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47 matches to Norman Conquest
Robert I. Duke of Normandy 1027-35. Father of William I.
Robert II. 1054-1134. Duke of Normandy 1087-1106. Son of William I. Led First Crusade.
Robert Guiscard. 1015-85. Norman. Conquered and founded Two Sicilies.
Rockwell, Norman. 1894-1978. US realistic painter of homey scenes. Saturday Evening Post covers.
Roger II. 1095-1154. Norman count of Sicily 1105-; First king 1130-54. Prosperity, culture.
Rollo. 860-932. Norse pirate. Colonized Normandy 911. 885 Rolled boats around Paris when seige failed.
Rome. 753BC Legendary founding by Romulus and Remus. 616BC Etruscan. 509BC Roman Republic. 27BC Roman Empire. 248 Empire of the West. 395 Byzantine Empire. 410 Visigoths sack Rome. 476 Romulus Augustulus deposed. 493 Ostrogoth. 535 Byzantine. 774 Charlemagne’s Empire of the West. 962 Holy Roman Empire. 11C Norman. 12C Hohenstaufen. 1848 Republic. 1849 Papal States. 1870 Italy. 1929 -Vatican.
Rudolf. (Raoul). French king 923-36. Fought Normans and Hungarians.
Sark. 1040 Norman. 1066 English fief. 1565 colonized. 1940-45 Germans occupy.
Sicily. c1100BC Sicans. Sicels. Mycenaean. 7C BC Phoenicia(W)/ Gr(E). 241BC Rome. 5C Ostrogoth. 6C Byzantine. 827 Saracen. 1072 Norman. 1130 +Naples. 1197 Hohenstaufen. 1266-82 France. 1302 Aragon. 1443 +Naples=Two Sicilies. 1860 Italy.
Syracuse. c734BC Corinthian colony in Sicily. 211BC Rome. 878 Arab. 1085 Norman. Sicily. Dionysius.
Thessaloniki. 315BC Rebuilt by Cassander. 168BC Rome...Byzantine. 42BC Independent. 8-12C Many conquerers. 904 Saracen. 1185 Norman. 1246 Byzantine. 1423 Venice. 1430 Turks. 1913 Greece.
Tinchebrai, Battle. 1106. Henry I re-unifies Normandy, England.
Trident Conference. 1943. Secret meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill to plan Normandy Invasion.
Two Sicilies. Naples and Sicily. All Italy south of papal states. 11C Norman. 12C HRE. 1282 Angevin(N)/Aragon(S). 1443 Aragon. 1495-1504 French(N). 1713 Austria(N) /Savoy(S). 1734 Spain. 1759 Independent Bourbon. 1799-1802 France. 1861 Italy.
Wales. Celts. 55BC Rome. 7C +England. 8C Divided. 9C Re-united. 11C Norman. 1284 English suzerainty. 1536 Union with England.
Châlons, Battle. 451. Attila’s westward conquest stopped by Visigoths and Romans.
Joshua. Old Testament hero. Led conquest of Canaan. Destroyed Jericho.
Maximilian I. 1459-1519. HRE 1493-. Expanded Hapsburg empire by marriage and conquest. Italian Wars.
Munich Agreement. 1938. Recognition of Italian and German conquests by Chamberlain and Daladier. Dismembered Czechoslovakia. Appeasement Policy. Sudetenland.
Sassanids. 224-. Last Persian dynasty before Moslem conquest 637-51.
Teutoburg Forest, Battle. 9. Arminius halts Roman conquest of Germany.