Miscellaneous Facts . About King William the Conqueror (William I) . . 👑 William the Conqueror was known as ‘William the Bastard’ during his lifetime, being the result of his father’s affair with a tanner’s daughter – but never to his face. His tendency, when offended, to order a person’s tongue to be cut out and nailed to a door probably accounted for this. . 👑 The White Tower (pictured), centrepiece of the Tower of London was built by William the Conqueror in 1078, and was a resented symbol of oppression, inflicted upon London by the new ruling elite. . 👑 He was a brutal monarch who, after an uprising in York, sent his army north with orders to kill every man, woman and child living there. Around 150,000 people died and much of the north of England was depopulated for generations. . 👑 William died putting down a rebellion in Normandy in 1087. He was already obese and his body swelled further on its journey to Caen to be buried. It would not fit his coffin and had to be forced in. During the struggle his abdomen burst open. The smell was horrendous & they couldn’t get the lid on fast enough. . . . #Miscellaneousfacts #KingWilliamI #WilliamI #WilliamtheConqueror #HouseofNormandy #Normans #History #KingofEngland #DukeofNormandy #England #EnglishMonarchy #Britishmonarchy #WhiteTower #TowerofLondon (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsMAS6QFHyd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17ltc2hb8kzif