KINGSHIP: A FAMILY BUSINESS

WILLIAM CONTROLLED: NORMANDY (GIVEN BY HIS FATHER), ENGLAND (WON IN A WAR) BOTH WERE PERSONAL POSSESSIONS.DIED: IN 1087. HE LEFT NORMANDY TO HIS SON ROBERT. AND ENGLAND TO HIS SECOND SON : WILLIAM ii

HENRY : RODE TO WINCHESTER; TO TOOK CHARGE OF THE KING’S TRESUARE. AND TO WESTMINISTER: WAS CROWNED KING 3 DAYS LATER.

THE NORMAN NOBLES IN ENGLAND HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HENRY AND ROBERT. MOST OF THEM CHOOSE HENRY BECAUSE HE WAS IN LONDON.

HENRY ; 1106 INVADED NORMANDY AND CAPTURED ROBERT.HE WANTED TO PASS ON BOTH NORMANDY AND ENGLAD TO HIS SUCCESSOR. FINALLY HE ACCEPTED THAT HIS DAUGHTER MATILDA, WOULD FOLLOW HIM.

HENRY HAD MARRIED MATILDA TO ANOTHER GREAT NOBLE IN FRANCE, GEOFFREY PLANTAGENET. HE WAS HEIR TO ANJOU.NOBLES HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN MATILDA AND STEPHEN OF BLOIS. THEY CHOOSE STEPHEN OF BLOIS.4 YEARS LATER MATILDA INVADED ENGLAND. HER FIGHT WITH STEPHEN LED TO A TERRIBLE CIVIL WAR. 1153: MATILDA AND STEPHEN AGREED, THAT STEPHEN COULD KEEP THE THRONE BUT ONLY IF MATILDA’S SON , HENRY, COULD SUCCEED HIM.1154: STEPHEN DIED.FAMILY POSSESSIONS OF ENGLAND AND THE LANDS IN FRANCE WERE IUNITED UNDER A KING ACCEPTED BY EVERYONE.