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William the Conqueror was born the bastard son of Robert I the Duke of Normandy
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William the Bastard became Duke of Normandy at the age of seven years old
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William insists that King Edward the Confessor had promised that William should succeed him as king of England.
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William marries Matilda of Flanders. William and Matilda had six daughters and four sons
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January 4: The Death of Edward the Confessor
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Harold Earl of Wessex crowned King of England
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Duke William sets sail for England - The Norman Invasion begins
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Duke William lands at Pevensey, on the South coast of England. The Norman Invasion
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Duke William occupies Hastings, on the South coast of England
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Harold , celebrating his victory over the Vikings at York, receives news of the Norman invasion
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Harold marches his army back from the North of England to the South of England to defend against the Norman Invasion!
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King Harold arrives in London
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The English Army prepare their defences at Senlac
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Negotiations between the Normans and Saxons - William demands that King Harold either resigns his royalty in favor of William, refers it to the arbitration of the Pope or let it be determined by the issue of a single combat. King Harold declines
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The Normans and the Saxons fight the Battle of Hastings. The wounded King Harold was killed and his body mutilated by the Normans. William had won the Battle of Hastings - he was the Conqueror
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William is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey in London
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Quashed a rebellion led by King Harold's mother Gytha
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King William exacted a terrible punishment on the rebels in the North of England referred to as 'The Harrying of the North'
Matilda is crowned Queen of England -
Quashed a rebellion led by Hereward the Wake
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The Building of Norman castles in England including the Tower of London
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King William I died at Saint-Gervais near Rouen, France
