In 1047, William was able to quash a rebellion and begin to establish his authority over the duchy, a process that was not complete until about 1060. During his childhood and adolescence, members of the Norman aristocracy battled each other, both for control of the child duke, and for their own ends. His illegitimate status and his youth caused some difficulties for him after he succeeded his father, as did the anarchy which plagued the first years of his rule. William was the son of the unmarried Duke Robert I of Normandy and his mistress Herleva. The rest of his life was marked by struggles to consolidate his hold over England and his continental lands, and by difficulties with his eldest son, Robert Curthose. In 1066, following the death of Edward the Confessor, William invaded England, leading an army of Normans to victory over the Anglo-Saxon forces of Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings, and suppressed subsequent English revolts in what has become known as the Norman Conquest. By 1060, following a long struggle to establish his throne, his hold on Normandy was secure. He was a descendant of Rollo and was Duke of Normandy from 1035 onward. 1028 – 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman monarch of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087.
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