William the Conqueror and the Norman Conquest

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William the Conqueror's birthplace?

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France

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William the Conqueror's childhood:

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Illegitimate child, became Duke of Normandy at 7.

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Relative defeated by William at the Battle of Val-es-Dunes

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Cousin Guy of Burgundy

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Next king of England after Edward the Confessor?

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Harold Godwinson

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William's claim to the English throne was based on his relation to Edward the Confessor.

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Related to Edward the Confessor; claimed Edward promised him the crown.

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Battle where William defeated the English and King Harold II was killed.

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Battle of Hastings

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Year William the Conqueror crowned King of England

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1066

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Harrying of the North

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William burned farms and killed livestock in northern England.

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Domesday Book

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Listing of land and property owners in England

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William the Conqueror's death

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Killed in battle in northern France