Net Worth: $230 Billion

About William the Conqueror

William the Conqueror was the Norman King of England with an estimated net worth of $230 billion. He ruled in his European empire for two decades. His wealth was built not through business and investing, but rather through conquering neighbouring, weaker kingdoms capturing lands over hostile takeover. At the time of his death, William had an adjusted net worth of $230 billion adjusted to today’s dollars.  However, all of his wealth was divided among his sons and subsequently scattered. Going back from the beginning of his successes, After further military efforts William was crowned king on Christmas Day 1066, in London. He made arrangements for the governance of England in early 1067 before returning to Normandy. Several unsuccessful rebellions followed, but by 1075 William’s hold on England was mostly secure through land and politics, allowing him to spend the majority of the rest of his reign on the continent as a ruler. William’s final years were marked by difficulties in his continental domains, troubles with his eldest son, and threatened invasions of England by the Danes. In 1086 William ordered the compilation of the Domesday Book, a survey listing all the landholders in England along with their holdings. William died in September 1087 while leading a campaign in northern France, and was buried in Caen. His reign in England was marked by the construction of castles, the settling of a new Norman nobility on the land, and change in the composition of the English clergy. He did not try to integrate his various domains into one empire, but instead continued to administer each part separately. William’s lands were divided after his death and gave to his two sons his successes. Normandy went to his eldest son, Robert, and his second surviving son, William, received England to rule.