Article 6K6A1 Descendants of King William II’s killer keen to donate triptych depicting death to British museum

Descendants of King William II’s killer keen to donate triptych depicting death to British museum

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Angela Giuffrida in Rome
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Latin-inscribed artwork tells story of Walter Tirel whose son killed monarch, William the Conqueror's son

The Italian descendants of King William II's killer want to donate a work of medieval art partly depicting William's death to a British museum.

The three-slab triptych, believed to have been made by a Norman artist in 1100, has been owned by the Tirelli family, whose aristocratic origins can be traced back to France, for over 400 years.

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