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King and Conqueror is an upcoming historical television drama series for BBC Studios and CBS from Michael Robert Johnson, starring James Norton as Harold Godwinson and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as William the Conqueror. Production started in 2024.
The standard title for monarchs from Æthelstan until John was "King of the English". In 1016 Cnut the Great, a Dane, was the first to call himself "King of England". In the Norman period "King of the English" remained standard, with occasional use of "King of England" or Rex Anglie. From John's reign onwards all other titles were eschewed in ...
William the Conqueror William is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry during the Battle of Hastings, lifting his helmet to show that he is still alive. King of England Reign 25 December 1066 – 9 September 1087 Coronation 25 December 1066 Predecessor Edgar Ætheling (uncrowned) Harold II (crowned) Successor William II Duke of Normandy Reign 3 July 1035 – 9 September 1087 Predecessor Robert I ...
King of the English r. 1066: Edith of Wessex c. 1025 –1075 Queen of the English: King Edward II the Confessor 1003/1005–1066 King of the English r. 1042–1066 Son of Æthelred the Unready: Alfred Aetheling d. 1036 Son of the king Æthelred the Unready: Godgifu 1004–c. 1047 Daughter of King Æthelred the Unready Robert I 1000–1035 Duke ...
William the Conqueror had reformed the English Church with the support of his Archbishop of Canterbury, Lanfranc, who became a close colleague and advisor to the King. [180] [nb 19] Under William Rufus this arrangement had collapsed, the King and Archbishop Anselm had become estranged and Anselm had gone into exile.
Edward III was the first English king to have a claim to the throne of France. His pursuit of the claim resulted in the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453), which pitted five kings of England of the House of Plantagenet against five kings of France of the Capetian House of Valois.
William, Duke of Normandy, invaded England in support of his claim to the English throne at the end of September 1066. Having defeated King Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October, William conducted a destructive campaign to subdue the south-east of England, which by early December had forced the surrender of the English nobility, the Witan, and their elected but uncrowned ...
William the Conqueror (1983) by John Wingate. Biographical novel. [10] The novels Sherwood (1991) and Robin and the King (1993) by Parke Godwin depict Robin Hood in conflict with William the Conqueror. [11] Fortune's Knave: the Making of William the Conqueror (1992) by Mary Lomer. This novel was also published in a different edition under one ...