Death of King William II

Date: August 2, 1100 • Location: Lyndhurst, United Kingdom

While on a hunting trip in the New Forest, King William II of England was killed by an arrow through the lung loosed by one of his own men.

The New Forest is one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire. It was proclaimed a royal forest by William the Conqueror, featuring in Domesday Book.