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... died in 1083 . " 2. WILLIAM I. ( 1066-1087 ) , surnamed the Conqueror ; the first of the Norman line of English kings . He was born in 1027 , the son of Duke Robert , surnamed " le Diable " and of Arlotta , the daughter of a tanner of ...
... died in 1083 . " 2. WILLIAM I. ( 1066-1087 ) , surnamed the Conqueror ; the first of the Norman line of English kings . He was born in 1027 , the son of Duke Robert , surnamed " le Diable " and of Arlotta , the daughter of a tanner of ...
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... died in 1135 in his 67th , year , it is said from indigestion caused by eating a lamprey . He was a politic and clever , but very unscruplous king . 5. KING STEPHEN ( 1135–1154 ) . Stephen of Blois , the last of the Norman Kings of ...
... died in 1135 in his 67th , year , it is said from indigestion caused by eating a lamprey . He was a politic and clever , but very unscruplous king . 5. KING STEPHEN ( 1135–1154 ) . Stephen of Blois , the last of the Norman Kings of ...
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... died in 1199 , of a wound received whilst besieging the Castle of Chaluz , in France . During his ten years ' reign , this monarch spent only ten months in England . He was energetic , valiant and enterprising , but rapacious and ...
... died in 1199 , of a wound received whilst besieging the Castle of Chaluz , in France . During his ten years ' reign , this monarch spent only ten months in England . He was energetic , valiant and enterprising , but rapacious and ...
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... died there , it is believed by violence , within a year of his compulsory abdication , in 1399 . 13. HENRY V. ( reigned 1413-1422 ) . Son of Henry IV . ( Henry of Bolingbroke ) , born at Monmouth , in 1388. As Prince of Wales he was gay ...
... died there , it is believed by violence , within a year of his compulsory abdication , in 1399 . 13. HENRY V. ( reigned 1413-1422 ) . Son of Henry IV . ( Henry of Bolingbroke ) , born at Monmouth , in 1388. As Prince of Wales he was gay ...
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... died , having outlived his fame and glory , in 1377 , and was buried in Westminster Abbey . 19. LE COMTE DE PARIS , in a costume made expressly for him when a child . Louis Philippe Albert d'Orléans , Comte de Paris , son of the Duke of ...
... died , having outlived his fame and glory , in 1377 , and was buried in Westminster Abbey . 19. LE COMTE DE PARIS , in a costume made expressly for him when a child . Louis Philippe Albert d'Orléans , Comte de Paris , son of the Duke of ...
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