#william the conqueror king of England

[theancientwise]

William the Conqueror conquers England and becomes its king...

Rollo, Gisla and Charles in the afterlife...

Ecbert and Ragnar...

Aethelwulf, Kwenthrith and Aelle...

Eh, my dear Ecbert and Ragnar... what goes around, comes around.

[canuterex]

First look at the upcoming series “King and Conqueror” which will be about the invasion of William of Normandy and the subsequent conquest of England. Coming in 2025 on BBC, with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Clémence Poésy as William I and Matilda of Flanders.

[kindercelery]

[catherinetheprincessofwales]

William, The Conqueror to Catherine, The Princess of Wales ⤜ The Princess of Wales is William I's 27th Great-Granddaughter  via her paternal grandfather’s line.

William the Conqueror (m. Matilda of Flanders)

Henry I, King of England (m. Matilda of Scotland)

Empress Matilda (m. Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou)

Henry II, King of England (m. Eleanor of Aquitaine)

John I, King of England (m. Isabella of Angoulême)

Henry III, King of England (m. Eleanor of Provence)

Edmund, Earl of Lancaster (m. Blanche of Artois)

Henry, 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster (m. Matilda de Chaworth)

Mary of Lancaster, Baroness Percy (m. Henry de Percy, 3rd Lord Percy) - Coat of Arms

Sir Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (m. Margaret de Neville)

Sir Henry ‘Hotspur’ Percy (m. Elizabeth Mortimer)

Sir Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (m. Lady Eleanor Neville) - Coat of Arms

Sir Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (m. Eleanor, Baroness Poynings) - Coat of Arms

Lady Margaret Percy (m. Sir William Gascoigne)

Agnes Gascoigne (m. Sir Thomas Fairfax) - Gawthorpe Hall, family seat.

William Fairfax (m. Anne Baker) - Gilling Castle, family seat. 

John Fairfax (m. Mary Birch) Master of the Great Hospital at Norwich, Norfolk

Rev. Benjamin Fairfax (m. Sarah Galliard), Preacher at Rumburgh, Suffolk.

Benjamin Fairfax (m. Bridget Stringer) died in Halesworth, Suffolk.

Sarah Fairfax (m. Rev. John Meadows) died in Ousedon, Suffolk.

Philip Meadows (m. Margaret Hall)

Sarah Meadows (m. Dr. David Martineau)

Thomas Martineau (m. Elizabeth Rankin) buried at Rosary Cemetery, Norwich.

Elizabeth Martineau (m. Dr. Thomas Michael Greenhow) died in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Frances Elizabeth Greenhow (m. Francis Lupton)

Francis Martineau Lupton (m. Harriet Albina Davis)

Olive Christina Lupton (m. Richard Noel Middleton)

Peter Francis Middleton (m. Valerie Glassborow)

Michael Francis Middleton (m. Carole Elizabeth Goldsmith)

The Princess of Wales m. The Prince of Wales

[royalghostsofhistory]

Crowns

noun. a circular ornamental headdress worn by a monarch as a symbol of authority, usually made of or decorated with precious metals and jewels.

Line by line, from top left to right: William the Conqueror, Richard I, King John, Edward I, Richard II, Henry V, Elizabeth I, a Scottish crown, James I, Charles I, James II, George I, George III, the Imperial State, Crown, St Edward's Crown.

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[nostalgia-tblr]

loki/william rufus fic, where bill explains that as the second son he has inherited england while big brother bob only got the duchy of normandy, ha ha ha.

[dreamconsumer]

Robert wounding his father William the Conqueror during a battle. By James William Edmund Doyle.

William's elder son Robert, enraged by a prank of his brothers William and Henry, who had doused him with filthy water, undertook what became a large scale rebellion against his father's rule. Only with King Philip's additional military support was William able to confront Robert, who was then based in Flanders. During the battle of 1079, William was unhorsed and wounded by Robert, who lowered his sword only after recognising him.

[docpiplup]

The Bastard Kings and their families

This is series of posts are complementary to this historical parallels post from the JON SNOW FORTNIGHT EVENT, and it's purpouse to discover the lives of medieval bastard kings, and the following posts are meant to collect portraits of those kings and their close relatives.

In many cases it's difficult to find contemporary art of their period, so some of the portrayals are subsequent.

