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Death of William I
On 9 September 1087, Norman king William I died of wounds sustained while campaigning against Mantes in the French royal domain, at the Abbey of Sain…
Timeline
- 1087Mantes · Île-de-FranceDuring the siege of Mantes, William I's horse was startled, causing his abdomen to strike the pommel of the saddle and severely injuring him; he was forced to withdraw to Normandy.
- 1087Abbey of Saint-Giles · RouenWilliam I's wounds worsened and he died in the abbey. On his deathbed, following the custom of primogeniture, he granted Normandy to his eldest son Robert Curthose and entrusted the English throne to his second son William.
- 1087Caen · NormandyWilliam I's body was buried at the Abbey of Saint-Étienne in Caen, and his conquest of England and establishment of a cross-Channel Norman kingdom thereby entered dynastic memory.
Sources
- Orderic Vitalis, Historia Ecclesiastica, Book IV — Orderic Vitalis
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, MS E, s.a. 1087 https://asc.jeanice.net/