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Battle of Tinchebray

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The Battle of Tinchebray (alternate spellings Tinchebrai or Tenchebrai) was fought 28 September 1106, in Tinchebray (today in Orne département of France), Normandy, between an invading force led by King Henry I of England, and his elder brother Robert Curthose, the Duke of Normandy. [1]

27 relations: Alan IV, Duke of Brittany, Bayeux, Caen, Cardiff Castle, Departments of France, Devizes Castle, Duke of Normandy, Edgar Ætheling, Elias I, Count of Maine, Falaise, Calvados, Henry I of England, Hugh de Grandmesnil, Investiture Controversy, Knight's fee, Mortain, Normandy, Orne, Raoul II of Tosny, Robert Curthose, Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, Rosemary Sutcliff, Tinchebray, William Clito, William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey, William, Count of Évreux, William, Count of Mortain.

Alan IV, Duke of Brittany

Alan IV (born circa 1063; died 13 October 1119) was Duke of Brittany from 1084 until his abdication in 1112.

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Bayeux

Bayeux is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France.

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Caen

Caen (Norman: Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France.

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Cardiff Castle

Cardiff Castle (Castell Caerdydd) is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales.

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Departments of France

In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government below the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the commune.

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Devizes Castle

Devizes Castle was a medieval fortification in the town of Devizes, Wiltshire, England, on a site now occupied by a Victorian-era castle.

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Duke of Normandy

In the Middle Ages, the Duke of Normandy was the ruler of the Duchy of Normandy in north-western France.

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Edgar Ætheling

Edgar Ætheling (also spelt Æþeling, Aetheling, Atheling or Etheling) or Edgar II (c. 1051 – c. 1126) was the last male member of the royal house of Cerdic of Wessex (see House of Wessex family tree).

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Elias I, Count of Maine

Elias I (also Hélie or Élie) (died 11 July 1110),Nécrologe-obituaire de la cathédrale du Mans, G. Busson and A. Ledru eds., Archives historiques de Maine VII (Le Mans 1906),163-164.

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Falaise, Calvados

Falaise is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

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Henry I of England

Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death.

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Hugh de Grandmesnil

Hugh de Grandmesnil (1032 – 22 February 1098), also known as Hugues or Hugo de Grentmesnil or Grentemesnil, is one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror known to have fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

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Investiture Controversy

The Investiture controversy or Investiture contest was a conflict between church and state in medieval Europe over the ability to appoint local church officials through investiture.

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Knight's fee

In feudal Anglo-Norman England and Ireland, a knight's fee was a unit measure of land deemed sufficient to support a knight.

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Mortain

Mortain is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

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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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Orne

Orne is a department in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne.

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Raoul II of Tosny

Raoul II de Tosnyseigneur de Conches-en-Ouche (died 9 April 1102) was a Norman nobleman of the House of Tosny, son of Roger I of Tosny.

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Robert Curthose

Robert Curthose (3 February 1134), sometimes called Robert II or Robert III, was the Duke of Normandy from 1087 until 1106 and an unsuccessful claimant to the throne of the Kingdom of England.

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Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester

Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester (– 5 June 1118), also known as Robert of Meulan, Count of Meulan, was a powerful Norman nobleman, one of the companions of William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest of England, and was revered as one of the wisest men of his age.

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Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury

Robert de Bellême (– after 1130), seigneur de Bellême (or Belèsme), seigneur de Montgomery, viscount of the Hiémois, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury and Count of Ponthieu, was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, and one of the most prominent figures in the competition for the succession to England and Normandy between the sons of William the Conqueror.

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Rosemary Sutcliff

Rosemary Sutcliff (14 December 1920 – 23 July 1992) was an English novelist best known for children's books, especially historical fiction and retellings of myths and legends.

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Tinchebray

Tinchebray is a former commune in the Orne department in the Lower Normandy region in north-western France.

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William Clito

William Clito (25 October 1102 – 28 July 1128) reigned as Count of Flanders and claimed the Duchy of Normandy.

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William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey

William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey (died 11 May 1138) was the son of William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey and his first wife Gundred.

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William, Count of Évreux

William, Count of Évreux (died 16 April 1118) was a powerful member of the Norman aristocracy during the period following the Norman conquest of England.

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William, Count of Mortain

William of Mortain, Count of Mortain, 3rd Earl of Cornwall (bef. 1084–aft. 1140).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tinchebray

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