1) William I of England (c. 1028 – 1087), son of Robert I of Normandy and Herleva of Falaise; with his brothers Odo of Bayeux (d. 1097) and Robert of Mortain (c. 1031–c. 1095), sons of Herleva of Falaise and her husband Herluin de Conteville

2) His father, Robert I of Normandy (1000 –1035), son of Richard II of Normandy and his wife Judith of Brittany

3) His uncle, Richard III of Normandy (997/1001 – 1027), son of Richard II of Normandy and his wife Judith of Brittany

4) His son, Robert II of Normandy (c. 1051 – 1134), son of William I of England and Matilda of Flanders

5) His son, William II of England( c. 1057 – 1100), son of William I of England and Matilda of Flanders

6) His son, Henry I of England (c. 1068 –1135), son of William I of England and Matilda of Flanders

7) His daughter, Cecily of Normandy (c. 1056 – 1126), daughter of William I of England and Matilda of Flanders

8) His daughter, Constance of Normandy (c. 1057/61– 1090), daughter of William I of England and Matilda of Flanders

9) His daughter, Adela of Normandy (c. 1067– 1137), daughter of William I of England and Matilda of Flanders

[official-english-major]

"Bro it's just a prank!"

The prank:

[historyreimagined24]

Berengaria of Navarre Medieval Trilogy

In the annals of history, there are figures whose stories evoke intrigue, mystery, and fascination. Berengaria of Navarre is a figure whose life unfolds like a captivating tale woven with threads of royalty, diplomacy, and love. While her name may not be as widely recognized as some of her contemporaries, her impact on medieval Europe and her unique journey through life deserve attention and appreciation.

Unveiling Berengaria's Legacy

Berengaria of Navarre was born in 1165 in the Kingdom of Navarre, which is now part of modern-day Spain. She belonged to the House of Jiménez, a noble lineage with a rich history of royal connections. From her early years, Berengaria was immersed in the intricacies of courtly life and groomed for a future intertwined with state affairs.

Royal Alliances and Marriage

One of the defining moments in Berengaria's life came with her marriage to Richard the Lionheart, King of England. Their union, which took place in 1191, was not merely a joining of two individuals but a strategic alliance between kingdoms. Berengaria's marriage to Richard solidified diplomatic ties between Navarre and England, marking her as a pivotal figure in medieval politics.

The Absence of a Crown

Despite her marriage to a king renowned for his military prowess and charisma, Berengaria's reign as Queen of England was marked by absence rather than presence. Following their marriage, Richard embarked on the Third Crusade, leaving Berengaria behind to govern in his stead. Her role as queen consort was overshadowed by her husband's military campaigns and the exigencies of medieval warfare.

A Queen in Waiting

Berengaria's patience and fortitude were tested during Richard's captivity in Austria. While her husband languished in captivity, she navigated the intricate web of medieval politics to secure his release. Her efforts, although fraught with challenges, eventually bore fruit, leading to Richard's freedom and their reunion.

An Enduring Legacy

Berengaria's story is not merely a footnote in the annals of history but a testament to the resilience and strength of medieval women. Despite the constraints of her time, she wielded influence and power in the corridors of power, leaving an indelible mark on the pages of history.

Rediscovering Berengaria's Footsteps

Centuries may have passed since Berengaria's time, but her legacy endures, waiting to be rediscovered and celebrated. From the sun-drenched landscapes of Navarre to the storied castles of England, traces of her journey linger, inviting curious minds to unravel the mysteries of her life.

Exploring Navarre

Navarre, with its rugged beauty and rich cultural heritage, serves as the cradle of Berengaria's legacy. Visitors can immerse themselves in the region's history by exploring ancient castles, quaint villages, and picturesque landscapes that harken back to Berengaria's time.

Tracing Richard's Footsteps

In England, traces of Berengaria's presence intertwine with the legacy of Richard the Lionheart. From the towering ramparts of medieval castles to the hallowed halls of cathedrals, echoes of their reign resonate, offering glimpses into a bygone era of chivalry and romance.

Berengaria's Enduring Legacy

In the tapestry of medieval history, Berengaria of Navarre emerges as a luminous thread, weaving together the disparate strands of politics, romance, and diplomacy. Her journey, marked by triumphs and tribulations, is a poignant reminder of the enduring power of resilience and determination. As we rediscover her footsteps and unravel the mysteries of her life, let us pay homage to Berengaria's indomitable spirit and celebrate her legacy for generations to come.

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

my post about the new protest laws in the uk is now at like 6k notes and some things ive noticed from all the notes:

a lot of americans seem to think that theyre the only people who have even thought about revolting against an english/british monarch; the amount of "take notes from us" tags is baffling. please look up bonfire night my guy.

many people seem to think it is only about the coronation and charles; it is not and i state that in the post. its even in italics

many people seem to think i also think that; again, i point out that its not exclusive to the monarchy in the post

there are some interesting people who want to gotcha my informative post by being like "well the technical definition of x is" when its like okay dude youre not wrong, but maybe you should go talk to people irl more djskkdwld

a lot of peoples first reference to successfully overthrowing a monarchy is the french revolution

theres a couple of people who equate the british government with all british people which yeah, theres always that, but its kinda weird to see it on an informative post about laws suppressing the rights of british people?

my definition of long post is very different to many people

to the like three people who tagged stuff like ''throw petrol bombs at him'' ''in minecraft'' or ''as a joke''. you dont need the second part, youre on tumblr, you can just say you want to lob a molotov cocktail at charles.

i want to lob a molotov cocktail at charles.

