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William was born in 1028 in Falaise, Normandy, France
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The king off England has just died on Jan 1066 and William is expected to get the throne since King Edwards is his cousin but is shocked to find out that King Harold II had taken the throne for himself.
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Was in October 14, 1066, where William the conquer fought King Harold II for the throne of England, which is how he became king.
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William, Duke of Normandy, was crowned King of England.
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King William stopped a rebellion led by King Harold's mother Gytha to take back the throne.
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Tithes were introduced. Under this system, the population had to pay one-tenth of their annual increases in profit for the upkeep of the church.
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William did not want the church to have more power than he did so he order all the bishops be Normans. William also would allow no bishop to visit Rome or correspond with the Pope without his permission.
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Another revolt was lead against William by Hereward the Wake, which was put down in 1071. This eliminated the last major resistance to William's place on the throne.
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On September 9, 1087 William dies five weeks after being seriously injured at the Battle of Mantes in France.
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In 1806 William issued the doomsday book, which was a great survey of all the land and resources that England owned at that time. This was done to see how much he could raise taxes.
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