Prince William of Normandy came to Britain with several thousand crossing the strait that

separated the continent of Europe and David Bekham state with determination to be the ruler of
England and managed to conquer it.

Born in Falaise a town in Normandy, France in 1027. He was the only son of Robert I, Prince of
Normandy. Robert died in 1035 on his way home on a pilgrimage to Darussalam. Before his
departure he had appointed William as his heir. So, by the age of eight, William had become
Prince of Normandy.

In 1042, when Williarn stepped on his mid-teens, he was appointed honorary military officer.
After that he had a personal role in political events. It broke then a series of battles against the
Norman feudal barons which William ultimately won that established his position. In 1603 he
succeeded in conquering Maine, his neighboring province and in 1064 he was also recognized as
the ruler of Brittania and several other provinces nearby.

Becoming the British Ruler

King Edward of England who ruled from the year 1042 to 1066 did not berputera one. William
also wanted to be a substitute of the king Edward. From a blood relation point, William's claim to
replace Edward is weak. Her blood relationship with the king Edward is only through the mother
of king Edward. Mrs. Edward is William's grandfather's sister. However, in 1051, perhaps
influenced by the way William showed that he had the ability, Edward promised William to be
his successor.

When Edward died in 1066, Harold Goldwin of Edward's brother-in-law demanded the crown of
the British Empire for himself and a body called "Witan" (the body of noble men who took part
in the decision of anyone who became the crown prince) so the new king. William accepted the
appointment and he took the decision to invade England to seize the throne with gun violence.

Attack to England
In early August of 1066, William, who had assembled a fleet and armed forces on the coast of
France, departed for England. However, the expedition was postponed for weeks pending the bad
wind from the north. Meanwhile, Norwegian King Harald Hardraade launched a separate
offensive against the British across the northern sea. Harold Goldwin alerted his troops to the
south of England, ready for William's attack. Thus he had to deploy his troops to the north of
England to block the Norwegian attack. On 25 September, in the battle at Stamford Bridge the
king of Norway was killed and his army disarrayed.

Only two days later the wind changed in the Channel Canal and William rushed his troops into
England. Harold rushed his army back south to face William. The two armed forces met on 4
December 1066 in a famous battle in Hastings. King Harold himself was killed in the battle.
Finally William was crowned king of England in London on Christmas day.
After five years, several rebellions broke out, but William was able to eradicate him. William
used the pretext of this rebellion for the reason of confiscating all the land in England and
declared that all the land was his private property. Many of these lands were then distributed to
the Norwegian followers who controlled the land in feudal conditions as their vassals. As a result,
the entire Anglo-Saxon aristocracy was abandoned, replaced by the Norwegians.

William is married and has four sons and five daughters. He died in 1087 in the town of Rouen,
northern France. From that moment every king in England was his direct descendant. Strangely,
although William the Conqueror was probably the most important king in England, he himself
was not English but French. He was born in France and died of life in France, spent most of his
life there and only spoke French. (He happened to be an illiterate man).

In terms of measuring the significance of William's influence in history, one of the most
important things to remember is that only William was the Norman who conquered Britain.
William is not a proper substitute for the crown of the British Empire. Had he been farthest from
personal ambition and ability, there would have been no historical reason for the necessity of the
Normans doing the raid. Britain had never had an invasion from France since the Roman
conquest of 1000 years earlier. There has never been a successful conquest of France (or
elsewhere) for nine centuries except by William the Conqueror.