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House of Normandy
Monarch Born Born where Ruled Died Died where Buried Lineage Portrait
William I,
the Conqueror
c.
1027
Falaise Castle,
Normandy,
France
1066-1087 1087 Priory of St Gervais,
Rouen,
France

Fatally wounded during siege of Mantes
St Stephen's Abbey,
Caen,
France
Claimed Crown by conquest Portrait
William II,
Rufus
c.
1056
Normandy,
France
1087-1100 1100 New Forest,
Hampshire

Killed by an arrow whilst hunting
Winchester Cathedral,
Hampshire
Son of
William
the Conqueror
Portrait
Henry I,
Beauclerc
1068 Selby,
Yorkshire
1100-1135 1135 St-Denis-le-Fermont,
Rouen,
France

Died after a feast from overeating or food-poisoning
Reading Abbey,
Berkshire
Son of
William
the Conqueror
Portrait
Stephen
1
c.
1097
Blois,
France
1135-1154 1154 Dover,
Kent
Faversham Abbey,
Kent
Grandson of
William
the Conqueror
Portrait

Notes
1. Stephen, although a Norman king, was from the House of Blois. He seized the crown on Henry I's death from Henry's only daughter Matilda, the only legitimate son William having drowned in 1120. War followed, the outcome of which was that on Stephen's death the crown would revert to Matilda's line and her son Henry, which it did in 1154.

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