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Events on Monday 26 September 1087 1
1087William Rufus crowned King of EnglandCoronation at Westminster Abbey following the Conqueror's deathWilliam II, known as William Rufus, was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey on 26 September 1087, weeks after the death of his father, William the Conqueror. He inherited the English throne while his elder brother Robert Curthose received the Duchy of Normandy, splitting the Anglo-Norman realm. The division set the stage for years of rivalry between the brothers.