32 events with tag "Normandy"
911
ID: 2953
Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte - Charles the Simple grants Normandy to Viking Rollo, creates Duchy of Normandy
ID: 2953
912
ID: 3723
Rollo baptized as Robert I - Viking leader converts to Christianity as part of treaty, takes Christian name Robert
ID: 3723
924
ID: 3724
Rollo expands Normandy westward - granted additional territories including Bayeux and Maine by King Raoul
ID: 3724
927
ID: 3725
William Longsword becomes Duke - Rollo's son takes control while father still alive, continues Christianization
ID: 3725
933
ID: 3726
Normandy gains Cotentin and Avranchin - William Longsword receives western territories, doubles size of duchy
ID: 3726
942
ID: 3727
December 17, 942
William Longsword assassinated - killed by Arnulf of Flanders at peace meeting, leaves child heir Richard
ID: 3727
943
ID: 3728
Richard I becomes Duke at age 10 - Louis IV tries to annex Normandy, holds young duke captive at Laon
ID: 3728
945
ID: 3729
Richard I escapes captivity - Bernard the Dane helps young duke escape, Norse allies restore him to power
ID: 3729
962
ID: 3730
Pagan revolt in Normandy - Richard I suppresses Viking pagan uprising, enforces Christianity
ID: 3730
996
ID: 3731
Richard II the Good becomes Duke - peaceful succession, promotes church reform and monastic revival
ID: 3731
1001
ID: 3732
Richard II refounds Fécamp Abbey - brings Italian reformers, becomes intellectual center of Normandy
ID: 3732
1002
ID: 5876
April 1002
Aethelred marries Emma of Normandy - alliance to prevent Vikings using Norman ports, Emma becomes queen, takes English name Aelfgifu
ID: 5876
1013
ID: 5878
Emma flees to Normandy with children - escapes Sweyn's invasion, seeks refuge with brother Duke Richard II
ID: 5878
1017
ID: 5885
Emma's sons by Aethelred remain in Norman exile - Edward and Alfred stay in Normandy while mother reigns with their father's conqueror
ID: 5885
1027
ID: 3733
Robert the Magnificent becomes Duke - rebels against brother Richard III who dies mysteriously
ID: 3733
1034
ID: 3734
Robert the Magnificent goes on pilgrimage - leaves for Jerusalem, appoints young bastard son William as heir
ID: 3734
1035
ID: 3735
William the Bastard becomes Duke at age 7 - Robert dies on return from Jerusalem, anarchy threatens duchy
ID: 3735
1040
ID: 3736
Murder of William's guardians - multiple protectors assassinated, young duke sleeps in peasant houses for safety
ID: 3736
1047
ID: 3737
Battle of Val-ès-Dunes - William with French King Henry I defeats Norman rebels, secures his duchy
ID: 3737
1053
ID: 3738
William marries Matilda of Flanders - strategic marriage despite papal opposition over consanguinity
ID: 3738
1054
ID: 3739
Battle of Mortemer - William defeats French invasion, King Henry I's brother captured
ID: 3739
1054
ID: 5183
Henry I defeated by William of Normandy at Mortemer - French royal power at nadir, confined to Île-de-France
ID: 5183
1057
ID: 3740
Battle of Varaville - William crushes French army at tidal crossing, ensures Norman independence
ID: 3740
1059
ID: 3741
Lanfranc at Bec - Italian scholar makes Norman monastery leading center of learning in Europe
ID: 3741
1065
ID: 3742
William begins planning English invasion - builds fleet, gains papal support, recruits mercenaries
ID: 3742
1106
ID: 2599
September 28, 1106
Battle of Tinchebray - Henry defeats and captures brother Robert, Normandy and England reunited
ID: 2599
1135
ID: 2605
December 1, 1135
Death of Henry I - dies in Normandy from 'surfeit of lampreys', Stephen seizes throne while Matilda in Anjou
ID: 2605
1194
ID: 2385
Richard builds Château Gaillard - 'Saucy Castle' on Seine to defend Normandy, engineering masterpiece completed in two years
ID: 2385
1204
ID: 2389
Loss of Normandy - Philip Augustus takes Château Gaillard and Rouen, John loses ancestral Angevin lands, earns nickname 'Lackland'
ID: 2389
1204
ID: 5204
Philip Augustus takes Normandy - captures Rouen, ends 300 years of Norman control, John Lackland flees
ID: 5204
1346
ID: 2436
July 12, 1346
Edward III invades Normandy - chevauchée (destructive raid) strategy devastates French countryside
ID: 2436
1417
ID: 2477
Henry V's second invasion of France - systematic conquest of Normandy begins, different from earlier raids
ID: 2477