Norman dynasty

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noun

1. a succession of English kings founded by Duke William of the duchy of Normandy in northern France, who conquered England in 1066 and whose successors ruled the country to 1154.

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Example Sentences

The relation of the Norman dynasty in England to the conquered Saxons prevented the first crusading host from receiving substantial aid from that country.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

At the period of the Conquest, and whilst the Norman dynasty was on the throne, there were a number of people who bore this title.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.

Rouen indeed is the cradle of our Norman dynasty as Angers of our Plantagenet dynasty; but the Rouen of the Dukes has almost vanished while Angers remains the Angers of the Counts.

From Stray Studies from England and Italy by Greene, John Richard

There remained betwixt Cedric and the determination which the lovers desired to come to, only two obstacles—his own obstinacy, and his dislike of the Norman dynasty.

From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir

In England the Great Council of the Norman dynasty, inheriting the prestige and the claims of the Anglo-Saxon Witenagemot, held from the first a more respectable position.

From Medieval Europe by Davis, H. W. C. (Henry William Carless)