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61 relations: Abbey of Saint-Evroul, Anglo-Saxons, Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders, Baron, Battle of Cassel (1071), Battle of Hastings, Bayeux Tapestry, Berkeley Castle, Bishop of Exeter, Bosham, Breteuil, Eure, Carisbrooke Castle, Castle, Chepstow Castle, Clifford Castle, Companions of William the Conqueror, Cormeilles Abbey, Council of Lillebonne, Earl of Gloucester, Earl of Hereford, Earl of Wessex, Earl of Worcester, Edward the Confessor, Flanders, Fortification, Francis Palgrave, Gunnora, Hereford, Isle of Wight, Ivry-la-Bataille, Kingdom of Gwent, Lyre Abbey, Magnate, Military intelligence, Monmouth Castle, Normandy, Normans, Odo of Bayeux, Osbern FitzOsbern, Osbern the Steward, Pacy-sur-Eure, Peerage of England, Ralph de Gael, Richard I of Normandy, Richilde, Countess of Hainaut, Robert I, Count of Flanders, Robert I, Duke of Normandy, Rodulf of Ivry, Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Roger I of Tosny, ..., Shrewsbury, South Wales, Steward (office), Striguil, Wales, West Midlands (region), Whitsun, Wigmore Castle, William of Breteuil, William the Conqueror, York. Expand index (11 more) »
Abbey of Saint-Evroul
The Abbey of Saint-Evroul or Saint-Evroul-sur-Ouche (Saint-Evroult-sur-Ouche, Saint-Evroul-en-Ouche, Saint-Evroult-en-Ouche, Abbaye de Saint-Evroult, Sanctus Ebrulphus Uticensis) is a former Benedictine abbey in Normandy, located in the present commune of Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois, Orne, Normandy.
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Anglo-Saxons
The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century.
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Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders
Baldwin VI (– 17 July 1070), also known as Baldwin the Good, was Count of Hainaut from 1051 to 1070 (as Baldwin I) and Count of Flanders from 1067 to 1070.
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Baron
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary.
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Battle of Cassel (1071)
The Battle of Cassel was fought on 22 February 1071 between Robert I of Flanders (or Robert the Frisian) and his nephew, Arnulf III (son of Baldwin VI of Flanders).
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Battle of Hastings
The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
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Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry (Tapisserie de Bayeux or La telle du conquest; Tapete Baiocense) is an embroidered cloth nearly long and tall, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy, and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings.
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Berkeley Castle
Berkeley Castle (historically sometimes spelt Berkley Castle or Barkley Castle) is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, UK.
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Bishop of Exeter
The Bishop of Exeter is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury.
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Bosham
Bosham is a coastal village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England, centred about west of Chichester with its clustered developed part west of this.
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Breteuil, Eure
Breteuil (also called Breteuil-sur-Iton) is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France.
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Carisbrooke Castle
Carisbrooke Castle is an historic motte-and-bailey castle located in the village of Carisbrooke (near Newport), Isle of Wight, England.
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Castle
A castle (from castellum) is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages by predominantly the nobility or royalty and by military orders.
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Chepstow Castle
Chepstow Castle (Castell Cas-gwent) at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain.
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Clifford Castle
Clifford Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Clifford which lies 2.5 miles to the north east of Hay-on-Wye in the Wye Valley in Herefordshire, England.
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Companions of William the Conqueror
William the Conqueror had men of diverse standing and origins under his command at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
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Cormeilles Abbey
Cormeilles Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de Cormeilles) was a Benedictine monastery in Cormeilles, Normandy, in what is now the commune of Saint-Pierre-de-Cormeilles, Eure.
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Council of Lillebonne
The Council of Lillebonne was a meeting of the nobles and clergy of Normandy where, among other things, the expedition of William the Conqueror, then Duke of Normandy, was approved.
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Earl of Gloucester
The title of Earl of Gloucester was created several times in the Peerage of England.
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Earl of Hereford
The title of Earl of Hereford was created six times in the Peerage of England.
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Earl of Wessex
Earl of Wessex is a title that has been created three times in British history, twice in the pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon nobility of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
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Earl of Worcester
Earl of Worcester is a title that has been created five times in the Peerage of England.
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Edward the Confessor
Edward the Confessor (Ēadƿeard Andettere, Eduardus Confessor; 1003 – 5 January 1066), also known as Saint Edward the Confessor, was among the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England.
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Flanders
Flanders (Vlaanderen, Flandre, Flandern) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium, although there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, language, politics and history.
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Fortification
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare; and is also used to solidify rule in a region during peacetime.
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Francis Palgrave
Sir Francis Palgrave, (born Francis Ephraim Cohen, July 1788 – 6 July 1861) was an English archivist and historian.
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Gunnora
Gunnora (or Gunnor) (circa 936 – 5 Jan 1031) was a Duchess of Normandy and the wife of Richard I of Normandy.
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Hereford
Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England.
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Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight (also referred to informally as The Island or abbreviated to IOW) is a county and the largest and second-most populous island in England.
