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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=William the Conqueror
|image=
|birth_date=September 1028
|birth_place=Falaise, Normandy
|death_date=September 9, 1087
|death_place=Priory of Saint Gervase, Rouen
|religion=
|spouse=
|children=8 children
*[[Robert Curthose]]
*Richard
*Adeliza
*Cecilia
*[[William II]], King of England
*Constance, Duchess of Brittany
*Adela, Countess of Blois
*[[Henry I]], King of England
|alma_mater=
|party=
|office=King of England
|term_start=December 25, 1066
|term_end=September 9, 1087
|preceded=[[Edgar the Atheling]] (disputed)
[[Harold Godwinson]]
|succeeded=[[William II]]
}}
'''William the Conqueror''' lived from c.AD 1027 to 1087. His capital city was at [[Caen]] in northwestern [[France]]. He invaded [[England]] as the Duke of [[Normandy]] and won the [[Battle of Hastings]] in 1066. He then ruled England as William I. He is remembered as a harsh king who replaced most of the English landowners with a foreign aristocracy from France. He put down revolts with ruthless brutality.
'''William the Conqueror''' lived from c.AD 1027 to 1087. His capital city was at [[Caen]] in northwestern [[France]]. He invaded [[England]] as the Duke of [[Normandy]] and won the [[Battle of Hastings]] in 1066. He then ruled England as William I. He is remembered as a harsh king who replaced most of the English landowners with a foreign aristocracy from France. He put down revolts with ruthless brutality.