[theancientwise]

HOLY F***!!

It's HIM!

It's REALLY HIM!

Ladies and gentlemen, this young boy is the one and only William the Bastard, soon to be known as the Conqueror, future Duke of Normandy and the future first Norman King of England.

They actually showed him!

I cannot believe it. This made my day after finding out about Canute.

Thanks to @emma-ofnormandy for letting me know it.

well, at least we got something.

[whats-in-a-sentence]

The invasion of England by the Norman army in 1066 – Duke William of Normandy versus King Harold of England – would be far more than a regime change for the women of England.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

[gameofthrones2020]

Kings and Churchmen

Kings and Churchmen and why Kings of England needed the support of the Church to hold on to power if they did not have support of nobility

Today, I will be writing and discussing the importance of churchmen who supported kingship during the mediaeval ages, stretching from the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 CE to the discovery of America by Europeans in 1492 CE by Christopher Columbus. For this article, I will be discussing the kingship focus Kings of England, why churchmen were an essential pillar of Kings and a force for support,…

[faolonfiendrender]

You see, It all started in my childhood. That fucker William kicked my kin out from our home. While I have been given a long life, I hate him. I hate what he has done to my tongue. Now, after many years! I have the speechlore to remove his blight on my tongue! Wait! That’s l'interrupteur de marche arrière. Putain ! Je parle maintenant sa langue maudite.

[saintsenara]

Are you a Voldemort (“more”) or Voldemort (hard “t”) girl?

thank you very much for the ask, anon!

i'm a hard t girly without deviation, and i have two reasons as for why.

the first is that - as i've expanded on a little here - there's no way that a child from tom riddle's background would ever have formally encountered the french language and its phonetic conventions, and there's no way this would have been remedied at hogwarts, since the school doesn't [appear to] teach modern languages.

but riddle could have taught himself [some] french from books, meaning he'd be able to read the language, but not necessarily speak - and certainly not correctly pronounce - it. that is, he wouldn't realise the "t" in "mort" should be silent, and would pronounce his new name according to english phonetics.

this is a very neat distillation of who voldemort is. someone who would seek out the linguistic knowledge which many of his pureblood peers - who would very probably have been taught french as children by their governesses - had by virtue of their births to create the french-inspired moniker he uses to demonstrate his blood-supremacist importance, but who is restrained by his childhood and his class background from getting it completely right.

poor thing...

except the second reason - which is my preferred explanation - is that the hard t pronunciation is both deliberate and correct on voldemort's part, because we aren't supposed to think of "voldemort" as a french name at all.

there seems to be a fanon tendency to assume that many of the pureblood families we meet in canon have close, recent ties to france - that is, that they have french cousins or second cousins, own property in france, and speak french fluently as a native or heritage language.

and i do understand why this is, since many of the pureblood surnames we meet in canon - malfoy and lestrange being the most obvious examples - appear at first glance to be french.

but here we have something that i suspect gets lost in translation for readers outside of britain and ireland - which is why the fanon of purebloods having recent french heritage has developed - which is that these names are not [contemporary] french.

they are anglo-norman.

this is term which stems from the linguistic development which took place after england was invaded in 1066 by william the conqueror, a nobleman from normandy in northwestern france, who overthrew the reigning king - harold godwinson - and took the throne for himself.

harold and his people were speakers of old english - a germanic language, from the same language family from which dutch would emerge - while william spoke old norman - a romance language, from the same language family from which modern french and other langues d'oïl dialects would emerge.

the crashing together of two peoples, speaking languages from different linguistic families, resulted in the strange mongrel language anglo-norman, which gave way to middle english, and then to contemporary english - and it's the direct cause of why english has such a broad vocabulary, with subtle distinctions between words with ostensibly similar meanings like "deer" and "venison", "sheep" and "mutton", "kingly" and "royal", "ghost" and "spirit", "hopelessness" and "despair", "woods" and "forest", and "thoughtful" and "pensive", where other romance languages [french included] do not.

[a point which borges made far better than i do.]

to secure his position on the throne, william elevated his fellow norman conquerors to aristocratic status alongside - and often above - the existing anglo-saxon nobility.

these parvenu families had names which persist in britain today - baskerville, beaumont, clare, courtenay, d'arcy, de vere, devereux, gascoigne, harcout, lacey, latimer, lucy, mandeville, percy, purfoy, sinclair, vincent, and so on - including among families which continue to hold aristocratic titles, and among families who are not titled but who are nonetheless rich and socially prominent.

