williams personality

• what were williams good points?

  • devoted to his wife matilda who was his regent many times in normandy
  • very religious
  • wanted to be respected as englands king
• what were williams bad points?

  • he used extreme brutality
• what are some features of williams early life?

  • illegitimate son of Robert duke of normandy
  • faced numerous assasinations growing up
• what are the features of williams death?

  • by 1087 william got fat and whilst leading an attack against the french castle his horse stumbled and it threw william off
  • it took him from july to september to die in great pain
  • at is funeral his tomb stone was too small to fit him into and his servants tried to squeeze him in and his corpse burst
• when did william die?

  9th september 1087