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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 |
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933 |
William
I gains the Cherbourg Peninsula for Normandy. |
942 - 996 |
Richard I the Fearless |
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996 - 1026 |
Richard II the Good |
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1026 - 1027 |
Richard III |
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1027 - 1035 |
Robert I the Devil |
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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. |
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