The Normans

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IMAGE by Svend Nielsen on Unsplash

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Bayeux Tapestry-The Norman Army

Who were the Normans?

A Brief History

The Scandinavians Our Viking Beginnings

SIMAGE OURCE: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vikings_Undead.jpg

Rollo,
a Viking,was first Duke of Normandy, b. 835/870 in Scandinavia & d. 928/933 Normandy. His reign was 911–928.

William the Conqueror, b. 1028 –
d. 9 Sept 1087. With his victory at the Battle of Hastings, he became 1st Norman King of England and reigned until 1087.

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Our Norman Antecedents

Bayeux Tapestry & The Battle of Hastings—1066 CE

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SOURCE:Bayeux Museum

SOURCE -MAGES: Wikimedia Commons & BACKGROUND: Unsplash

Norman Legacy

Oct

1066

Norman fleet crosses channel. Harold learns about Norman fleet and marches army 10 km from Hastings. William meets enemy army and battle begins, then he goes on to conquer other cities to London. Victory for William and defeat & death of Harold, Established the Normans as rulers of England.

Robert 1 was b. 1000 and d. 1035. His reign as Duke of Normandy was from 1027-1035. He was called The Magnificent and was the father of William the Conqueror.

Edward the Confessor, King of England, dies.

Harold Godwinson is crowned King Harold II of England, although it throne was promised to William in 1051. William prepares to invade England to assert claim to English throne.

Jan-Sept

1066

Due to weather, William's army remains in Normandy.

Harold marches north to battle opponents.

Norman fleets arrives in south at Pevensey and William occupies Hastings.

Jan

1066

Nov-Dec

1066

ViCTORY &
CORONATION

BATTLE of HASTINGS

CLAIM to THRONE

INVASION BEGINS

According to Bayeux Tapestry, Harold was killed when he was struck in the eye by an arrow. By nightfall, William won the decisive battle and was crowned King of England on December 25, 1066, resulting in profound changes in the history of the British Isles.

BACKGROUND IMAGE: Medieval Image of Battle of Hastings, https://www.britishbattles.com/norman-conquest/battle-of-hastings/

Watch two videos, The Animated Bayeux Tapestry & The Battle of Hastings above,

to learn about the Norman military conquest of England and the Battle of Hastings.

You can play them simultaneously.

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"From around A.D. 800 to the 11th century, a vast number of Scandinavians left their homelands to seek their fortunes elsewhere. These seafaring warriors–known collectively as Vikings or Norsemen (“Northmen”)–began by raiding coastal sites, especially undefended monasteries, in the British Isles. Over the next three centuries, they would leave their mark as pirates, raiders, traders and settlers on much of Britain and the European continent, as well as parts of modern-day Russia, Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland."

"The events of 1066 in England effectively marked the end of the Viking Age. By that time, all of the Scandinavian kingdoms were Christian, and what remained of Viking “culture” was being absorbed into the culture of Christian Europe. Today, signs of the Viking legacy can be found mostly in the Scandinavian origins of some vocabulary and place-names in the areas in which they settled, including northern England, Scotland and Russia. In Iceland, the Vikings left an extensive body of literature, the Icelandic sagas, in which they celebrated the greatest victories of their glorious past."

TEXT SOURCE: https://www.history.com/topics/exploration/vikings-history#section_2

The Normans are our ANTECEDENTS! Our Norman heritage follows the Niquet ancestry through Marie Claude Miville (1681-1754) dite DESCHENES who married Francois Niquet Sr (1677-1709) and descends through our Niquet/ Niquette lineage, about 26 generations back from us to William the Conqueror.

As we follow the lineage of William the Conqueror back further through his father, Robert I (June 1000-July 1035) and his great-great-great grandfather, Rollo (860—932), we connect to the Vikings ancestrally and to their conquest historically of what is today Normandy. Rollo, a Scandinavian and a legendary Viking warrior, was the first ruler of Normandy and often referred to as the progenitor of the House of Normandy. Later, it was our French ancestors who emigrated to Canada from the Normandy province. Full circle!

JUST SO YOU KNOW...

Charlemagne (747-816), King of the Franks and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, was the ninth great grandfather of William the Conqueror. And our ANTECEDENT!