A 1,000-year-old embroidery depicting William the Conqueror's victory and King Harold's grisly death What it tells us about the past: This sculpture, discovered at the archaeological site of ...

we see the bust of William The Conqueror, wearing a crown and shown standing under a canopy. His name and title (REX = king) are shown around his portrait. The back has a design based on a cross ...

William of Normandy, known as 'the Conqueror', was born at Falaise in 1027, a natural son of Robert, Duke of Normandy and a girl called Herleve. He invaded England and defeated King Harold II at the ...