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The third son of William the Conqueror, he is commonly referred to as William Rufus (Rufus being Latin for "the Red"), perhaps because of his ruddy appearance or, more likely, due to having red hair. [2] [a] William was a figure of complex temperament, capable of both bellicosity and flamboyance.
King was born on March 24, 1755, in Scarborough, which was then part of Massachusetts but is now in Maine. [1] He was a son of Isabella (Bragdon) and Richard King, a prosperous farmer, merchant, lumberman, and sea captain [1] who had settled at Dunstan Landing in Scarborough, near Portland, Maine, and had made a modest fortune by the time Rufus was born.
Death of William II. Lithograph, 1895. Walter Tirel III [a] (1065 – some time after 1100), nicknamed the "Red Knight of Normandie", was an Anglo-Norman nobleman. He is infamous for his involvement in the death of King William II of England, also known as William Rufus.
William II drawn by Matthew Paris, from the Stowe Manuscript. British Library, London.. The Rebellion of 1088 occurred after the death of William the Conqueror [1] and concerned the division of lands in the Kingdom of England and the Duchy of Normandy between his two sons William Rufus and Robert Curthose.
King William II, the third son of William the Conqueror, was known as William Rufus. He reigned as King of England from 1087 until his death in 1100, at which point his younger brother, Prince ...
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King of the English r. 1013–1014: Gunhild of Wenden c. 960–1014: Queen Ælfgifu wife of King Eadwig: King Eadwig All-Fair d. 959 King of England r. 955–959: Æthelflæd: King Edgar I the Peaceful c. 943 –975 King of England r. 959–975: Queen Ælfthryth c. 945 –1000/1001 wife of King Edgar I: Harald II c. 996–998 –c. 1018 King of ...
William of England may refer to any of the following monarchs of England and later the United Kingdom: William I (c. 1028 –1087; r. 1066–1087), also known as William the Conqueror or William the Bastard; William II of England (c. 1056 –1100; r. 1087–1100), also known as William Rufus; William III of England (1650–1702; r.