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William I of England
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Descendants
William is known to have had nine children, though Agatha, a tenth daughter who died a virgin, appears in some sources. Several other unnamed daughters are also mentioned as being betrothed to notable figures of that time. Despite rumours to the contrary (such as claims that William Peverel was a bastard of William) there's no evidence that he'd any illegitimate children,
- Robert Curthose (1054–1134), Duke of Normandy, married Sybil of Conversano, daughter of Geoffrey of Conversano.
- Richard (c. 1055 – c. 1081), Duke of Bernay, killed by a stag in New Forest.
- Adeliza (or Alice) (c. 1055 – c. 1065), reportedly betrothed to Harold II of England.
- Cecilia (or Cecily) (c. 1056 – 1126), Abbess of Holy Trinity, Caen.
- William "Rufus" (c. 1056 – 1100), King of England.
- Agatha (c. 1064 – 1079), betrothed to Alfonso VI of Castile.
- Constance (c. 1066 – 1090), married Alan IV Fergent, Duke of Brittany; poisoned, possibly by her own servants.
- Adela (c. 1067 – 1137), married Stephen, Count of Blois.
- Henry "Beauclerc" (1068–1135), King of England, married Edith of Scotland, daughter of Malcolm III, King of the Scots. His second wife was Adeliza of Leuven.
Fictional depictions
William I has appeared as a character in only a few stage and screen productions. The one-act play A Choice of Kings by John Mortimer deals with his deception of Harold after the latter's shipwreck. Julian Glover portrayed him in a 1966 TV adaptation of this play in the ITV Play of the Week series.
William has also been portrayed on screen by Thayer Roberts in the film Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955), John Carson in the BBC TV series Hereward the Wake (1965), and Michael Gambon in the TV drama Blood Royal: William the Conqueror (1990).
On a less serious note, he's been portrayed by David Lodge in an episode of the TV comedy series Carry On Laughing entitled "One in the Eye for Harold" (1975), James Fleet in the humorous BBC show The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999), and Gavin Abbott in an episode of the British educational TV series Historyonics entitled "1066" (2004).
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