![]() ![]() William the Conqueror’s youngest son, named Henry, was left money. The second son Richard died in 1075 whilst, er, hunting in the New Forest. There were also the usual family relationships to be considered as well as fate. ![]() ![]() Robert Curthose, the eldest son inherited Normandy which was viewed as the greater part of William’s patrimony. William was the third of William the Conqueror’s four sons. He’d been king since 1087 and demonstrated that being the eldest son of the previous monarch wasn’t the most necessary of qualifications for taking over the job at that time. On the 2nd August 1100 William Rufus or rather William II of England, who was born in 1056, had a nasty accident whilst hunting at Brockenhurst in the New Forest.
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