William the Conqueror dies at Rouen
1087 · Event
Injured campaigning in France, the Conqueror dies at Rouen; his attendants strip the room and his bloated body bursts at the funeral. England goes to his second son William Rufus, Normandy to his first — a division that shapes a century of Anglo-Norman war.
On these timelines: Norman Conquest, England, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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