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During November they struggled to put together an army and to accumulate sufficient supplies to feed and equip it. The army was based at the main French supply centre with King Philip's oldest son, the Dauphin John, Duke of Normandy, in command. There are no contemporary figures on the size of the French army, but it was considerably larger ...
2nd Duke of Normandy r. 996–1027: Robert Count of Évreux, Archbishop of Rouen: Mauger c. 988 –1032 m. Germain, Countess of Corbeil: Geoffrey d. c. 1010 Count of Eu: William I 978–after 1057 Count of Eu and Hiémois: House of Clare: Richard III 997/1001–1027 3rd Duke of Normandy r. 1026–1027: Robert I "the Magnificent" 1000–1035 4th ...
Statue of Rollo, founder of the fiefdom of Normandy, standing in Falaise, Calvados, birthplace of his descendant William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy who became King of England. Starting with Rollo, Normandy was ruled by an enduring and long-lived Viking dynasty. Illegitimacy was not a bar to succession and three of the first six rulers ...
In late September the French gathered a 7,000-strong army together with a strong force of siege artillery at Angers, 80 kilometres (50 mi) east of the Brittany border, to enforce Charles's claim. This was commanded by Philip's eldest son, John, Duke of Normandy , although Philip, nervous and half-hearted about resorting to armed force ...
Duke of Normandy r. 1170–1183 in his father's lifetime: Richard IV "Lionheart" 1157–1199 11th Duke of Normandy, King of England as "Richard I" r. 1189–1199: John "Lackland" 1166–1216 12th Duke of Normandy, King of England r. 1199–1216: Henry III 1207–1272 13th Duke of Normandy r. 1216–1259 King of England r. 1216–1272
He is sometimes referred to as a "duke of Normandy", though the title duke (dux) did not come into common usage until the 11th century. [2] Longsword was known at the time as count (Latin comes) of Rouen. [3] [4] Flodoard—always detailed about titles—consistently referred to both Rollo and his son William as principes (chieftains) of the ...
William the Conqueror William is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry during the Battle of Hastings, lifting his helmet to show that he is still alive. King of England Reign 25 December 1066 – 9 September 1087 Coronation 25 December 1066 Predecessor Edgar Ætheling (uncrowned) Harold II (crowned) Successor William II Duke of Normandy Reign 3 July 1035 – 9 September 1087 Predecessor Robert I ...
John, Duke of Normandy, the son and heir of Philip VI, was placed in charge of all French forces in south west France, as he had been the previous autumn.In March 1346 a French army numbering between 15,000 and 20,000, [17] enormously superior to any force the Anglo-Gascons could field, [18] marched on Aiguillon and besieged it on 1 April. [17]