William the Conqueror's coronation was marred by a bizarre incident. The guards outside the cathedral mistook the cheers for a riot--so they immediately set fire to the surrounding buildings.

Missing from the tapestry is another panel or two, which may have depicted William the Conqueror's coronation as King of England. Regardless of whether the events in the tapestry are strictly ...

William of Normandy, known as 'the Conqueror', was born at Falaise in 1027 ... who was descended from Alfred the Great. Her separate coronation took place in 1068. She was buried at the Abbey she had ...