Paragraph On William The Conqueror

Alexander the Great is the most famous conqueror in the history of the world. His legacy and conquest has shaped the world we know today. Many leaders after him have looked to him as an example of what a good leader should be. “Alexander the Great’s tomb was one of the biggest tourist attractions of the ancient world. Roman emperors, including Pompey, Julius Caesar, and Caligula traveled to Alexandria to pay their respects.” It all started at the age of 18 when Alexander took charge of the Companion Cavalry and helped his father in defeating the Athenian and Theban armies. Starting from such a young age Alexander has been already shaping the empire he would create. At the age of twenty he became king, then by the age of twenty-six he conquered the Persian Empire and at age thirty explored the Indian frontier. He was an unstoppable force conquering the world. Alexander the Great is the greatest conqueror of the known world, because of the personal teachings of Aristotle of Stagira, his innovated military genius and multicultural integration methods.

After reading Machiavelli’s The Prince and watching Shakespeare’s Henry V in class, one begins to notice similarities between the authors’ idea of what a “perfect king” should be. The patterns between the ideal ruler of Shakespeare and the ideal ruler of Machiavelli can be seen in numerous instances throughout this story. For the duration of this essay, I will compare the similarities in both pieces to give the reader a better understanding of how Shakespeare devised his view of what a “perfect king” should be.

On the 14th of October 1066, Duke William of Normandy defeated King Harold at the Battle of Hastings. His win could be summed up by the fact that William was a better leader. Other factors that contributed to William’s victory include: William was better prepared, the English army was severely weakened as Harold had just fought off an invasion in the North of England, and Harold made a fatal mistake of prematurely entering the Battle of Hastings.

William’s father went on a pilgrimage in 1034 to release his sins. While returning home from his journey, he died suddenly. Having no other heir, William took his place as Duke of Normandy.

King Alfred the Great was born at Wantage, in 849, on a royal manor of his father's holding, a family estate which long afterward he himself would leave in legacy to his wife. Alfred was the youngest of five children, four sons and a daughter, born to Ethelwulf by his wife Osburh. When Alfred was four years old, his father, the king, who by now had long despaired of getting to Rome in the present state of things, decided to send Alfred there, to at least receive the blessing of the Holy Father. The pope at the time, Leo the IV, gave Alfred the blessing to become king. Alfred's time came in the year mid-April 871, when King Æthelred died. Only a king of full age could defend the land, and although Æthelred

William was already good and experienced at ruling so thus should be no problem for him. William was already the ruler of Normandy and was doing a great job so being ruler of England wouldn’t be a

4. Write a short paragraph about something from the class reading that reflects Anglo Saxon culture and/or belief

William Howe, better known as General Howe, made a large impact on Britain and the rest of Europe. William Howe was born on August 10, 1729, in England. William was also the youngest of three brothers in his family. His parents were wealthy members of the English upper class. His father's name was Viscount Howe, and his mom's name was Maria Sophia. When William was about twelve years old he was sent out from his home to go to Eaton, a famous preparatory school. William was a good student and eventually graduated in 1746. After graduating he joined the King's army. He was later appointed officer of one of the King's military's. General Howe, as a young boy, had great exceptions to uphold, and he exceeded all of them and became a favored warrior for Britain.

The Native Americans have a long history and tension with the American people. From the French and Indian war, which saw the indians pitted against the British colonists, to nineteen -twenty- four, when they finally gained citizenship, it was an uphill battle. The settlers turned Americans broke many agreements with the Natives, such as the selling of reservation land by the government or the declaration that tribes were dependent nations rather than foreign nations. In the cases presented to the Supreme Court by Native American tribes were often in favor of the white man, which disregarding the needs of the Natives.

While she was there it was so distracting to the troops because queens never went on crusades (ehistory). When she went to the crusade she started an unhealthy relationship with her uncle. However, at the second crusade their marriage soured, and they got divorced. Once her marriage was ruined, she kept her possession of Aquitaine and Poitou. Being divorced, she had so much wealth that she attracted very rich men, like her second husband, King Henry (Baily). The second husband of Queen Eleanor, King Henry II, was the grandson of King William. Originally King William was the first person to ever fight to become the king and win, as he defeated King Harold of England (Combee and Grussendorf) King Henry and Queen Eleanor got married in May 1152. At that time Eleanor was 30 and Henry was 18. After 2 years of being married Henry became the king of England with Eleanor as queen. Their empire was so vast that it stretched from the south Pyrenees to the north cheviots. Moreover, King Henry had two rebellious sons which were Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, and Young King Henry, but they later were killed and were dramatically killed when they were both 28 years old. When the two sons died it left only Richard and John who later started to revolt against their father. Even though King Henry was Eleanor’s husband, she sided with her sons, by supporting them with troops and money as

It is at this time where early transitions and alliances started to pay off. Ancient traditions helped William maintain his ducal authority. Count William of Arques still had to pay homage to the duke. Probably the biggest reason William was able to maintain his authority was due to the Norman relationship with France. King Henry I supported William. Another break for William was the fact that King Henry didn’t take Normandy for himself. He did claim rights over Normandy and placed William under his protection. The King was exercising his rights as overlord to safeguard his kingdom. King Henry didn’t do this completely without any benefit to himself, he did take two fortresses.

William Marshall is considered by many to be the epitome of knighthood and chivalry as well as being an outstanding ambassador for England during the turbulent twelfth and thirteenth centuries. From a virtually obscure beginning, William evolves into one of the most dominant stately figures of the time in England. During his brilliant military and political career, William served as knight for the courts of Kings Henry II, Richard (the Lion-hearted), and John.

Of William I’s (1066-1087) sons, William the II (1087-1100) was a better king than his younger brother Henry I (1100-1135). William I’s was the first Norman king to rule England. He split his heritance between his three living sons. Robert received the rule of Normandy, William II received England and Henry I received five thousand pounds. In early medieval England a good king was a heroic soldier and a strong leader who was fair but enforced the law. It was also important that they were Christian and unsinful. William II “The Rufus”-because of his red face or temper, was true to himself and what he believed in while Henry I “Beauclerc”-because of his high level of education, was a brutal and selfish king, not only to his people, but also

land in the north of England after both the Earl and Anne died. He was

William arrived at Torbay, on November 5th 1688 ready to fight for the throne. He was a brave man, for James II’s army was double the size of William’s army. Although it didn’t matter because James II’s army was deserting to the other side, James II army had abandoned him. When William of Orange was welcomed into London, James II fled to France in disguise. Parliament claimed that by abandoning his country, the king had abdicated and the throne was now left vacant. On February 6th 1689 Mary and William became King and Queen of England.