Sally: Here we are, William the Conqueror ... Sally: Castles were the best way to protect yourself and your people. They had strong walls and were built to be very hard to attack.

a close friend of William the Conqueror. One of the first Norman castles built in Wales, it is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain. Set on a limestone cliff above the ...

Queen Elizabeth I: William the Conqueror started building the Tower ... That's why William built a castle there to defend London. Harry: Did Castles ever get attacked? Queen Elizabeth I: Yes ...

William of Normandy, known as 'the Conqueror', was born at Falaise in 1027 ... and for the building of many castles, notably the Tower of London. In 1053 he married Matilda, daughter of the Count of ...