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Posted: 12/4/2020 1:28:28 PM EDT
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Quoted: I'm working on a family tree and coming across more than a few Norman and French ancestors in England and Scotland prior to 1066. How common were the Normans, and the French in England and Scotland before the conquest of 1066? I've been searching but can't seem to find much info about it. Common enough that William's claim to the throne was from family (maternal if I recall correctly). Also I imagine some creative lineage building was done post conquest to be eligible for various things |
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Posted: 12/4/2020 11:08:15 PM EDT
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The Normans were Vikings (“Northmen”) who settled on the French coast. As such, they had close ties with the Vikings who settled in England.
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Posted: 12/5/2020 12:16:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The Normans were Vikings (“Northmen”) who settled on the French coast. As such, they had close ties with the Vikings who settled in England. I believe that might be the case for some of what I'm seeing, but many are noble and titled, with french names. I don't know if French names would have been used in the former, Dane Landers born in England"? It's just a little interesting bit of history I found while exploring that that tie period in history. And it is defiantly true about many of the Normans, of "Northern" have traced more than a few back to their Viking roots. |
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Posted: 12/5/2020 12:20:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Common enough that William's claim to the throne was from family (maternal if I recall correctly). Also I imagine some creative lineage building was done post conquest to be eligible for various things Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'm working on a family tree and coming across more than a few Norman and French ancestors in England and Scotland prior to 1066. How common were the Normans, and the French in England and Scotland before the conquest of 1066? I've been searching but can't seem to find much info about it. Common enough that William's claim to the throne was from family (maternal if I recall correctly). Also I imagine some creative lineage building was done post conquest to be eligible for various things Most definitely creative fudging of family trees went on and still goes on. I am finding that to be the case, the more I go down the rabbit hole researching these family trees and their genealogy. |
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Posted: 12/5/2020 1:55:16 PM EDT
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My wife is a descendant of the first King of Scotland and William the conqueror's father. Pretty much Scotland was ruled by the Normans, who as somebody else said originally, were given Normandy France by the French to keep them from raping and pillaging the rest of France. The Vikings had been getting all the way Inland to Paris.
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Posted: 12/5/2020 2:59:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My wife is a descendant of the first King of Scotland and William the conqueror's father. Pretty much Scotland was ruled by the Normans, who as somebody else said originally, were given Normandy France by the French to keep them from raping and pillaging the rest of France. The Vikings had been getting all the way Inland to Paris. Normans in Scotland Thanks for the link!  I was surprised that so many of the ruling Scottish families originally came from Normandy. They did intermarry with the native nobles and royals to some degree. |
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