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Duchy of Normandy

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Meaning

A country, a duchy in Europe, now only composed of the Channel Islands in the English Channel; a crown possession of the Monarch of England, since the Conquest of England by William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy; bureaucratically, it is administered by the in the United Kingdom

A historical duchy in France, located on the Normandy peninusla, and surround coast, that became the province of Normandy

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He needed money to fund this venture and pledged his Duchy of Normandy to William in return for a payment of 10,000 marks—a sum equalling about a quarter of William's annual revenue. Source: Internet

The choir and west front of the Abbey of Saint-Denis both became the prototypes for further building in the royal domain of northern France and in the Duchy of Normandy. Source: Internet

The Normans were descended from Vikings who were given feudal overlordship of areas in northern France—the Duchy of Normandy —in the 10th century. Source: Internet

To Robert he granted the Duchy of Normandy and to William Rufus he granted the Kingdom of England. Source: Internet

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