William of Normandy, known as 'the Conqueror', was born at Falaise in 1027, a natural son of Robert, Duke of Normandy and a girl called Herleve. He invaded England and defeated King Harold II at the ...

With the Pope's blessing King William conquered England in 1066, and he permitted Norman lords to raid Wales and carve out feudal lordships. These new masters also set about reforming the Welsh ...

BBC is bringing to the screen the epic story of the Battle of Hastings with King and Conqueror. The period drama will star James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

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Sally: Here we are, William the Conqueror - born in 1028 ... Sally: William was very young when he became the Duke of Normandy. This was a very important ruler in France. He had lots of enemies ...

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Learn everything there is to know about King and Conqueror, the upcoming BBC series that depicts the Battle of Hastings.

King and Conqueror is the story of a clash that defined the future of a country – and a continent – for a thousand years ...

Consistent with the culmination of this process, it was King John who lost the Duchy of Normandy to King Philip II of France, severing the connection between the descendants of William ‘the ...

With the Pope's blessing King William conquered England in 1066, and he permitted Norman lords to raid Wales and carve out feudal lordships. These new masters also set about reforming the Welsh ...

William the Conqueror (ca. 1027-1087 ... An account of the life of the extraordinary Norman warrior who became king.

William's government blended elements of the English and Norman systems into a new one that laid the foundations of the later medieval English kingdom. How abrupt and far-reaching the changes were ...