Duchy of Normandy

State · 922–1071 CE · at its largest around 1066 CE

A duchy in northern France created when the Viking leader Rollo received land from Charles the Simple. Duke William conquered England in 1066.

Its battles, in Battle View

• Battle of Hastings (1066 CE)

On its lands while it lasted

• Rouen (c. 922 CE): Capital of Duchy of Normandy (922–1071).
• Rennes (c. 947 CE): Capital of Duchy of Brittany (947–1491).
• Le Mans (c. 990 CE): Capital of County of Maine (990–1481).
• Cnut the Great (c. 990 CE – 1035 CE): Danish prince who became king of England, Denmark and Norway, ruling a North Sea empire.
• William the Conqueror (c. 1028 CE – 1087 CE): Duke of Normandy who conquered England in 1066 and became its first Norman king.
• Battle of Hastings (1066 CE): William, Duke of Normandy, defeated and killed King Harold II, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
• Bayeux Tapestry (c. 1070 CE): Embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres long depicting the events leading up to and including the Norman conquest of England.

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