Editing List of English monarchs (section)

==House of Normandy (1066–1135)==
{{Main|House of Normandy}}
In 1066, several rival claimants to the English throne emerged. Among them were [[Harold Godwinson]] (recognised as king by the [[Witenagemot]] after the death of [[Edward the Confessor]]), [[Harald Hardrada]] (King of [[Norway]] who claimed to be the rightful heir of Harthacnut) and [[William the Conqueror|Duke William II of Normandy]] (vassal to the King of France, and first cousin once-removed of Edward the Confessor). Harald Hardrada and William both invaded separately in 1066. Godwinson successfully repelled the invasion by Harald Hardrada, but ultimately lost the throne of England in the [[Norman conquest of England]].

After the [[Battle of Hastings]] on 14 October 1066, William the Conqueror made permanent the recent removal of the capital from [[Winchester]] to [[London]]. Following the death of Harold Godwinson at Hastings, the Anglo-Saxon Witenagemot elected as king [[Edgar Ætheling]], the son of [[Edward the Exile]] and grandson of Edmund Ironside. The young monarch was unable to resist the invaders and was never crowned. William was crowned King William I of England on Christmas Day 1066, in [[Westminster Abbey]], and is today known as William the Conqueror, William the Bastard or William I.

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| '''[[William the Conqueror|William I]]'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-12 |title=William I 'The Conqueror' (r. 1066–1087) |url=https://www.royal.uk/william-i-conqueror-r-1066-1087 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125015730/https://www.royal.uk/william-i-conqueror-r-1066-1087 |archive-date=25 January 2018 |access-date=16 January 2018 |website=royal.gov.uk}}; {{Harvnb|Fryde|1996|page=34}}.</ref><br/>'''William the Conqueror'''{{Efn|Sometimes '''William the Bastard'''}}<br/>25 December 1066<br/>–<br/>9 September 1087<br/>''({{Age in years and days|25 December 1066|9 September 1087|duration=yes}})''
| [[File:William the Conqueror in the Brief Abridgement of the Chronicles of England.jpg|100px|William the Conqueror depicted at the Brief Abridgement of the Chronicles of England, by Matthew Paris.]]
| {{Circa|1028}}<br/>[[Château de Falaise|Falaise Castle]]<hr/>Son of [[Robert I, Duke of Normandy|Robert the Magnificent]]<br/>and [[Herleva]]
| [[Matilda of Flanders]]<br/>[[Normandy]]<br/>1053<br/>9 children
| 9 September 1087<br/>[[Rouen]]<br/>Aged about 59{{Efn-lg|William I was buried at the [[Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen|Abbey of Saint-Étienne]] ({{Langx|fr|Abbaye aux Hommes}}) in France.}}
| Supposedly named heir in 1052 by [[Edward the Confessor]]<hr/>First cousin once removed of Edward the Confessor<hr/>[[Right of conquest]]

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| '''[[William II of England|William II]]'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-12 |title=William II (Known as William Rufus) (r. 1087–1100) |url=https://www.royal.uk/william-ii-known-william-rufus-r-1087-1100 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125020304/https://www.royal.uk/william-ii-known-william-rufus-r-1087-1100 |archive-date=25 January 2018 |access-date=16 January 2018 |website=royal.gov.uk}}; {{Harvnb|Fryde|1996|page=35}}.</ref><br/>'''William Rufus'''<br/>26 September 1087{{Efn-lr|William II was crowned on 26 September 1087.}}<br/>–<br/>2 August 1100<br/>''({{Age in years and days|26 September 1087|2 August 1100|duration=yes}})''
| [[File:William II of England.jpg|100px|William Rufus depicted in the Stowe Manuscript]]
| {{Circa|1056}}<br/>[[Normandy]]<hr/>Son of [[William the Conqueror]]<br/>and [[Matilda of Flanders]]
| Unmarried
| 2 August 1100<br/>[[New Forest]]<br/>Shot with an arrow aged 44
| Son of [[William the Conqueror|William I]]<hr/>Granted the [[Kingdom of England]] over elder brother [[Robert Curthose]] (who remained the [[Duke of Normandy]])

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| '''[[Henry I of England|Henry I]]'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-12 |title=Henry I 'Beauclerc' (r. 1100–1135) |url=https://www.royal.uk/henry-i-beauclerc-r-1100-1135 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125015856/https://www.royal.uk/henry-i-beauclerc-r-1100-1135 |archive-date=25 January 2018 |access-date=16 January 2018 |website=royal.gov.uk}}; {{Harvnb|Fryde|1996|page=35}}.</ref><br/>'''Henry Beauclerc'''<br/>5 August 1100{{Efn-lr|Henry I was crowned on 5 August 1100.}}<br/>–<br/>1 December 1135<br/>''({{Age in years and days|5 August 1100|1 December 1135|duration=yes}})''
| [[File:Henry1.jpg|100px|Henry I]]
| September 1068<br/>[[Selby]]<hr/>Son of William the Conqueror<br/>and Matilda of Flanders
| {{Gray|(1)}} [[Matilda of Scotland]]<br/>[[Westminster Abbey]]<br/>11 November 1100<br/>2 children<hr/>{{Gray|(2)}} [[Adeliza of Louvain]]<br/>[[Windsor Castle]]<br/>29 January 1121<br/>No children
| 1 December 1135<br/>[[Lyons-la-Forêt|Saint-Denis-en-Lyons]]<br/>Aged 67{{Efn-lg|Henry I was buried at [[Reading Abbey]].}}
| Son of William I<hr/>Seizure of the Crown (from Robert Curthose)

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