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| 1 | 1087 | - 26 Sep 1087—2 Aug 1100: ROYAL: William II (Rufus), Ruler of England.Norman - 3rd son of William I, accidentally killed by arrow while hunting.
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| 2 | 1096 | - 1096—1099: WAR: First Crusade.A military expedition by Western Christianity to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquest of the Levant, ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem. It was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to an appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, who requested that western volunteers come to his aid and help to repel the invading Seljuq Turks from Anatolia. An additional goal soon became the principal objective--the Christian reconquest of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and the freeing of the Eastern Christians from Islamic rule.[more]
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| 3 | 1100 | - 5 Aug 1100—1 Dec 1135: ROYAL: Henry I Beauclerc, Ruler of England.Norman - Youngest son of William I.
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| 4 | 1135 | - 22 Dec 1135—25 Oct 1154: ROYAL: Stephen, Ruler of England.Norman - Son of Adela, daughter of William I, and Count of Blois.
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1091 - 1142 (51 years)
