Search Results: Normandy Landings

A statue in Rouen, France of the Viking chieftain Rollo of Normandy (r. 911-927 CE).

Clive Standen as Rollo of Normandy in the TV series Vikings. Photo by Jonathan Hession/HISTORY - © 2015 The HISTORY Channel

Emma of Normandy, illustration from the Encomium Emmae Reginae (The Encomium Of Queen Emma), MS 33241, c. 1050. The British Library, London.

A 19th century CE painting by Jean-Joseph Dassy of Robert of Normandy at the Siege of Antioch, 1097-8 CE during the First Crusade (1095-1102 CE).

The effigy in the cathedral of Rouen, France of the Viking chieftain Rollo of Normandy (r. 911-927 CE).

Odo of Bayeux (d. 1097 CE) was the bishop of Bayeux in Normandy and half-brother of William the Conqueror (r. 1066-1087 CE). After the Norman conquest of England in 1066 CE, Odo was given vast Anglo-Saxon estates and made, as the Earl of...

Edward the Confessor, also known as Saint Edward the Confessor, reigned as king of England from 1042 to 1066 CE. Edward was reliant on the powerful Godwine (aka Godwin) family to keep his kingdom together but his achievements included a relatively...

The Normandy landings in France, which began on D-Day, 6 June 1944, involved the largest troop movement in history, but in this article, we focus on the view from civilians directly involved in that momentous day when the Allies sought to...

Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) was a German field marshal who gained fame as a tank commander in the Fall of France in 1940 and then as the commander of the Afrika Korps in North Africa, where he gained numerous victories. Known as the 'Desert...

William II of England, sometimes called William 'Rufus' for his red hair and complexion, reigned as the king of England from 1087 to 1100 CE. The son of William the Conqueror (r. 1066-1087 CE), the younger William was loyal to his father...