Ruler · 1057 – 1100

William II of England

Lived 1057 – 1100. Monarch of England of Kingdom of England, 1087 – 1100.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1057 – 1100; 43 years
In office: 13 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of England
Left it: deposed or killed; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of England

Kingdom of England · the 18th of 53 dated reigns · 899 – 1707

14 before

Edward the Confessor1042 – 1066

Harold Godwinson1066

William the Conqueror1066 – 1087

William II of England1087 – 1100

Henry I of England1100 – 1135

Stephen, King of England1135 – 1141

Empress Matilda1141

32 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1087 – 1100 · 13 years · came to it aged 31

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell: by others; Morby does not call it a deposition

then killed within a year of leaving

William went hunting on 2 August 1100 in the New Forest, probably near Brockenhurst, and was killed by an arrow through the lung, although the circumstances remain unclear.

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