The English king William I (ca. 1027-1087), called the Conqueror, subjugated England in 1066 and turned this Saxon-Scandinavian country into one with a French-speaking aristocracy and with social and political arrangements strongly influenced by those...

William I (1772-1843) was king of the Netherlands from 1815 to 1840. He was one of the restored rulers of post-Napoleonic Europe whose power derived from no clearly settled precedent. William I was born at The Hague on Aug. 24, 1772. His father was the...

William I (1797-1888) was king of Prussia from 1861 to 1888 and emperor of Germany from 1871 to 1888. He was the first of the three Hohenzollern rulers of the German Empire of 1871-1918. Born in Berlin on March 22, 1797, William I was the second son of...

c. 1027-1087 Norman-English Military Leader and King Although he did not personally invent a single item or develop any specific piece of technology, William the Conqueror had more impact on the material culture of the English-speaking world than all...

(1028–1087). Prior to his conquest of England in 1066, William I had been duke of Normandy. Prime factors behind the success of the Conquest had been the stability he had established in Normandy and the freedom from attack that the duchy had...

William I of England (c. 1027/1028 – 9 September 1087), known as William the Conqueror, was Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087 and King of England from 1066. In support of his claim to the English crown, William invaded England in 1066, leading an...

SHAKESPEARE did well under the first Elizabeth and is thriving--if with a few heart tremors--under the second. It's a complex story, but there are deep patterns and continuities in the two reigns. Elizabeth I was a patron. It is said that she...

November 4th, 1650 THE FUTURE WILLIAM III of England was born on his mother's nineteenth birthday in an atmosphere of profound funereal gloom. The baby's father had died of smallpox only eight days before and the room in the Binnenhof, the inner...