William I receiving a fatal injury at Mantes, France, 1087 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle

William I receiving a fatal injury at Mantes, France, 1087 (1864).   Artist: James William Edmund Doyle

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William I receiving a fatal injury at Mantes, France, 1087 (1864). William I (1028-1087), Duke of Normany and first Norman King of England, was fatally wounded when he fell from his horse while laying siege to the French town of Mantes.

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