As soon as Robert set off William II began to consolidate close consolidate Make more secure and or united. his own position in Normandy; England and Normandy were united again under one leader.

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Early years. William was born on 4 November 1650 in The Hague. It was not an auspicious entry into the world. His father, William II of Orange, had just died of smallpox and his English mother ...

But when all was said, one could not doubt that life at Haus Doorn was rather dull, and that the punishment thus meted out to William II was far more effective than anything which the Allied and ...