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Lyons-la-Forêt [3] is located 34 km (21 mi) from Rouen and 28 km (17 mi) from Gisors.Former name: Saint-Denis-en-Lyons. Lyons was originally the name of the forest Licontio-/Ligontio-, based probably on the Celtic root lic/lig, that is also found in the name of the stream: la Lieure Licoris /Ligoris.
The family derives its name from the district of the Forest of Lyons, north of the town of Lyons-la-Forêt in Haute Normandie, where their seat was the Castle of Lyons. During the first decades of the 12th century, Henry I of England built a new castle in the district, the Château de Lyons-la-Forêt, where he died in 1135. [2] [3] [4]
The Château de Lyons-la-Forêt was a castle in Lyons-la-Forêt in the Eure département of France. [1] The castle was constructed at the start of the 12th century by Henry I of England, also known as "Henri Beauclerc". [1] He died there in 1135, supposedly from "a surfeit of lampreys".
Lyons is a surname with several origins. It is the name of an eminent Anglo-Norman family (originally styled de Lyons, or de Leonne, and also spelled Lyon) that is descended from Ingelram de Lyons, Lord of Lyons, who arrived in England with the Norman Conquest, and from his relation, Nicholas de Lyons, who emigrated from Normandy to England in 1080 and was granted lands at Warkworth ...
Mortemer Abbey (French: L'Abbaye de Mortemer, pronounced [labei də mɔʁtəmɛʁ]) is a former Cistercian monastery in the Forest of Lyons between the present Lyons-la-Forêt and Lisors, some 34 km (21 mi) southeast of Rouen in the department of Eure. It is located on the territory of the commune of Lisors.
Dozens of animals were rescued and transported from fire-ravaged areas in Los Angeles County to other cities in California such as San Diego and Sacramento.. The series of deadly wildfires, which ...
Lyons or Lyon is a city in France. Lyons may also refer to: Places. Australia. Lyons, Australian Capital Territory ... Lyons-la-Forêt, France; Ireland. Lyons Hill ...
Update at 2:45 p.m. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the name of the man suspected of killing three people in Mahomet Wednesday night before fleeing to Berwyn, where he was ...