Windsor, England

May 12, 2025
London Windsor Castle

Name and Dynasty	Accession	Death
The House of Normandy
William I (William the Conqueror) Had a Palace at Old Windsor which he gave to the Abbey of Westminster just before he died. Buried at Caen, Normandy. Founded Windsor Castle at 'New ' Windsor.	1066	1087
William II (William Rufus). Buried at Winchester.	1100
Henry I Kept court at Windsor for the first time in 1110 and married his second Queen, Adelaide of Louvain, here in 1121. His first wife was Eadgyth, daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland. Buried at Reading.	1135
Stephen Buried at Faversham Abbey, Kent.	1154
The House of Plantagenet
Henry II Held a Great Council (Parliament) at Windsor in 1175. Buried at Fontevraud, France.	1189
Richard I (Richard Coeur de Lion) Placed Windsor Castle under the care of Hugh Pudsey, Bishop of Durham, who was attacked here in 1190 by William Longchamp, Bishop of Ely, and who captured the Castle. Buried at Fontevraud, France.	1199
John (of Magna Carta fame) Buried at Worcester.	1216
Henry III Completed the walls around the Castle by building the west end and the three towers in the Lower Ward. He also built a chapel on the site of the present Albert Memorial Chapel, and the adjoining cloister and also the tower now known as the Henry III Tower. Buried at Westminster Abbey.	1272
Edward I Known as the 'Hammer' of the Scots, he brought the Coronation Stone to Westminster, created his son first Prince of Wales, and commemorated death of his first wife, Eleanor of Castile, by erecting memorials at each halting place of the funeral...

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Old Windsor is a large village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in the English county of Berkshire.
Old Windsor is located just south of the town of Windsor and near to the villages of Englefield Green and Datchet. It sits on the River...
Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was King of England from 1327 until his death and is noted for his military success. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England...