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When was William I born and when did he die?
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William I, also known as William the Conqueror, was born circa 1028 in Falaise, Normandy. He died on September 9, 1087, in Rouen.12
It is important to distinguish him from William I of Scotland, who was a different monarch born in 1143 and who died in 1214.3