William of Poitiers
Deceased Person
1020 – 1090
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Who was William of Poitiers?
William of Poitiers was a French priest of Norman origin and chaplain of Duke William of Normandy, for whom he chronicled the Norman Conquest of England in his Gesta Willelmi ducis Normannorum et regis Anglorum or Gesta Guillelmi II ducis Normannorum. He had trained as a soldier before taking holy orders.
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