Before William the Conqueror crossed the English Channel in 1066, he had to first secure control of his own duchy. This ...

2011 is a special year, and throughout it the region is celebrating the 1100th anniversary of the creation of the Duchy of Normandy. • Medieval Festival in Bayeux, July 1,2,3: A celebration of ...

Documentary on Rollo, the Viking founder of Normandy. As the Carolingian Empire fell apart, a new power would come to emanate across the Latin world from the Duchy of Normandy. The Normans, who ...

Contentin Peninsular including Les Isles Normandes (Channel Islands) is added to the Duchy by Duke William I (the Longsword). 1020 Guernsey is divided into two fiefs by Richard II, Duke of Normandy.

Historically, the Channel Islands once formed part of the Duchy of Normandy. In 1066, both Normandy and England came under the rule of William the Conqueror.

The Channel Islands were owned by the Duchy of Normandy, and passed to the English Crown when William the Conqueror became King of England in 1066. While England lost mainland Normandy in 1204, ...