William de Conqueror death

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William de Conqueror death

Post by aukepalmhof » Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:04 pm

Jersey issued six stamps in 1987 commemorating William de Conqueror’s death.
The 15p value depicts the year 1030, when Duke Robert I (the Devil) of Normandy, father of William the Conqueror, prepared an expedition aimed at driving King Canute out of England and placing Edward the Confessor, his kinsman, on the throne. The invasion fleet was driven down the English Channel by a storm, Robert and Edward’s ship ending up in Jersey where the weather being apparently even worse, they spent some time before returning to mainland Normandy. The illegitimate William succeeded his father Robert as Duke of Normandy on the latter’s death in 1035, while in 1042, on the death of Canute’s son, Edward the Confessor was crowned King of England.

The ship depict is a Norman or Viking type vessel of around 1030.

Source: Watercraft Philately 1988 page 26. Australian Stamp Monthly, August 1987.
Jersey 1987 15p sg 432, Scott 432.
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