Called King William I ('The Conqueror')
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Called King William I ('The Conqueror')
by Unknown artist
line engraving, circa 1584
8 in. x 5 3/4 in. (203 mm x 146 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D9377
Sitterback to top
- King William I ('The Conqueror') (1027 or 1028-1087), Reigned 1066-87. Sitter associated with 23 portraits.
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William defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, and became the first of the Norman kings. This imaginary portrait was used as an illustration in a French book by Andre Thevet called 'The True Portraits and Lives of Illustrious Men' (Les Vrais Pourtraits et Vies des Hommes Illustres) published in 1584.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D9378: Called King William I ('The Conqueror') (from same plate)
- NPG D42355: Called King William I ('The Conqueror') (after)
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Making History: Printed Portraiture in Tudor and Stuart Britain (7 July 2007 - 9 December 2007)
Events of 1584back to top
Current affairs
Expulsion oft he Spanish ambassador to England for his part in the Throckmorton Plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I.Parliament passes legislation to expel all Jesuits from England.
The explorer Sir Walter Ralegh renews his half-brother Sir Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore and colonise North America.
Art and science
Sir Walter Mildmay established Emmanuel College, Cambridge, to train Protestant preachers.International
Assassination of William of Orange, leader of the Dutch rebellion against Philip II of Spain. His son, Maurice of Nassau, succeeds him as Prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, and Utrecht.Death of François, Duke of Anjou. The Protestant Henry of Navarre becomes heir to the French crown.
Death of Ivan IV (the Terrible), Tsar of Russia. Succeeded by his son Feodor, power lies in the hands of Feodor's brother-in-law, Boris Godunov.
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