... of their new King. For 21 years, William the Conqueror built England into a very dominant country that he handed over to his son, William Rufus. William II was a man after his father's image. He was very regal in look and very frugal in his spending of royal money. He was very arrogant, and ... of others, he was excessively devoted to money and to cruelty. With Rufus's reign came the precursor to events that would happen 52 years latter. William II's brother, Duke Robert Curthouse made a claim to the throne. He had much of Normandy under his control before he got caught up in the fervor ...

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