Matilda of Flanders was not simply the wife of William the Conqueror, but a highly educated noblewoman who became Queen of ...

In the tapestry’s early scenes depicting what happened before 1066, William of Normandy and Harold Godwinson helped each ...

BBC drama King & Conqueror is bringing the Norman conquest to the small screen, a historical event thus far untouched in fictional form. The eight-part series centres on two characters, William, Duke ...

Before William the Conqueror crossed the English Channel in 1066, he had to first secure control of his own duchy. This documentary dives into William's early years as Duke of Normandy, highlighting ...

Harriet O’Brien is an award-winning author, freelance travel writer and contributing editor to Conde Nast Traveller magazine. Her work has taken her from Amsterdam to Amritsar, Belgium to Burma and of ...

William of Normandy and Harold of Wessex were two individuals destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066; they were allies but had no claim to the British monarchy until fate drove them into a ...

William I, called the Great, was Count of Burgundy from 1057 to 1087 and Mâcon from 1078 to 1087. He was a son of Reginald I, ...