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They spoke French.
William the conqueror spoke French
He spoke Norman French, which was rather different from most other varieties of French at the time.
Norman French.
William the Conqueror (William I) came from Gaul (which is France now) and most certainly spoke a language known as Anglo-Norman. Anglo-Norman, along with contributions from Germanic languages, eventually became Old English (Beowulf), which became Middle English (Chaucer) and then Modern English (Shakespeare on). The Williams which came after William I spoke the language prevalent in England when they ruled-one of the languages I just described.

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King William the Conqueror spoke Old French (also called Franceis or Romanz)

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What language did his officials and nobles in England speaks?

If you mean William the Conqueror, the answer is Norman French.


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