Who was William the Conqueror? A. the head of the army that defended England against the Norman invasion B. the king who saved France from conquest by the English in 1066 C. the Duke of Normandy who invaded and took control of England in 1066 D. the son of Edward, the English king who died, and the brother of Harold, who tried to replace the king
It's C Check this out:William I (Old Norman: Williame I; c. 1028[1] – 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard,[2][a] was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087. The descendant of Viking raiders, he had been Duke of Normandy since 1035. After a long struggle to establish his power, by 1060 his hold on Normandy was secure, and he launched the Norman conquest of England in 1066. The rest of his life was marked by struggles to consolidate his hold over England and his continental lands and by difficulties with his eldest son.
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