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"William's illegitimacy affected his early life. As a child, his life was in constant danger from his kinsmen who thought they had a more legitimate right to rule. One attempt on William's life occurred while he slept at a castle keep at Vaudreuil, when the murderer mistakenly stabbed the child sleeping next to William.[4] Nevertheless, when his father died, he was recognized as the heir."
Copied from Wikipedia (I know, unreliable source).

I was researching him for a history essay, and came across this. I wondered, if this murderer did kill William at this early age, what would happen to Normandy and England in the next one hundred years or so? 200 years? 500 years?
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