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William was only Duke of Normandy - the area of France that had been occupied by the Norsemen (Normans) and it was in theory subject to the king of France. William saw that by invading and occupying England he could take the crown there and become an equal to the king of France, instead of his vassal.
William claimed that he had been promised the crown by king Edward the Confessor and that Harold Godwinson had also sworn on Holy relics that William could become king of England. Instead Harold took the crown himself, giving William the perfect excuse to invade.
We will never know the truth about who promised what to whom, but the political ambitions of William are the major factor.
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Which was a Germanic people who settled the area known today as France?
The Franks.
When did William land in England?
William landed in 1682 William of Orange actually conquered England in 1688, with the support of a number of leading protestant nobility and gentry! He kept an army of occupation in England for about 10 years.
What was King Harold's plan?
King Harold was fully aware that Harald Hardraada of Norway and William of Normandy would probably try to take the throne from him. He believed that the Normans posed the main danger and he positioned his troops on the south coast of England.
Why were nomads and settled peoples often in conflict?
Nomads found settled communities an easy source of what they needed - someone else had done the work, and it was there for the taking. But when they had pillaged the land out of existence they often settled down to farm themselves, having got a taste for better accommodation, food and consumer goods. Such peoples were the Greek nomads who moved progressively into the land we now call Greece, and the Normans (Norsemen) - Vikings who pillaged the north coast of France until there was no alternative but to do some farming themselves (the Normans had settled in Normandy a mere 100 years before William the Conqueror set his sights on England. Others simply conquered militarily and established themselves a the ruling aristocracy, leaving the indigenoous inhabitants to do the work. Such peoples included the Franks (a Germanic tribe) in Gaul (now called France after the Franks), the Bulgars (over Slav inhabitants, now called Bulgaria) and the Vikings again in Russia (Hroreka renamed Rurik was the first Prince of Kiev and forefather of the Czars). Generally these nomads who became the ruling aristocracy were absorbed into the original settled peoples: the Viking-French Normans anglicised, the Viking-Russians and the Bulgars quickly slavicised. We still talk of France as Gallic today.
How long ago did the knights live?
In England the idea of knighthood was introduced by the Normans in 1066. Knighthoods are still bestowed today
Are William and Harold Normans?
Only one of them can be normans.
Who leads the Normans?
William Duke of Normandy lead the Normans at the battal of Hastings.
Which people conquered England in1066?
William the Duke of Normandy. William the Conquerer. William of Normandy
Who ruled the Normans?
The ruler of the Normans was Duke William II. He was later known as William the Conqueror after his defeat of Harold Godwinson in 1066.
Who led the Normans who defeated the English Saxons at the Battle of Hastings?
William of Normandy, also known as "William the Conqueror," led the Normans in that battle.
Who was the leader of the normans in 1166?
william of nornandy
Who won the Norman conquest?
William of Normandy, commonly known as William the Conquerer.
What does the domesday book tell us?
It tells us the currency and how the country was changed by the Normans. How England was run before the Normans took over. It tells us about Williams great survey of the country of which men owes what. How organised the Normans were without modern technology. How William rewarded his followers. What was the difference the Normans made.
What was William's army called in the Battle of Hastings?
The normans
Did the normans live in england when william I was ruling?
yes he did
Who conquered England in 1066?
The Normans, under William the Duke of Normandy.Duke William of Normandy
Who was fighting who in the Battle of Hastings?
The Normans (French) were fighting the Anglo-saxons (English)
