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William the Conqueror, King of England, Duke of Normandy 1028–1087 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1028

Birth Location: Falaise, Calvados, France

Death Date: 1087

Death Location: Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, Calvados, France

Father: Robert Devil"

Mother: Herleva Falaise

Spouse(s): Matilda Normandy

Children(s): Henry Beauclerc, Robert Normandy, William England, Adela Meaux, Richard Normandy, Adeliza\Adelaide None, Cecilia Normandy, Matilda None, Constance Brittany

William / the Conqueror, King of England, Duke of Normandy was born in 1028 in Falaise, Calvados, France, the child of Robert The Devil And Herleva Of Falaise. William the Conqueror, King of England, Duke of Normandy married Matilda Of Flanders Queen Of England Duchess Of Normandy, and had children including Adela Of Normandy Saint Adela Countess Of Blois Chartres And Meaux, Adeliza Adelaide, Agatha Possibly, Cecilia Of Normandy, Constance Of Normandy Duchess Of Brittany, Henry Beauclerc, Matilda, Richard Of Normandy, Robert Curthose Duke Of Normandy, William Rufus King Of England. William / the Conqueror, King of England, Duke of Normandy passed away in 1087 in Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, Calvados, France.

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Biography

  • William // the Conqueror, King of England, Duke of Normandy was born in 1028 in Falaise, Calvados, France, the child of Robert The Devil And Herleva Of Falaise.
  • William // the Conqueror, King of England, Duke of Normandy married Matilda Of Flanders Queen Of England Duchess Of Normandy, and had children including Adela Of Normandy Saint Adela Countess Of Blois Chartres And Meaux, Adeliza Adelaide, Agatha Possibly, Cecilia Of Normandy, Constance Of Normandy Duchess Of Brittany, Henry Beauclerc, Matilda, Richard Of Normandy, Robert Curthose Duke Of Normandy, William Rufus King Of England.
  • William // the Conqueror, King of England, Duke of Normandy passed away in 1087 in Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, Calvados, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Normandy's Ancestors

Self
William Normandy
1028–1087
Birth Place: Falaise, Calvados, France
Parents
Robert "the Devil"
1000–1035
Normandy, France
Herleva (of) Falaise
1003–1050
Falaise, Calvados, France
Grandparents
Richard ("The Good" II, Duke of) Normandy
–1026
Normandy, France
Judith (of Rennes\Brittany Duchess of) Normandy
–1017
Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Great-Grandparents
Richard Rouen
Gunnora Normandy
–1031
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Guillaume [French]
Sprota concubine)

William Normandy's Descendants

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William (the Conqueror, King of England, Duke of) Normandy (Abt. 1028–1087) m. Matilda (of Flanders Queen of England, Duchess of) Normandy (Abt. 1031–1083)
  1. 1. Henry Beauclerc 1068–1135 m. Matilda ("Edith" of Scotland Good Queen Maud, Matilda of Blessed) Memory 1080–1118 m. Adeliza (of Louvain Queen of) England 1103–1151 m. Isabel (de Beaumont (Clare) Countess of Pembroke) (Mistress) 1120– m. Lady (Sybilla Corbet of Alcester) (Mistress) 1077–1157 m. Edith (Forne) (Mistress) 1083–1129 m. Nest (ferch Rhys) (Mistress) 1085–1136
    1. 1. Empress (Matilda Holy Roman Empress, Queen of the) Romans 1102–1167 m. Geoffrey (V "Plantagenet" Count of Anjou, Touraine and Maine, Duke of) Normandy 1113–1151 m. Henry (V, Holy Roman) Emperor 1081–1125
      1. 1. Henry Curtmantle 1133–1189 m. Duchess (Eleanor of Aquitine Queen of France, Queen of) England 1122–1204
        1. 1. John (King of) England 1166–1216
        2. 2. William 1153–1156
        3. 3. Henry (The Young) King 1155–1183
        4. 4. Richard (I (The Lionheart) King of) England 1157–1199
        5. 5. Geoffrey (II Duke of) Brittany 1158–1186
        6. 6. Matilda (Duchess of) Saxony 1156–1189
        7. 7. Eleanor (Queen of) Castile 1161–1214
        8. 8. Joan (Queen of) Sicily 1165–1199
        9. 9. Geoffrey (Archbishop of) York 1152–1212
        10. 10. William (Longespée 3rd Earl of) Salisbury 1167–1226
      2. 2. Geoffrey (VI Count of) Nantes 1134–1158
      3. 3. William FitzEmpress 1136–1164
    2. 2. William Adelin 1103–1120
    3. 3. Matilda (FitzRoy Countess of) Perche 1090–1120
    4. 4. Maud\Matilda (FitzRoy Countess of Brittany) (Illegitimate) 1105–1120
    5. 5. Juliane (de) Fontevrault 1090–1136
    6. 6. Alix (Aline FitzRoy) (Illegitimate) –1141
    7. 7. Sybilla (of Normandy, Queen of) Scotland 1092–1122 m. Alexander (I, The Fierce, King of) Scotland 1078–1124
    8. 8. Robert (1st Earl of) Gloucester 1090–1147
    9. 9. Richard (of) Lincoln 1101–1120
    10. 10. Reginald (de Dunstanville Earl of Cornwall (Mother likely but) uncertain) 1110–1175
    11. 11. Robert (FitzEdith Lord of) Okehamptom 1093–1172
    12. 12. William (de) Tracy 1097–1140
    13. 13. Gilbert (FitzRoy (Illegitimate, mother likely Isabel de Beaumont, Nest ferch Rhys, or Sybil) Corbet)) 1130–1143
    14. 14. Henry FitzRoy 1100–1158
  2. 2. Robert (Curthose Duke of) Normandy 1052–1134
  3. 3. William (Rufus King of) England 1057–1100
  4. 4. Adela (of Normandy Saint Adela, Countess of Blois, Chartres and) Meaux 1067–1187
  5. 5. Richard (of) Normandy 1056–1075
  6. 6. Adeliza\Adelaide 1057–1073
  7. 7. Cecilia (of) Normandy 1056–1126
  8. 8. Matilda 1061–1086
  9. 9. Constance (of Normandy Duchess of) Brittany 1060–1090

William Normandy's Timeline

3 Records

1028
Abt. 1028
Birth of William // the Conqueror, King of England, Duke of Normandy in Falaise, Calvados, France
Falaise, Calvados, France
1087
9 Sep 1087
Age 59
Death of William // the Conqueror, King of England, Duke of Normandy in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
1087
1087
Age 59
Burial of William // the Conqueror, King of England, Duke of Normandy in Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, Calvados, France
Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, Calvados, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1028
    Event Place: Falaise, Calvados, France

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Title
    Event Date: 3 Jul 1035
    Event Place: Normandy, France

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 25 Dec 1066

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: Abt. Dec 1085

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Sep 1087
    Event Place: Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1087
    Event Place: Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, Calvados, France

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