This figure defeated Edgar Ætheling in his Harrying of the North, and he suppressed the Revolt of the Earls with his half-brother Odo.
This figure defeated Edgar Ætheling in his Harrying of the North, and he suppressed the Revolt of the Earls with his half-brother Odo. This son of Robert the Magnificent, husband of Matilda of Flanders, and father of Henry I was supported by Pope Alexander II. This ruler also constructed the White Tower in London and commissioned census known as the Domesday Book, although he may be more famous for fighting a battle at (*) Senlac Hill in which his opponent was fatigued from a battle at Stamford Bridge. The Bayeaux Tapestry depicts this figure's battle with Harold Godwinson. For ten points, name this Norman victor of the 1066 Battle of Hastings.
This figure defeated Edgar Ætheling in his Harrying of the North, and he suppressed the Revolt of the Earls with his half-brother Odo.
{William the Conqueror} (accept {William I} of England; or {William the Bastard}; prompt on “William”)