The duchy of Normandy came into existence in AD 911 as the result of settlement of the lower Seine Valley in northern France by Northmen or Vikings. With its energetic inhabitants and its well ...

The duchy of Normandy came into existence in AD 911 as the result of settlement of the lower Seine Valley in northern France by Northmen or Vikings. With its energetic inhabitants and its well ...

Her separate coronation took place in 1068. She was buried at the Abbey she had founded at Caen in France. They had four sons and six daughters. Eldest son Robert was given the duchy of Normandy, ...