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  2. William R. King - Wikipedia

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    William Rufus DeVane King (April 7, 1786 – April 18, 1853) was an American politician and diplomat. He was the 13th vice president of the United States from March 4 until his death in April 1853. Earlier he had served as a U.S. representative from North Carolina and a senator from Alabama .

  3. William II of England - Wikipedia

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    William II (Anglo-Norman: Williame; c. 1057 – 2 August 1100) was King of England from 26 September 1087 until his death in 1100, with powers over Normandy and influence in Scotland. He was less successful in extending control into Wales .

  4. Rufus King - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Every Single King & Queen of England, from 871 to Now - AOL

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    William II (William Rufus) Reign: Sept. 26, 1087 - Aug. 2, 1100 ... He was nicknamed The King Over the Water because his family was exiled to France after his father died. As monarch, James II ...

  6. Was King William II Assassinated by His Brother Prince Harry?

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    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 ...

  7. History of the English and British line of succession - Wikipedia

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    On his deathbed, William the Conqueror accorded the Duchy of Normandy to his eldest son Robert Curthose, the Kingdom of England to his son William Rufus, and money for his youngest son Henry Beauclerc for him to buy land. Thus, with William I's death on 9 September 1087, the heir to the throne was William Rufus (born 1056), third son of William I.

  8. Henry I of England - Wikipedia

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    Robert joined the Crusade, borrowing money from William Rufus to do so, and granting the King temporary custody of his part of the Duchy in exchange. [69] The King appeared confident of regaining the remainder of Normandy from Robert, and Henry appeared ever closer to William Rufus. They campaigned together in the Norman Vexin between 1097 and ...

  9. Rebellion of 1088 - Wikipedia

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    His eldest son Robert was made Duke of Normandy and his third eldest son (second eldest surviving son) William Rufus was made King of England. This came to pass on William's death. [3] The division of William the Conqueror's lands into two parts presented a dilemma for those nobles who held land on both sides of the English Channel.