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William II Rufus (1056-1100) King of England from 1087 to 1100, third son of William the Conqueror. According to the English chronicle, "he was loathsome to well-nigh all his people, and abominable to God." He was shot while hunting. It is not known whether it was done accidentally.
John Clark Ridpath, Ridpath's History of the World, Vol. II (New York: Merrill & Baker, 1897) 644. (Death of William Rufus, drawn by A. de Neuville.)
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