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Consisting of 58 scenes stitched into the linen cloth in different colors of wool, the medieval work of art — which ... may have depicted William the Conqueror's coronation as King of England.
William the Conqueror's coronation was marred by a bizarre incident. The guards outside the cathedral mistook the cheers for a riot--so they immediately set fire to the surrounding buildings.
The first documented coronation at Westminster was that of William the Conqueror on 25th December 1066. Before this year there had been no fixed location for the ceremony. Edward the Confessor does ...
William of Normandy, known as 'the Conqueror', was born at Falaise in 1027 ... who was descended from Alfred the Great. Her separate coronation took place in 1068. She was buried at the Abbey she had ...