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Duchy of Normany
AD 911 -1202

The name Normandy was derived from 'North Man', a common name at the time for Vikings. The duchy was founded by Vikings from territory granted by the French crown to keep the peace.

911 - 927

Rollo / Rolf / Rollon

Viking Leader (d.932).

911

Rollo receives Upper Normandy from Charles III the Simple of France. The following year he converts his Vikings to Christianity.

924

Middle Normandy is added to the duchy.

927 - 942

William I Longsword

933

William I gains the Cherbourg Peninsula for Normandy.

942 - 996

Richard I the Fearless

996 - 1026

Richard II the Good

1026 - 1027

Richard III

1027 - 1035

Robert I the Devil

1035

The Hauteville brothers arrive in Italy from Normandy and found the county of Apulia.

1035 - 1087

William the Bastard / the Conqueror

First Norman king of England (1066-1087).

1087 - 1106

Robert II Curthose

Eldest son (d.1134).

1106 - 1135

Henry I

Third son. King Henry I of England (1100-1135).

1135 - 1145

Stephen

Son of Adela, dau of William II. King of England (1135-1154).

1145 - 1150

Geoffrey Plantagenet of Anjou

Husband of Matilda, legitimate heir to the English throne.

1150 - 1189

Henry II

Son of Matilda & Geoffrey. King of England (1154-1189).

1189 - 1199

Richard I Coeur de Lion

King of England.

1199 - 1202

John Lackland

King of England.

1202

John loses the duchy to the French crown.