William De Normandie, II King Of England

Abt 1056 - 1100  (~ 44 years)

• Name	William De Normandie
  Suffix	II King Of England
  Nickname	Rufus
  Birth	Abt 1056	Falaise Castle, Falaise, Duchy of Normandie
  Gender	Male
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  _FSFTID	K24W-VRD
  _UID	9B8DC2F9480F43DFB22133918EBFB9F6EF09
  Burial	Aug 1100	Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
  Death	2 Aug 1100	New Forest, Hampshire, England
  	Cause: Shot by arrow while hunting - accisent or murder?
  Person ID	I134032	World of Hyde
  Last Modified	23 May 2022

  
  

  Father	William De Normandie, I. King Of England,   b. Abt 1028, Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France d. 9 Sep 1087, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandy, France (Age ~ 59 years)
  Mother	Matilda Baudouin, Of Flanders Queen Of England,   b. 24 Nov 1031, Flanders, France d. 3 Nov 1083, Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	1051	Normandy, France
  Family ID	F33320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - Aug 1100 - Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England Death - Cause: Shot by arrow while hunting - accisent or murder? - 2 Aug 1100 - New Forest, Hampshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  William was not a popular king, given to extravagance and cruelty. He never married and was killed in the New Forest by a stray arrow whilst out hunting, maybe accidentally, or possibly shot deliberately on the instructions of his younger brother Henry. Walter Tyrrell, one of the hunting party, was blamed for the deed. The Rufus Stone in The New Forest, Hampshire, marks the spot where he fell.