Post by daisy on Dec 20, 2009 22:20:54 GMT -5
Sunday 12/20/2009
one of Queen Elizabeth II’s many titles is Duke of Normandy (yes, I said duke),
(although the title only applies to her in the Channel Islands.)
The title harkens back to William, Duke of Normandy, who we know best as William the Conqueror. After he won his claim to the English crown in 1066, his descendants were both monarchs of England and dukes of Normandy
– that is until England lost everything except the Channel Islands
to France in the early 13th century.
Long Live The Queen !
www.etoile.co.uk/Columns/RoyalScribe/040628.html
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one of Queen Elizabeth II’s many titles is Duke of Normandy (yes, I said duke),
(although the title only applies to her in the Channel Islands.)
The title harkens back to William, Duke of Normandy, who we know best as William the Conqueror. After he won his claim to the English crown in 1066, his descendants were both monarchs of England and dukes of Normandy
– that is until England lost everything except the Channel Islands
to France in the early 13th century.
Long Live The Queen !
www.etoile.co.uk/Columns/RoyalScribe/040628.html
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