Sally: Here we are, William the Conqueror - born in 1028, around a thousand years ago. Harry: I like his crown. Sally: And that's one of his castles in France behind him. Fatima: Let's go take a look.

William of Normandy, known as 'the Conqueror', was born at Falaise in 1027 ... and for the building of many castles, notably the Tower of London. In 1053 he married Matilda, daughter of the Count of ...

A map has shown ... in Normandy. When William I assumed the crown in England following his victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, he deployed motte-and-bailey castles to consolidate his ...