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A map illustrating the campaign of William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy) in Britain aiming to capture London and secure control of the Kingdom of England (which, Willaim claimed, had been promised to him by Edward the Confessor, the childless...

A modern statue of William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy (r. 1035-87 CE) and king of England as William I (r. 1066-87 CE). In Falaise, Normandy, France. Sculpted by Louis Rochet (1818-1873) in 1851 CE.

Thomas Roderick Dew (l. 1802-1846), 13th President of William & Mary College and pro-slavery advocate, oil on canvas by William Garl Browne Jr. Muscarelle Museum of Art.

Coin of William I of England, aka William the Conqueror (r. 1066-1067 CE). (British Museum, London)

A 17th century CE portrait of William I of Scotland, also known as 'William the Lion' after his heraldic emblem, who reigned from 1165 to 1214 CE. Artist: Jacob Jacobsz de Wet II. (Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh)

A portrait of William, Prince of Orange aged around 10 years old. The prince would become King William III of England after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Painting by Jan Davidsz. de Heem and Jan Vermeer van Utrecht. (Museum of Fine Arts...

A contemporary engraving showing the joint rulers William III of England (also William II of Scotland, r. 1689-1702) and Mary II of England (r. 1689-1694). (National Portrait Gallery, London)

William Still (1819-1902), the abolitionist known as the "Father of the Underground Railroad" for the records of escaped slaves he kept and later published as The Underground Railroad Records in 1872, c. 1898.

Sir William Johnson in 1763. From a plate in The Old New York Frontier by Francis Whiting Halsey, copied from a now lost original portrait by Thomas McIlworth.

Capture of William I of Scotland (1165-1214 CE) during the Battle of Alnwick in 1174 CE. Courtesy of Medieval Warfare Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers.