Norman England: The death of William II ‘Rufus’ and the succession of Henry 1107

This is part of my larger SOW on OCR Anglo-Saxon and Norman England. The lessons include:

• William’s return to England in 1099
• negotiations with Duke William IX of Aquitaine
• Robert’s return from crusade
• circumstances of William’s death in the New Forest
• nature of issues of succession and Henry’s relations with Robert Curthose:

• previous quarrels between William I’ s sons at L’Aigle in 1077
• actions of Robert and support from Philip of France
• pawning of Normandy to William II in 1096
  • Henry I as the beneficiary of William’s death and consecration at Westminster
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