
Source:
bulkeley.txt
Notes:
William II was named heir by his father in place of his elder brother, Rob ert, who received the Duchy of Normandy. He successfully crushed a rebell ion in Normandy early in his rule, as well as repulsing two invasions l ed by Malcolm III of Scotland.

Ascended the throne in 1087 and reigned 13 years. William II, son of Will iam the Conqueror, never married. His brother, Henry I, is suspected to ha ving orchestrated the tragic hunting "accident" that killed William in 110 0.


Called Rufus because of his fiery red complexion.
Notes Source: bulkeley.txt

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