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Ivry-la-Bataille
Ivry-la-Bataille is a commune in the Eure Department in the Normandy region in northern France.
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Kingdom of Gwent
Gwent (Guent) was a medieval Welsh kingdom, lying between the Rivers Wye and Usk.
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Lyre Abbey
Lyre Abbey (L'abbaye Notre-Dame de Lyre) was a monastery in Normandy, founded in 1046 at what is now the village of La Vieille-Lyre.
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Magnate
Magnate, from the Late Latin magnas, a great man, itself from Latin magnus, 'great', designates a noble or other man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or other qualities.
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Military intelligence
Military intelligence is a military discipline that uses information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to assist commanders in their decisions.
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Monmouth Castle
Monmouth Castle (Castell Trefynwy) is a castle in the town of Monmouth, county town of Monmouthshire, south east Wales.
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Normandy
Normandy (Normandie,, Norman: Normaundie, from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is one of the 18 regions of France, roughly referring to the historical Duchy of Normandy.
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Normans
The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Normanni) were the people who, in the 10th and 11th centuries, gave their name to Normandy, a region in France.
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Odo of Bayeux
Odo of Bayeux (died 1097), Earl of Kent and Bishop of Bayeux, was the half-brother of William the Conqueror, and was, for a time, second in power after the King of England.
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Osbern FitzOsbern
Osbern fitzOsbern (c. 1032–1103) was an Norman churchman.
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Osbern the Steward
Osbern the Steward, known in French as Osbern de Crépon († about 1040), was the Steward of two Dukes of Normandy and the father of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, one of William the Conqueror's closest counsellors.
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Pacy-sur-Eure
Pacy-sur-Eure is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in north-western France.
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Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707.
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Ralph de Gael
Ralph de Gaël (otherwise Ralph de Guader, Radulf Waders or Ralph Wader) (before 1042 – c. 1096) was the Earl of East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk) and Lord of Gaël and Montfort (Seigneur de Gaël et Montfort).
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Richard I of Normandy
Richard I (28 August 932 – 20 November 996), also known as Richard the Fearless (French: Richard Sans-Peur; Old Norse: Jarl Richart), was the Count of Rouen or Jarl of Rouen from 942 to 996.
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Richilde, Countess of Hainaut
Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut (– 15 March 1086), was a ruling countess of Hainaut from c. 1050 until 1076, in co-regency with her husband Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders and son Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut.
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Robert I, Count of Flanders
Robert I of Flanders (–1093), known as Robert the Frisian, was count of Flanders from 1071 to his death in 1093.
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Robert I, Duke of Normandy
Robert the Magnificent (le Magnifique;He was also, although erroneously, said to have been called 'Robert the Devil' (le Diable). Robert I was never known by the nickname 'the devil' in his lifetime. 'Robert the Devil' was a fictional character who was confused with Robert I, Duke of Normandy sometime near the end of the Middle Ages. See: François Neveux, A Brief History of the Normans, trans. Howard Curtis (Constable & Robinson, Ltd. London, 2008), p. 97 & n. 5. 22 June 1000 – 1–3 July 1035), was the Duke of Normandy from 1027 until his death in 1035.
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Rodulf of Ivry
Rodulf of Ivry (Rodolf, Raoul, comte d'Ivry) (died c. 1015) was a Norman noble, and regent of Normandy during the minority of Richard II.
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Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford
Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford (1056 – after 1087), succeeded in 1071 to the earldom of Hereford and the English estate of his father, William Fitz-Osbern.
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Roger I of Tosny
Roger I of Tosny or Roger of Hispania (d. ca. 1040) was a Norman nobleman of the House of Tosny who took part in the Reconquista of Iberia.
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Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, England.
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South Wales
South Wales (De Cymru) is the region of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west.
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Steward (office)
A steward is an official who is appointed by the legal ruling monarch to represent them in a country, and may have a mandate to govern it in their name; in the latter case, synonymous with the position of regent, vicegerent, viceroy (for Romance languages), governor, or deputy (the Roman rector, praefectus or vicarius).
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Striguil
Striguil or Strigoil is the name which was used from the 11th century until the late 14th century for the port and Norman castle of Chepstow, on the Welsh side of the River Wye which forms the boundary with England.
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Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.
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West Midlands (region)
The West Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes.
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Whitsun
Whitsun (also Whitsunday or Whit Sunday) is the name used especially in Britain and Ireland, and throughout the world among Anglicans and Methodists, for the Christian festival of Pentecost, the seventh Sunday after Easter, which commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Christ's disciples (Acts 2).
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Wigmore Castle
Wigmore Castle is a ruined castle about from the village of Wigmore in the northwest region of Herefordshire, England.
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William of Breteuil
William of Breteuil was Benedictine abbot of Breteuil, near Beauvais, France.
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William the Conqueror
William I (c. 1028Bates William the Conqueror p. 33 – 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087.
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York
York is a historic walled city at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_FitzOsbern,_1st_Earl_of_Hereford
