Duchie de Normaundie(Norman) Ducatus Normanniae(Latin)
911–1469
Heraldic flag of Normandy
Coat of arms
Normandy's historical[when?] borders in the northwest of France and the Channel Islands
Status
Vassal state of West Francia (911–987) Vassal state of France (987–1154) Part of the Angevin Empire (1154-1204) Client state of France (1204–1420; 1450–1469) Client state of England (1420–1450)
Capital
Rouen
Official languages
Norman • Medieval Latin
Minority languages
Old Norse (until the early-mid 11th century)[1]
Religion
Norse religion Roman Catholicism
Demonym(s)
Normans
Government
Feudal Monarchy
Duke of Normandy
• 911–927
Rollo (first)
• 1035–1087
William the Conqueror
• 1144–1150
Geoffrey Plantagenet
• 1199–1204
John
• 1465–1469
Charles (last)
Historical era
Middle Ages
• Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte
911
• Norman conquest of England
1066
• Geoffrey Plantagenet conquers the Duchy of Normandy
1144
• Continental Normandy conquered by Philip II
1204
• Treaty of Paris, Henry III formally recognises Capetian rule over Normandy, Anjou, Maine, and Poitou.
1259
• Incorporated into the Kingdom of France
1469
Currency
Denier (Rouen penny)
Succeeded by
1204: Bailiwick of Guernsey
Jersey
1469: Normandy (administrative region)
Today part of
France
Normandy
British Isles
Guernsey
Jersey
The Duchy of Normandy grew out of the 911 Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between King Charles III of West Francia and the Viking leader Rollo. The duchy was named for its inhabitants, the Normans.
From 1066 until 1204, as a result of the Norman conquest of England, the dukes of Normandy were usually also kings of England, the only exceptions being Dukes Robert Curthose (1087–1106), Geoffrey Plantagenet (1144–1150), and Henry II (1150–1152), who became king of England in 1154.
In 1202, Philip II of France declared Normandy forfeit to him and seized it by force of arms in 1204. It remained disputed territory until the Treaty of Paris of 1259, when the English sovereign ceded his claim except for the Channel Islands; i.e., the Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey, and their dependencies (including Sark).
In the Kingdom of France, the duchy was occasionally set apart as an appanage to be ruled by a member of the royal family. After 1469, however, it was permanently united to the royal domain, although the title was occasionally conferred as an honorific upon junior members of the royal family. The last French duke of Normandy in this sense was Louis-Charles, duke from 1785 to 1792.
The title "Duke of Normandy" continues to be used in an informal manner in the Channel Islands, to refer to the monarch of the United Kingdom.
^Trudgill, Peter (15 May 2021). "The slow death of Channel Islands Norman". The New European. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
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coextensive with the historical DuchyofNormandy. Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular Normandy (mostly the British Channel...
Middle Ages, the duke ofNormandy was the ruler of the DuchyofNormandy in north-western France. The duchy arose out of a grant of land to the Viking leader...
House ofNormandy (Norman: Maison de Nouormandie [mɛ.zɔ̃ d̪e nɔʁ.mɛnde]) designates the noble family which originates from the DuchyofNormandy and whose...
population arising in the medieval DuchyofNormandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia. The Norse settlements...
the core of the later duchyofNormandy. Normandy may have been used as a base when Scandinavian attacks on England were renewed at the end of the 10th...
king reneged and seized the lands of the DuchyofNormandy. He then split up the duchy, giving its lands in lower Normandy to Hugh the Great. Louis IV thereafter...
succeeded by his son William Longsword in the DuchyofNormandy that he had founded. The offspring of Rollo and his followers, through their intermingling...
population of 67,334. The Channel Islands were part of the DuchyofNormandy, whose dukes became kings of England from 1066. In 1204, as a consequence of the...
granted the DuchyofNormandy and to William Rufus he granted the Kingdom of England. The youngest son Henry was given money to buy land. Of the two elder...
region, prompting the establishment of the DuchyofNormandy in 911. After 150 years of expansion, the borders ofNormandy reached relative stability. These...
ofNormandy", and that "By 1205, England had lost most of its French lands, including Normandy. However, the Channel Islands, part of the lost Duchy,...
grandmother of Richard the Fearless, who forged the DuchyofNormandy into a great fief of medieval France. Dudo of Saint-Quentin, in his panegyric of the Norman...
Guernsey, consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and some smaller islands. Historically, they are the remnants of the DuchyofNormandy. Although they...
County of Flanders (to Burgundy in 1369) Duchyof Bourbon (1327–1523) Acquisitions during the 13th to 14th centuries: DuchyofNormandy (1204) County of Tourain...
islands were annexed by the DuchyofNormandy and were ruled separately by William the Conqueror even after becoming King of England. Over the centuries...
well as other House of Habsburg states such as the Grand Duchyof Tuscany and Liechtenstein Left the war after signing the Peace of Leoben with France...
integration ofNormandy into the royal domain of the Kingdom of France is the process of conquering and integrating the DuchyofNormandy into the domain...
(including Normandy, Anjou, and Aquitaine), an area that altogether was later called the Angevin Empire, and also held power over Scotland and the Duchyof Brittany...
The Invasion ofNormandy by Philip II of France were wars in Normandy from 1202 to 1204. The Angevin Empire fought the Kingdom of France as well as fighting...
common first name in the DuchyofNormandy, derived from the Indo-European personal name Wasso. The spelling and the pronunciation of this name were rendered...
Global Information
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