Normans

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ethnic group medieval people

The Normans were a medieval people of Viking origin who settled in northern France and became a powerful military and political force in Europe, most famously conquering England in 1066 under William the Conqueror.

Aliases (6)

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group → medieval people →
built	Durham Cathedral → Tower of London → numerous stone castles in England →
capitalRegion	Rouen →
conquered	Duchy of Apulia and Calabria → England → Ireland (parts) → Malta → Principality of Antioch → Sicily → Wales (parts) → southern Italy →
culturalInfluenceOn	English aristocracy → English language → English law →
dynastyFounded	Hauteville family rule in southern Italy and Sicily → Norman dynasty of England →
ethnogenesisCountry	Kingdom of France →
ethnogenesisPlace	Normandy →
famousBattle	Battle of Hastings →
famousDate	1066 →
famousEvent	Norman Conquest of England →
firstRuler	Rollo →
foundedBy	Rollo →
hasOrigin	Norsemen → Vikings →
introducedToEngland	Norman French language → Romanesque architecture → feudalism →
language	Old French → Old Norman →
mergedWith	Anglo-Saxons in England → French population of Normandy → Greek and Arab populations in Sicily → Lombards in southern Italy →
militaryCharacteristic	castle-building → heavy cavalry →
namedAfter	Normandy →
nameEtymology	derived from "Northmen" →
notableLeader	Bohemond I of Antioch → Robert Guiscard → Roger I of Sicily → Roger II of Sicily → William the Conqueror →
participatedIn	First Crusade → Mediterranean expansion →
politicalSystem	feudal monarchy →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
ruledBy	Dukes of Normandy → House of Normandy →
settledIn	Normandy → northern France →
successorState	Kingdom of England under Norman dynasty → Kingdom of Sicily →
timePeriod	10th century to 13th century →
vassalsOf	Kings of France →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bohemond I of Antioch → Roger I of Sicily → Roger II of Sicily →	ethnicGroup
Duke of Apulia and Calabria →	associatedWith
Battle of Hastings ("Norman–French army") →	belligerent
Battle of Hastings →	combatant
Vikings →	connectedTo
Normans ("Norman dynasty of England") →	dynastyFounded
Duchy of Apulia and Calabria →	establishedBy
Normans ("Norman Conquest of England") →	famousEvent
Anglo-Norman ("Old Norman") →	follows
Jèrriais ("Old Norman") →	hasAncestor
English American →	hasAncestryFrom
Duchy of Apulia and Calabria →	hasEthnicComponent
Normandy ("Old Norman") →	historicalLanguage
Middle English ("Norman French") →	influencedBy
William →	introducedToEnglandBy
Watling Street →	laterUsedBy
Kingdom of England ("House of Normandy") →	royalHouse
Normans ("House of Normandy") →	ruledBy