This ruler directly contradicted a papal prohibition to marry the daughter of Count Baldwin of Flanders.
This ruler directly contradicted a papal prohibition to marry the daughter of Count Baldwin of Flanders. The later years of his reign saw church reform under his archbishop Lanfranc, as well as the defeat of Malcolm Canmore in retribution for his sheltering of Edgar Atheling, the successor of his great opponent, Harold Godwinson. He was succeeded on the mainland by Robert II and in England by William Rufus. For 10 points, name this victory at the 1066 Battle of Hastings, the first Norman king of England.
This ruler directly contradicted a papal prohibition to marry the daughter of Count Baldwin of Flanders.
William the {Conqueror} [or William I, or William the {Bastard}; prompt on "{William}"]