WILLIAM THE DUKE OF NORMANDY
WILLIAM THE DUKE OF NORMANDY WAS FROM NORMANDY. AT THE AGE OF 8 WILLIAM BECAME THE DUKE OF NORMANDY. HE WAS USUALLY KNOW AS WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR AND SOMETIMES EVEN WILLIAM THE BASTARD. HE WAS ALSO BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN PROMISED THE THRONE BY EDWARD CONFESSOR WHO WAS THE RULER FOR 23 YEARS. WILLIAM HAD A VERY GOOD REASON TO HAVE WANTED THE CROWN ESPECIALLY AS HE GOT PROMISED IT. WILLIAM WON THE CROWN IN THE END AS HAROLD HARADRA AND HAROLD GODWINSON BOTH DIED IN BATTLE FOR THE THRONE. WILLIAM WAS THE FIRST NORMAN KING OF ENGLAND REIGNING FROM 1066 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1087.