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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 ...
Eustace de Montaut, or Monte Alto, Montalt, Monhaut, or FitzNorman (c. 1027 – 1112), was a Breton soldier, and later baron, who fought on the side of the Normans during the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 and for his achievements was granted several manors by the new king, William the Conqueror.
Historian Bryce Lyon writes that "Roger was a sort of medieval prime minister but a minister immeasurably more powerful because his only responsibility was to his lord the king." [7] The chief justiciar was responsible for directing the royal household, the curia regis, and the government departments. Nevertheless, he was not a member of the ...
The first prime minister of the current United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland upon its creation in 1922 (when 26 Irish counties seceded and created the Irish Free State) was Andrew Bonar Law, [10] although the country was not renamed officially until 1927, when Stanley Baldwin was the serving prime minister.
The epithet the Conqueror may refer to: People. Afonso I of Portugal (1109–1185), ... William the Conqueror (1028–1087), Duke of Normandy and King of England;
Anchetil de Greye (c. 1052 – after 1086) is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as the lord of six Oxfordshire manors. [2] His descendant Sir Henry de Grey was the first of the Anglo-Norman Grey family who became generals and acceded to parliament, and who were consecrated bishops, raised to the peerage, and married into royalty, as well as later distinguishing themselves in other professions.
The Treaty of Paris (1783), that gave the independence to the United States was drafted from William's home at Lansdowne House, and Henry was made a member of the prominent Brooks's Club, alongside the 8th Duke of Devonshire of Chatsworth House, Prime Minister Lord Rosebery of Mentmore Towers, and Baron Lionel de Rothschild, grandson of Mayer ...
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham or William Pitt the Elder (1708–1778), British statesman and prime minister; William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806), British statesman and prime minister; William Poole (1821–1855), also known as Bill the Butcher, a gang leader in New York city; William H. Quealy (1913–1993), judge of the United States ...