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Philip the Good, the new duke, and the French court threw themselves into Henry's arms [citation needed]. After six months of negotiation, the Treaty of Troyes recognised Henry as the heir and regent of France (see English Kings of France ), and, on 2 June 1420, Henry married Catherine of Valois , the daughter of Charles VI of France.
Duke of Normandy, peer of France: mightiest vassal of the French crown, later also kings of England. By privilege, they cannot be summoned by the King of France beyond the borders of the duchy of Normandy; King John of England had attempted to invoke this privilege to avoid the summons of Philip Augustus to his court in Paris. Merged into the ...
The title of duke, abolished during the French Revolution, was reestablished in 1806. Several dukes were created under the Empire and under the governments that followed. Under the Ancien régime, from the 16th century onwards, the title of Monsieur le Duc was used to designate the eldest son of the Prince of Condé.
Family tree of the early dukes of Normandy and Norman kings of England. In the Middle Ages, the duke of Normandy was the ruler of the Duchy of Normandy in north-western France. The duchy arose out of a grant of land to the Viking leader Rollo by the French king Charles the Simple in 911. In 924 and again in 933, Normandy was expanded by royal ...
Location of the anciente French Vexin province. In 1066, William the Conqueror seized the crown of England.From then on, the Duke of Normandy held the title of Duke of Normandy (still vassal to the King of France) as well as King of England (sovereign in his own kingdom), [8] except between 1087 and 1106. [9]
As Duke of Aquitaine, Edward was a vassal to the French king. From 1152, the Duchy of Aquitaine was held by the Plantagenets, who also ruled England as independent monarchs and held other territories in France by separate inheritance (see Plantagenet Empire). The Plantagenets were often more powerful than the kings of France, and their ...
The British historian Ben Pimlott noted that while Queen Elizabeth II was on a visit to mainland Normandy in May 1967, French locals began to doff their hats and shout "Vive la Duchesse!", to which the Queen supposedly replied "Well, I am the Duke of Normandy!"
Edward I of England (1272-1307) 6 Dukes of Normandy Normandy Kings of England John, King of England (Nominal 1199-1216) Henry III of England (1216-1272) Confiscated by the Crown of France 7 Duke-Bishop of Langres Kings of France Hutin de Vandeuvre (1200-1205) Robert de Châtillon (1205-1210) Hugues de Montréal (1220-1236) Robert de Torote ...