Why are you the Conqueror? What makes you so famous?
I am the Conqueror because I conquered lands during my time. The thing that made me so famous was probably the "Battle of Hastings"
What is the Battle of Hastings?
Well, it all started when King Edward the Confessor died in 1066. Apparently, on his deathbed, Edward named Harold Godwineson to be his successor. I decided that this was a perfect time to capture England, so I gathered my army and set off for England. When I started to move, I was taken aback by bad weather, but this sort of helped me because Harold was ready for the attack, but when I didn't show up, he stopped paying attention to me, and went onto London. But, there was someone waiting for him there. King Harald III, the King of Norway, was in the North, ready to attack. So, Harold fled to the South, where I was waiting and the battle commenced.
What happened? Who won?
Even though I had the weaker army, King Harold wasn't very prepared for this invasion, so I won.
Why is this important?
Now the West is more united than it was before, and I made the Domesday Book, a book that showed the population and facts of England by a census and land survey.
Sources:"Battle of Hastings." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras.
"William the Conqueror." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras.
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