House / Group: Norman
Born / died: 1056-1100
Reign: 1087-1100
The second son of William the Conqueror and Queen Matilda of Flanders. He never married and had no children.
On the death of his father, William inherited the English throne and his brother Robert the Duchy of Normandy. The brothers were hostile until their younger brother Henry (later Henry III) attempted to get in on the act, whereupon they reconciled in opposition.
He died in a hunting accident, shot in the chest by an arrow fired accidentally by Walter Tirel, Lord of Poix. His body was left to be recovered by commoners who took it to Winchester Cathedral, where he was buried.
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