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3 days ago · Queen Emma of Normandy c. 985 –1052 Queen of the English: King Cnut the Great c. 985/995 –1035 King of England r. 1016–1035: Queen Ælfgifu of Northampton c. 990 – after 1040 the first wife of King Cnut: Richard II 963–1026 Duke of Normandy: Æthelstan Ætheling 980s–1014 First Son of King Æthelred the Unready: King Edmund II ...
5 days ago · The Cathedral Saint-Louis de Blois, often simply known as Blois Cathedral, stands as a testament to unwavering faith and architectural brilliance that has graced the city for centuries. Situated in the picturesque town of Blois, this cathedral has been a place of worship, cultural significance, and artistic inspiration, leaving an indelible ...
Hardecanute (born c. 1019—died June 8, 1042) was the king of Denmark from 1028 to 1042 and of England from 1040 to 1042. Son of King Canute and Emma, daughter of Richard I, duke of Normandy, Hardecanute was made co-king of Denmark by Canute about 1030. On Canute’s death in 1035, a party led by Emma and Godwine, earl of Wessex, wished to ...
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2 days ago · Henry II of England. Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Fitzempress and Henry Curtmantle, [2] was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. During his reign he controlled England, substantial parts of Wales and Ireland, and much of France (including Normandy, Anjou, and Aquitaine ), an area that altogether was ...
3 days ago · Gilles de Rais (c. 1405 – 26 October 1440), Baron de Rais, was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army during the Hundred Years' War, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known for his reputation and later conviction as a confessed serial killer of children.
4 days ago · His work was continued by Henry of Blois (abbot 1126–71) and a building laid out on the lines of St. Albans abbey church was completed c. 1140. All the monastic buildings were destroyed by fire in 1184 with the exception of a chamber and its chapel built by Robert of Winchester (abbot 1171–8) and the bell-tower built by Henry of Blois ...
4 days ago · Then for several years there was continuous strife between the monks of Hyde and the high born and imperious Bishop Henry de Blois. By him, say the Hyde annalists, was ithe great cross of Cnut burnt, alluding to its loss in the great fire, when the bishop directed fireballs to be thrown from his castle of Wolvesey into that quarter of the city ...
