Normans

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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.

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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
surface form: southern Italy
culturalInfluenceOn English aristocracy
English language
English law
dynastyFounded Hauteville family rule in southern Italy and Sicily
Normans self-linksurface differs
surface form: Norman dynasty of England
ethnogenesisCountry France
surface form: Kingdom of France
ethnogenesisPlace Normandy
famousBattle Battle of Hastings
famousDate 1066
famousEvent Normans self-linksurface differs
surface form: Norman Conquest of England
firstRuler Rollo
foundedBy Rollo
hasOrigin Norse
surface form: Norsemen

Viking Age
surface form: Vikings
introducedToEngland Norman French language
Romanesque architecture
feudalism
language Old French
Anglo-Norman
surface form: 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 Norse
surface form: 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 Duke of Normandy
surface form: Dukes of Normandy

Normans self-linksurface differs
surface form: House of Normandy
settledIn Normandy
northern France
successorState Kingdom of England
surface form: Kingdom of England under Norman dynasty

Kingdom of Sicily
timePeriod 10th century to 13th century
vassalsOf Kings of France

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Humphrey of Hauteville ethnicGroup Normans
this entity surface form: Norman people
Messana underControlOf Normans
Prudhoe Castle controlledBy Normans
Duchy of Normandy namedAfter Normans
Tancred of Lecce ethnicGroup Normans
Desmond (historical region in Ireland) ethnicGroup Normans
subject surface form: Desmond
Panormus usedBy Normans
Panormos laterRuledBy Normans
Oystermouth Castle foundedBy Normans
Ogmore Castle builtBy Normans