[the common joke that the royal family are, by the standards of the aristocracy, nouveau riche upstarts is because they have a germanic name - saxe-coburg-gotha - rather than an anglo-norman one.]

and within the world of harry potter, many of the pureblood [or recently pureblood] families we meet in canon have anglo-norman names which were historically aristocratic or gentry - avery, burke, crouch, fortescue, gaunt, lestrange, montague, sayre, travers, and so on. malfoy is a name jkr invented, but it conforms to the same principles - since, it should be noted, it's a play on an existing anglo-norman noble surname, purfoy [which means "pure faith" where malfoy means "bad faith"].

so names like malfoy are intended by the text to communicate that the people holding them are from old, posh, and very probably wealthy families - but from families which are nonetheless supposed to be understood as historically and culturally british.

[although not necessarily english - burke is a name widely found in ireland, for example, due to ireland's own anglo-norman colonisation.]

and one reason why these names are understood as british is linguistic - they're not pronounced in english the way they would be in french, not because they're being pronounced wrongly, but because they're part of languages which have evolved separately over the course of a millennium.

[the best examples? beauchamp - pronounced "bee-cham" - and mainwaring - pronounced "manner-ring".]

we say "malfoy", rather than "malfoi", and "lestrange" rather than "l'étrange" for this reason. and so we would - if we want to think of it as an anglo-norman, rather than a french, word - say "voldemort" rather than "voldemore".

the canonical voldemort is, without a doubt, a sincere blood- and magic-supremacist. he genuinely believes that the malfoys and lestranges are superior to those with muggle blood [even if he doesn't consider himself to fall under that category], and that this should give them social importance and power over the muggleborn and mixed-blood underclasses.

but what he isn't is someone who is deferential to the wizarding world's established class system, which assigns social importance and power on the basis of name, financial status, and adherence to social custom - since, of course, he is directly disadvantaged by this because he's born "tom riddle" and he grew up in an orphanage, no matter the antiquity of his maternal line and the immensity of his magical talent.

blood purity and magical power is certainly a significant part of this class system. but we can draw out of the text that its significance is clearly not expressed in the way voldemort thinks it should be.

we see throughout the latter half of the canon series that voldemort loathes the death eaters - such as anglo-norman legend lucius malfoy - who pretended not to have served him post-1981. and we also know that what he particularly dislikes is the idea that these death eaters disavowed him in order to continue enjoying the comfortable lives the established class system afforded them, rather than committing to his clearly more radical vision for how power relations should work in the wizarding world by refusing to disavow him:

"Lucius, my slippery friend," he whispered, halting before him. "I am told that you have not renounced the old ways, though to the world you present a respectable face. You are still ready to take the lead in a spot of Muggle-torture, I believe? Yet you never tried to find me, Lucius... Your exploits at the Quidditch World Cup were fun, I daresay... but might not your energies have been better directed toward finding and aiding your master?"

a huge amount of voldemort's relationship with the death eaters is based in his distaste for the esteem in which they hold the established class system. but, above and beyond this, it's based in the pleasure he gains from mocking them for this esteem.

he squats in their houses, refusing to follow the social conventions expected of guests by commandeering their domestic space as he sees fit. he insults his hosts when in company. he emasculates the male head of the families he has insinuated his way into by behaving like he's the person in charge of the household. he fucks at least one of their wives. he regards their children as his to do with as he wishes. he has no interest in manners or deportment or "correct" self-presentation and behaviour.

he makes them call him - a half-blood orphan who could never hope to outrank them in the system they revere - "my lord", and bow to him, and kiss the hems of his robes, and debase themselves for his favour.

we know that - as a teenager - voldemort spent a huge amount of time researching wizarding genealogy. without a doubt, the etymology of wizarding names would have been mentioned by the books and documents he used to do this.

and so it stands to reason that - in becoming lord voldemort - tom riddle deliberately assumed a name he intended to be understood as having the same anglo-norman flavour as those of his pureblood servants. whether he knew how voldemort would be pronounced in modern french or not is irrelevant - even if the hard t comes from a poor boy's ignorance of french phonetics, it doesn't diminish the actual purpose of the name in the slightest...

because what calling himself lord voldemort signifies is his contempt for - and his mockery of - the death eaters. it takes something they're so proud of - that their names indicate antiquity and nobility; that they are conferred social importance on the basis of their names alone - and shows that he considers both of these things singularly unimpressive.

why - it croons - would someone like lucius be so proud of bearing the malfoy name that he'd lie to the wizengamot and pretend he never prostrated himself at lord voldemort's feet just so the family reputation didn't have to take a hit?

why would he bother? when lord voldemort can invent a name which alludes to exactly the same linguistic principles whenever he likes and have it afforded infinitely more respect [so much respect that people literally fear to speak it!] than any of his servants' names ever have been or ever will be.

a diva!