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3 days ago · Henry II., was the great-grandson of Reginald de Bailleul of Bailleul-en-Gouffern, near Argentan in Normandy, and Lord of Weston, Berton, Brotön, and Newton, in Staffordshire, and divers manors in other - counties held of the king in capite, and under Roger de Montgomery, his wife's uncle, A.D. 1086.
3 days ago · Rolf: 1 n Norse chieftain who became the first duke of Normandy (860-931) Synonyms: Hrolf , Rollo Example of: chief , chieftain , headman , tribal chief the head of a tribe or clan
4 days ago · He was succeeded by Robert de Stutevill, who, however, forfeited his lands by joining Robert Duke of Normandy in the rebellion against Henry I. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Tenchebrai in 1106 and his barony was granted to Niel Daubeney, (fn. 84) the founder of the second house of Mowbray, who had fought on the king's side and already ...
1 day ago · David II died childless in 1371 and was succeeded by his nephew Robert II of the House of Stuart. The reigns of both Robert II and his successor, Robert III, were marked by a general decline in royal power. When Robert III died in 1406, regents had to rule the country; the monarch, Robert III's son James I, had been taken captive by the English ...
2 days ago · The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets , which is separated from the eastern edge of the square mile of the City of London by the open space known as ...
1 day ago · About the year 1030, the fleet of Robert, Duke of Normandy, which was to support the claim of his cousins Alfred and Edward to the English crown against Canute, was scattered by a storm, and was driven down the Channel to Guernsey. The Duke was taken to St. Michael's Abbey.
2 days ago · Sir Roger, and Margery his wife, claimed in an assise, the advowson of the church of Brandeston, against Robert Fitz-Roger, which Simon Peche, his wife's grandfather, was possessed of. In the 15th of the said King, he claimed a weekly mercate on Friday, a fair on the decollation of St. John Baptist, and free warren.
