W. Van Norman was a politician in the United States. He served as President of the Mississippi Senate from 1836-1837. He also served in the Mississippi...
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William the Conqueror (c. 1028 – 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning...
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William Longsword (French: Guillaume Longue-Épée, Old Norman: Williame de lon Espee, Latin: Willermus Longa Spata, Old Norse: Vilhjálmr Langaspjót; c....
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of their duke, William the Conqueror, led to the Norman conquest of England at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Norman and Anglo-Norman forces contributed...
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Anglo-Norman (Norman: Anglo-Normaund; French: Anglo-normand), also known as Anglo-Norman French, was a dialect of Old Norman that was used in England and...
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Van Norman Institute for the education of young ladies (originally, Dr. Van Norman's Classical School) was an American girls' school in Manhattan, New...
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James K. Van Brunt, a frequent model for Rockwell William Obanhein, another one of Rockwell's models who would later become famous elsewhere Norman Rockwell's...
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(William) Norman Ewer CBE (22 October 1885 – 25 January 1977) was a British journalist, remembered mostly now for a few lines of verse. He was prominent...
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conquered Sicily between 1038 and 1040, with the help of Norman mercenaries, under William de Hauteville, who won his nickname Iron Arm by defeating...
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Robert I, Duke of Normandy (category Norman warriors)
whom he unsuccessfully revolted; and the father of Duke William who became the first Norman king of England after winning the Battle of Hastings in 1066...
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Veiller Van Norman (1844 – November 7, 1920) was a French-born American educator. She was the wife and successor of Rev. Daniel C. Van Norman in the proprietorship...
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Rollo (category Articles containing Norman-language text)
of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni. Elizabeth van Houts, ed. (2000). The Normans in Europe. Translated by Elizabeth van Houts...
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Matilda of Flanders (redirect from Matilda, Queen Consort of William I of England)
2. Chichester: Phillimore Press. van Houts, Elisabeth (1988), "The Ship List of William the Conqueror", Anglo-Norman Studies X; Proceedings of the Battle...
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Creation of Norman Power, 840–1066. University of California Press. Van Houts, Elizabeth M.C., ed. (1992a). The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges...
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kunsten en wetenschappen. Met register: Volume 2 (in Dutch). Van Cleef. Davies, Norman (1999). The Isles: A History. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-1951-3442-7...
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Herleva (category 11th-century Norman women)
Herleva (c. 1005 – c. 1050) was an 11th-century Norman woman known for having been the mother of William the Conqueror, born to an extramarital relationship...
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Richard I of Normandy (category Norman warriors)
of his reign, the most important Norman landholders held their lands in feudal tenure. Richard was born to William Longsword, princeps (chieftain or...
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Roosevelt family (redirect from Claes van Rosenvelt)
m. Mary Schuyler of the Schuyler, Van Rensselaer, and Van Cortlandt families. Mary Roosevelt (1789–1837), m. William Sheriff de Peyster, son of Pierre...
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Norman Milton Lear (July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023) was an American screenwriter and producer who produced, wrote, created, or developed over 100 shows...
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influential role during the Norman conquest of England, one of the few Norman aristocrats documented to have been with William I at Hastings. He was the...
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King Stephen Thomas K. Keefe, "William, earl of Surrey (c. 1135–1159)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004 Van Houts, Elisabeth (2004). "The...
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Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (born 1 June 1935) is an English architect and designer. Closely associated with the development of high-tech...
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William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, Lord of Lewes, Seigneur de Varennes (died 1088), was a Norman nobleman created Earl of Surrey under William II...
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1126, William resigned the county of Ponthieu to his son Guy but retained the title of count. In 1135 Henry I again confiscated all his Norman lands to...
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Psycho (1998 film) (category Films directed by Gus Van Sant)
horror film produced and directed by Gus Van Sant, and starring Vince Vaughn, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy, and Anne Heche. It is a modern...
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Martin Van Buren (/væn ˈbjʊərən/ van BURE-ən; Dutch: Maarten van Buren [ˈmaːrtə(ɱ) vɑm ˈbyːrə(n)] ; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was the eighth president...
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Norman (/ˈnɔːrmən/) is the 3rd most populous city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, with a population of 128,026 as of the 2020 census. It is the most populous...
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Gisela of France (category 10th-century Norman women)
Charles, agreed to convert to Christianity, and married Gisela. Norman chronicler William of Jumièges, who lived from 1000 to 1070, refers to Rollo having...
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Gesta Normannorum Ducum (redirect from Deeds of the Norman Dukes)
(Deeds of the Norman Dukes) is a chronicle originally created by the monk William of Jumièges just before 1060. In 1070 William I had William of Jumièges...
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His army was also accompanied by Norman troops, probably sent by Robert's sister, Queen Matilda, and led by William FitzOsborn. Both forces did battle...
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