
Bookmark character · 1066.9.15
William the Bastard
9 counties, vassal of France
hello_history 140The House of Normandy trace their lineage back to Norse vikings, and established themselves on the mainland of Europe over 200 years ago. Now, William II dreams of leading his family to rule the Kingdom of England, and he believes his status as successor to the throne was promised by the late King Edward, and even recognized by Harold Godwinson himself. However, now that Edward is gone, Harold has broken his oath and taken the crown for himself! William is at war with England. Can you muster your forces and claim what is rightfully yours?
Traits on the start date
Base skills
As set in the character's history file. In the game, traits, education and age add to these.
- Diplomacy
- 7
- Martial
- 7
- Stewardship
- 6
- Intrigue
- 10
- Prowess
- 10
Titles held
2 titles on 1066.9.15; 1 county in person, 9 in the whole realm counting vassals.
- Normandy
d_normandy - Alençon
c_alencon
Shown beside them
The relatives and rivals the bookmark screen lists with this character.
- Robert Curthose (Son)
hello_history 142 - William the Red (Son)
hello_history 146
hello_history [id] takes these IDs — the game describes it as “show a character from history”, argument “Scripted history character ID”.
play [character id] wants the in-game character ID instead, which is not the history ID: with debug mode on, hover over a character to see it.
Source: game/common/bookmarks (bm_1066_hastings), game/history/characters/norman.txt (traits, skills), history/titles (realm on 1066.9.15), Crusader Kings III 1.20.0.3.