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Rollo left a legacy of the Founder of Normandy and his leadership and integration of Viking settlers into the region transformed it into a stable political entity. [56] His lineage played a key role in shaping medieval Europe, as it was William the Conqueror, a descendant of Rollo's, who famously led the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 ...
William the Conqueror [a] (c. 1028 [1] [2] – 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, [3] [b] was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy (as William II) [4] from 1035 onward.
Rollo, 911–927; William Longsword, 927–942; The Norman dukes of Normandy were: Richard I, 942–996 [7] Richard II, 996–1027 [8] Richard III, 1026–1027 [9] Robert I, 1027–1035 [10] William, 1035–1066 (became King of England as William the Conqueror) The Norman monarchs of England and Normandy were: William the Conqueror, 1066–1087
The term "Companions of the Conqueror" in the widest sense signifies those who planned, organised and joined with William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, in the great adventure which was the Norman Conquest (1066-1071). The term is however more narrowly defined as those nobles who actually fought with Duke William in the Battle of Hastings. [2]
William II (of Normandy) "the Conqueror" c. 1028 –1087 5th Duke of Normandy r. 1035–1087, King of England as "William I" r. 1066–1087: William c. 1015 –1067 Count of Évreux: Robert II "Curthose" c. 1051 –1134 6th Duke of Normandy r. 1087–1106: Richard c. 1054 –1070: Adela c. 1067 –1137 m. Stephen II, Count of Blois: William II ...
William the Conqueror's governor during his minority. Anquetil of Harcourt, son of Turquetil and of Anceline of Montfort, was the first seigneur of Harcourt known under this title. In 1066, he accompanied William the Conqueror on his conquest of England, obtaining lands in England. His possessions stretched along both sides of the English ...
Normandy was born in 911, when Charles the Simple, King of West Francia, ceded part of Neustria to the Viking Rollo at the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte. [1] Although Normandy may have been totally independent in its early years, as the Viking chieftain was unaware of the feudal system, [2] it soon became a fiefdom in which its chieftain had to pay tribute to the King of France as a vassal. [3]
Poppa of Bayeux (French: [pɔpa d(ə) bɛjø]; born c. 880) was the wife more danico [2] [3] of the Viking leader Rollo.She was the mother of William I Longsword, Gerloc [4] [5] and grandmother of Richard the Fearless, who forged the Duchy of Normandy into a great fief of medieval France. [6]