. The royal families of England, Scotland, and Wales : with their descendants, sovereigns and subjects . THE ROYAL FAMILIES OF ENGLAND. milUam tfie jTirst. iITH William the First may be said tocommence the history of England; forbefore that period it was a country totallyunconnected with the rest of civiHzed Eu-rope, having few records, and perhaps veryHttle on which to base them. This cele-brated conqueror was born on the 14th of October, 1024, beingthe illegitimate son of Robert, sixth Duke of Normandy, and ofArlette, the daughter of a tanner at Falaise, who was subse-quently married to the
. The royal families of England, Scotland, and Wales : with their descendants, sovereigns and subjects . THE ROYAL FAMILIES OF ENGLAND. milUam tfie jTirst. iITH William the First may be said tocommence the history of England; forbefore that period it was a country totallyunconnected with the rest of civiHzed Eu-rope, having few records, and perhaps veryHttle on which to base them. This cele-brated conqueror was born on the 14th of October, 1024, beingthe illegitimate son of Robert, sixth Duke of Normandy, and ofArlette, the daughter of a tanner at Falaise, who was subse-quently married to the Lord of Canterville. In the age of whichwe are writing, this latter union did not disturb her relations tothe ducal family; the two sons of this second marriage aroseto distinction in the reign of the conqueror, and her daughterMariel became Countess of Albemarle, while poets and min-strels paid their court to William, by recording the way in whichhis mother had been wooed and won by the ambassadors ofRobert. The briUiant quaUties displayed by WiUiam while yet a child,obtained for him the favour of the duke, who determined toadopt him for his heir,royalfamiliesofe01byuburk
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