当时的英格兰国王忏悔者爱德华没有男性继承人，他答应死后将王位传给他的侄子诺曼底公爵威廉。

Edward the Confessor7, the king of England, had no sons and promised that when he died his throne would go to his cousin William, duke of Normandy.

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皮埃尔在目前才了解到这件事对老伯爵、尼古拉和安德烈公爵都有危险，他于是答应履行她的意愿。

Pierre promised to do as she desired him, only then grasping the danger menacing the old count, and Nikolay, and Prince Andrey.

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