Norman England

State · 1072–1168 CE · at its largest around 1094 CE

England after William the Conqueror's victory at Hastings in 1066, when a Norman aristocracy replaced the Anglo-Saxon elite and the Domesday Book surveyed the kingdom.

On its lands while it lasted

William the Conqueror (c. 1028 CE – 1087 CE): Duke of Normandy who conquered England in 1066 and became its first Norman king.
Isle of Man (c. 1085 CE): Capital of Kingdom of the Isles (1085–1176), Kingdom of Mann (1177–1266).
Castletown (c. 1085 CE): Capital of Kingdom of the Isles (1085–1176), Kingdom of Mann (1177–1266).
Domesday Book (1086 CE): The record of a great survey of England’s land and resources ordered by William the Conqueror, completed in 1086. The manuscript is kept at The National Archives in Kew.
University of Oxford (c. 1096 CE): Teaching existed at Oxford by 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world. It grew rapidly after Henry II barred English students from the University of Paris in 1167.
Thomas Becket (c. 1120 CE – 1170 CE): Archbishop of Canterbury murdered in his cathedral in 1170 after a conflict with Henry II; canonised and venerated as a martyr.