William The Conqueror William I the Conqueror was “one of the greatest soldiers and rulers of the Middle Ages”. (Encyclopædia Britannica, 1997) He was declared, while he was still a child, Duke of Normandy in 1035 after the death of his father, Robert I “the devil”. His early years of reign were filled with conflict and strife since they correspond with one of the darkest periods of Normandy. However, he succeeded in crushing all his enemies …showed first 75 words of 1251 total…

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