William II of England
King of England from 1087 to 1100 · France · Lived 1060 to 1100 · aged 40
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Something wrong?The third son who took England's crown had red hair, no wife, and died with an arrow in his back during a hunting trip - while his brother sprinted to seize the treasury before the body cooled.
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, By the Holy Face of Lucca.
God shall never see me a good man. I have suffered too much from him.
He knows nothing about crimes, or else he weighs them in unjust balances.
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William II became King of England on 26 September 1087, the third son of William the Conqueror inheriting a realm he would hold with powers over Normandy and influence in Scotland. Known as William Rufus for his red hair or ruddy face, he was a soldier of contradictions: bellicose and flamboyant, capable in battle but rough-edged, accused by critics of vice and sodomy yet never marrying or fathering children. He maintained order in England, restored peace to Normandy, pushed Anglo-Norman rule into Wales, brought Scotland under his lordship, and recovered Maine. On 2 August 1100, an arrow struck him while hunting. His younger brother Henry moved fast - seizing the treasury and crown before suspicions of murder could sharpen into questions.
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