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Final key figures and rebellions
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- 1who was bishop odo of bayeux how did william reward himwilliams half brother and loyal supporter
made him earl of kent and bacame on of englands richest men - 2what year was odo born1036
- 3when did william make him the bishop of bayeux why did this mean odo owed william1049
odo had an otherwise bad reputation would have otherwise kept him out of church leadership - 4what did odo do in 1066contributes 100 shps to williams invasion fleet
he fought at the battle of hastings
he was rewarded lavishly being made earl f kent and many other estates making him second only to the king - 5when was odo made co-reagent of england with william fitzosbern1067
- 6what happened in 1076a three day enquiry held following complaints to lanfranc about land seizures by odo
odo has to return land - 7what happened in 1082odo falls out of favour with william and is imprisoned he isnt released until after williams death
- 8when did odo lead barons in revolt against william the 2nd1088
- 9odo commissioned the bayeux tapestry true or falsetrue
- 10why did odo fall out of williams favourhe mismanaged his earldom
tried to take knights with him to rome to try and become the pope - 11why is odos imprisonment significantit showed that loyalty and obedience above all including family
- 12who was williams 1 fatherrobert duke of normandy (illegitimate)
- 13how old was william when his father died8
- 14what was his childhood/ adolescence likemultiple assassination attempts
defending dukedom against rivals - 15contemporary views of williamstern and relentless
known for imprisoning anyone who stood in his way
greed for money because he would pay off anyone he couldnt defeat in battle - 16three good things about williamdevoted to and respected his wife Matilda
very religious founded abbeys and was involved in promoting church reform
wanted to be englands legit king not just its conqueror - 17a bad pointhe was willing to be brutal to achieve his aims and harrying of the north shows this
- 18however william regrettedbecoming the barbarous murderer of many thousands young and old of that fine race of people
- 19how did william diehe became very fat and when he was leading an attack against a french castle in mantes his horse stumbled and threw him causing internal injury that eventually killed him
- 20how long did it take for william to die after sustaining these injuriesfrom july to 9th September 1087
- 21why did his death cause panicpeople feared that it would be every baron for himself
- 22what happened at williams funeralthe tomb was too small servants tried to squeeze him in but his corpse burst and everyone ran from the smell
- 23who was robert curthosewilliams eldest son who william bullied and didnt allow to have any real power in normandy
- 24what did this lead torobert led a rebellion from 1077-1080 to the extant that he even fought his father in battle at Gerberoy France
- 25when was robert born ish1054
- 26"curthose"was williams nickname for him meaning shorty or dumpy legs it was said that he was short and fat
- 27he was a good warrior but.....lazy and weak willed
- 28william and his father didnt get along but...he was his mother matildas favourite
- 29in 1077roberts brothers played a prank that lead to a real fight that william broke up
- 30william didnt punish roberts brothers so roberttried to take control of rouen castle
- 31william led his troops against robert sorobert fled to Flanders
- 32who gave robert a castle on the boarder with normandywilliams enemy king phillip of france
- 33robert used his castle tolead attacks on normandy
- 34william raised an army against robert in a battle in what year? who won?1079
robert - 35who organised a reconciliation? when?matilda easter 1080
- 36what did william do at the reconcilliationmade robert heir to normandy again
- 37conflicts between the two meant that...william chose his favourite son william (or rufus) to be heir of england
- 38why did people dispute this 5 reasonsnorman tradition was for the oldest son to inherit
william rufus had a strong character and could threaten the power of barons
the barons wanted normandy and england to be united under one lord
some barons wanted to exploit roberts weak character
robert was the eldest so barons had sworn allegiance to him - 39however williams claim was supported becausehe had a deathbed letter from his father to lanfranc
- 40six events of the 1088 rebellion against william rufusin 1087 odo was released from prison
in 1088 odo led a rebellion in support of robert against william
most of the english supported william ii
odo and his brother robert of mortain took refuse in pevensy castle
odo escaped to rochester castle and waited for robert
robert never arrived odo was forced to surrender and was exiled - 41three reasons why william rufus was able to crush the rebellionhe had the support of most English bishops norman barons and general population
bishop wulfstan crushed rebellions in marcher earldoms
English fyrd helped to defeat odo and his brother in the south
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