#House of Normandy

[canuterex]

First look at the upcoming series “King and Conqueror” which will be about the invasion of William of Normandy and the subsequent conquest of England. Coming in 2025 on BBC, with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Clémence Poésy as William I and Matilda of Flanders.

[dreamconsumer]

Rollo (died in 933), Count of Rouen and first ruler of Normandy.

[nanshe-of-nina]

Medieval Women Week || Favorite non-Queen or Queen-adjacent royal woman ↬ Adèle de Normandie

Though not beyond criticism, Adela generally received unalloyed praise from her male contemporaries for her deeds as countess of Blois, Chartres, and Meaux. For more than thirty years she worked, both alongside and apart from her husband, to enhance the authority and relative autonomy of the Thibaudian counts in their widespread domains, reacting astutely to events beyond her control while adroitly manipulating the lordly prerogatives at her disposal. She was one lay prince competing against neighboring lords as she strove to fulfill comital obligations to the French kings and her duty to enforce peace and justice in her husband’s share of the Thibaudians’ domains. Yet two features distinguished the countess of Blois from her male peers: she was not trained in armed combat, and she was expected to behave in ways thought appropriate to all lay women in the world. She masterfully compensated for any potential disability in those regards by deploying her wealth and diplomatic skills to assure the loyalty and service of powerful fighting men and to cultivate unarmed but influential churchmen. Because she carefully fostered familial and feudal relationships alongside her studied assertion of princely prerogatives, Adela secured futures for her children appropriate to their status and abilities, and she assured that her son Thibaud, poised to receive Troyes as well as Blois, would inherit domains with relatively stable borders that were both more administratively-cohesive and more economically-productive than his father had inherited before him. Adela’s manifold achievements, much vaunted by her contemporaries, fully deserve modern historians’ respect. — Adela of Blois: Countess and Lord by Kimberly A. LoPrete

[the-enawon]

Old (But revised) sketch of William the Conqueror's face, front view.

[livesunique]

Château de Nacqueville,

Urville-Nacqueville, Normandy, France

[sammygems]

i'm a history nerd with an interest in royal history, sooooo

i know that England & Scotland didn't became Great Britain/the United Kingdom till the end of the Stuart era, but i wanna focus on the houses of england and (except for house of denmark) only england

[coloursofunison]

Today, I'm delighted to be reviewing Ascent by Cathie Dunn, and there's a competition to enter too #histfic #BookReview #Normandy

Today, I'm delighted to be reviewing Ascent by Cathie Dunn, and there's a competition to enter too #histfic #BookReview #Normandy @rararesources @cathiedunn @CathieDunnAuthor/

Here’s the blurb A brutal Viking raid heralds the dawn of a new, powerful dynasty – the House of Normandy Neustria, Kingdom of the West FranksAD 890 Fourteen-year-old Poppa’s life changes when Northmen land near Bayeux. Count Bérengar, her father, submits to them, and she is handfasted to Hrólfr, the Northmen’s heathen leader, as part of their agreement. To her relief, Hrólfr leaves…

[periodcostumefantasylover]

Emma of Normandy's red dress in Vikings Valhalla

[newts-gay]

ALICENT HIGHTOWER and EMMA OF NORMANDY

House of the Dragon – 2x08 The Queen who Ever Was // Vikings Valhalla – 3x08 Destinies

[postcard-from-the-past]

Old houses in Gaillon, Normandy region of France

French vintage postcard

[canuterex]

Rölfr, or rather Rollo, founder of Normandy. Here in the Chronicles of the Dukes of Normandy.

[dreamconsumer]

William Rufus, King of England (1057-1100).

[landschaftsmalerei]

La Maison du pêcheur, Varengeville by Claude Monet (1882, Gemälde)

[the-enawon]

My animated series concept is literally this, but it's just mentally ill people from the House of Normandy who didn't ask to be reincarnated trying to survive in the 21st century while also trying to unravel their traumas while also having to acknowledge their fuck-ups while also not being able to go back in time to change the outcomes of their past decisions while also-

[livesunique]

Chateau de Balleroy, Balleroy-sur-Drôme, Normandy, France,

François Mansart Architect,

Kyle Huber Photography

[gemsbokk]

how come i have just rEALISED THEY PUT A HORRIBLE DICK JOKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOST SERIOUS LOYALTY MISSION

YOU KNOW. ZAAL'KORIS VAS DEFRAHNZ. VAS IKTOMY. JESUS