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Died on this day in 1087 aged 59 King William I the Conqueror (my toy,wikipedia). William was Edward the Confessor's mother's brother's grandson. Which might be better than Edward the Confessor's wife's brother as claims to the throne go (the other Harald was claiming a line of descent from Cnut, which Edgar Aetheling was actually Edward's half-brother's grandson but also young and only recently come to England)... William alleged that Edward had promised him the crown, although if he did it would have been under duress. In any case William had A Large Army which was the important part of the succession. His death isn't recorded in great detail, but seems to have been of illness, in Normandy. He left Normandy to his eldest son and England to his second son.

Born on this day in 1804 to Louis , Duke of Wurttemberg and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weiburg, Alexander Wurttemberg , Duke of Wurttenburg (my toy,wikipedia). Grandfather of Mary of Teck, who married George V. Alexander was Duke of Wurttenburg, but he married morganettically so his children were not, the were created Princes and Princesses of Teck by King William I of Wurttemberg.