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AD 1087

1 record placed in AD 1087; regions: Europe.

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AD 1087Placed in a yearEuropePolitics and institutions

Death of King William in Normandy

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Ingram/Giles translation) records under 1087 that King William, after returning to Normandy, fell sick and died in Normandy on the next day after the Nativity of St. Mary, and was buried at Caen in St. Stephen's minster, which he had formerly built.

Limits: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a monastic chronicle, used here through the 19th-century English translation of Ingram/Giles (Old English not checked); this records what the Chronicle says, not independent confirmation. The day is given only by the church feast and is not converted here. The surrounding annal adds a long moral assessment of the king, which is not part of this record.

  • Quoted from a published English translation, not from the original-language text.

Source: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (English translation by J. Ingram, with J. A. Giles)Read the source