Genealogies of the PACHOLKE-HENNING-SCHMITTEL and LUKE families

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  • ID: I06829
  • Name: WILLIAM II, King of England 1 2
  • Sex: M
  • ALIA: /"Rufus"/
  • Birth: ABT 1056 in Normandy, France 3
  • Death: 2 AUG 1100 in Killed while hunting in the New Forest in circumstances that have never been clarified. 4 5 6
  • Burial: Winchester Cathederal 7
  • Religion: Pillaged the Church Revenues 8 9
  • Military Service: Good Soldier
  • Adopted: Never married 10
  • Adopted: Favorite son of William the Conqueror 11
  • Adopted: Known as William Rufus because of his ruddy complexion. 12
  • Adopted: Loyal to William I 13
  • Adopted: BET 9 SEP 1087 AND 2 AUG 1100 King of England 14 15 16 17
  • Reference Number: 6829



    Father: WILLIAM I, King of England b: BET 1027 AND 1028 in Falaise, Normandy, France
    Mother: Matilda of FLANDERS b: ABT 1031 in Flanders,

    Sources:
    1. Title: Who's Who in Early Medieval England by Christopher Tyerman
      Repository:
      Media: Book
      Page: Page 52
      Text: A loutish homosexual, an almost demonic character for whom few good words could be found.
    2. Title: Who's Who in Early Medieval England by Christopher Tyerman
      Repository:
      Media: Book
      Page: Page 53
      Text: William of Malmesbury depicts Rufus as a short, pot-bellied, red-faced braggart with long, combed fair hair who, despite these obvious physical disadvantages, nonetheless insisted on wearing the gaudiest of the latest male fashions.
    3. Title: Kings and Queens: A History of British Monarchy-Ronald Pearsall
      Repository:
      Media: Book
      Page: Page 35
    4. Title: Medieval Monarchs-Elizabeth Hallam
      Repository:
      Media: Book
      Page: Page 18
      Text: Although it was accepted as an accident, his death was also interpreted as an act of God against a dangerously irreligious king. So too was the collapse of the towere of Winchester cathedral , shortly after the king's burial there.
    5. Title: Who's Who in Early Medieval England by Christopher Tyerman
      Repository:
      Media: Book
      Page: Page 50
      Text: To die without time to confess or repent sins was seen as particularly awful in the Middle Ages, a judgement of God.
    6. Title: Who's Who in Early Medieval England by Christopher Tyerman
      Repository:
      Media: Book
      Page: Page 68
      Text: Walter Tirel III, lord of Pois, was notorious in the early twelfth centruy as the man who shot dead William II king of England during a deer hunt in the New Forest on 2 Aug 1100. All contenporary accounts attribute William's death to a stray arrow, a hunting accident. It seems likely that he shot the arrow that misseed a deer and killed the king. He certainly fled the scene immediately aferwards. Tirel was not a scapegoat or a fall-guy. Subsequently, he neither suffered retribution nor uncomfortable burden.
    7. Title: Who's Who in Early Medieval England by Christopher Tyerman
      Repository:
      Media: Book
      Page: Page 52
      Text: An oppressor of the Church whoses death was a blessing and whose burial without ceremony or prayers just desserts.
    8. Title: Kings and Queens: A History of British Monarchy-Ronald Pearsall
      Repository:
      Media: Book
      Page: Page 35
      Text: Many men of the church, were glad to see the last of William Rufus.
    9. Title: British Kings & Queens
      Author: Mike Ashley
      Publication: 1998, Barnes and Noble
      Note: Excellent
      Repository:
      Note: Owned by Jackie Pacholke
      Media: Book
      Page: Page 505
      Text: The clergy regarded William with total disdain.
    10. Title: Who's Who in Early Medieval England by Christopher Tyerman
      Repository:
      Media: Book
      Page: Page 53
      Text: It is possible that William was homosexual. Unusually for his family, no bastards are attributed to him.
    11. Title: British Kings & Queens
      Author: Mike Ashley
      Publication: 1998, Barnes and Noble
      Note: Excellent
      Repository:
      Note: Owned by Jackie Pacholke
      Media: Book
      Page: Page 505
    12. Title: Medieval Monarchs-Elizabeth Hallam
      Repository:
      Media: Book
      Page: Page 18
    13. Title: Who's Who in Early Medieval England by Christopher Tyerman
      Repository:
      Media: Book
      Page: Page 47
    14. Title: Medieval Monarchs-Elizabeth Hallam
      Repository:
      Media: Book
      Page: Page 17
    15. Title: Kings and Queens: A History of British Monarchy-Ronald Pearsall
      Repository:
      Media: Book
      Page: Page 35
      Text: Although Robert had inherited Normandy, he wanted England as well, and there was continual warfare and hostility between the brothers.
    16. Title: Who's Who in Early Medieval England by Christopher Tyerman
      Repository:
      Media: Book
      Page: Page 47
      Text: His relatively brief reign has tended to be recalled for his morals, bad language, viciousness and dramatic death, not for his achievement in mastering the Anglo-Norman lands and , from inasupicious beginnings, becoming one of the most feared and respected rulers of his time.
    17. Title: British Kings & Queens
      Author: Mike Ashley
      Publication: 1998, Barnes and Noble
      Note: Excellent
      Repository:
      Note: Owned by Jackie Pacholke
      Media: Book
      Page: Page 505
      Text: Much of his reign was spent in rivalry with his brother Robert.
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