Battle Of Hastings

Battle Of Hastings

male
The Battle of Hastings was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman conquest of England. The location was a hill approximately six miles north of...
Charles The Simple

Charles The Simple

male, deceased (929)
Charles III (September 17, 879 - October 7, 929), called the Simple (contemporary Latin: "simplex", meaning "straightforward, uncomplicated", not...
Robert Guiscard

Robert Guiscard

male, deceased (1085)
Robert Guiscard (from Latin "Viscardus" and Old French "Viscart", often rendered "the Resourceful", "the Cunning", "the Wily", or "the Fox" — mo...
William Of Poitiers

William Of Poitiers

male, deceased (1090)
William of Poitiers, Norman chronicler, was born at Les Préaux, near Pont-Audemer, and belonged to an influential Norman family. After serving as a...
John Of Salisbury

John Of Salisbury

male, deceased (1180)
John of Salisbury, English author, diplomat and bishop of Chartres, was born at Salisbury. Beyond the fact that he was of Saxon, not of Norman...
Hugh The Great

Hugh The Great

male, deceased (956)
Hugh the Great (d. 956) was duke of the Franks and count of Paris, son of King Robert I of France and nephew of King Odo. His eldest son was Hugh...
Wace

Wace

male, deceased (1183)
Wace (c. 1115 - c. 1183) was an Anglo-Norman poet, who was born in Jersey and brought up in mainland Normandy (he tells us in the "Roman de Rou"...
Herleva

Herleva

female, deceased (1050)
Herleva also known as Arlette, Arletta, and Herlève, was the mother of William I of England. The background of Herleva and the circumstances of W...
Emma Of Normandy

Emma Of Normandy

male, deceased (1052)
Emma (c. 985-March 6, 1052 in Winchester, Hampshire), was daughter of Richard the Fearless, Duke of Normandy, by his second wife Gunnora. She was...

Roger I of Sicily

male, deceased (1101)
Roger I (1031 - June 22, 1101), called Bosso and the Great Count, was the Norman Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101.