News of the death of a prince of this name was withheld for three days out of fear until a smallchild was finally picked to relate it.
News of the death of a prince of this name was withheld for three days out of fear until a smallchild was finally picked to relate it. That prince's death was a direct cause of The Anarchy andoccurred on the White Ship, leaving Henry I heirless. A king of this name offered BuckinghamPalace to parliament after the Houses of Parliament burned down, and grew unpopular after givingonly timid support to the First Reform Bill. In addition to that (*) "Sailor King," the second king ofthis name was nicknamed "Rufus" and was shot in the back by Walter Tyrrel in the New Forest. The thirdking of this name was originally a Dutch Stadtholder, and the first commissioned the Doomsday Book. For10 points, give this shared name of the king who ascendeded to the throne after the Glorious Revolutionand the one known as the conqueror after the Battle of Hastings.
News of the death of a prince of this name was withheld for three days out of fear until a smallchild was finally picked to relate it.
William