Anglo-Normans

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The Anglo-Normans were a medieval ruling elite of mixed Norman and English descent who established powerful feudal lordships across England, Wales, Ireland, and parts of Scotland following the Norman Conquest.

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethno-political group ⓘ
medieval ruling elite ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
culturalPractice foundation of Norman-style cathedrals ⓘ
patronage of monasteries ⓘ
use of seals and written charters ⓘ
dominantIn English episcopate ⓘ
English high nobility ⓘ
royal court of England ⓘ
emergedAfter Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
emergedInCentury 11th century ⓘ
ethnicComposition English ⓘ
Norman ⓘ
expandedInto Ireland in the 12th century ⓘ
Scottish Lowlands ⓘ
Wales in the 11th century ⓘ
influenced English administrative practices ⓘ
English legal terminology ⓘ
Middle English vocabulary ⓘ
introducedInstitution Anglo-Norman aristocratic law codes ⓘ
castle-building in stone ⓘ
feudal land tenure in England ⓘ
languageSpoken Anglo-Norman ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
legalStatusInIreland Old English ⓘ
militaryInnovation heavy cavalry tactics in England ⓘ
motte-and-bailey castles in Britain and Ireland ⓘ
notableFamily House of Anjou ⓘ
House of Normandy ⓘ
de Clare family ⓘ
de Lacy family ⓘ
notableLeader Henry I of England ⓘ
Henry II of England ⓘ
Richard I of England ⓘ
William the Conqueror ⓘ
politicalSystem feudalism ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruledTerritory Kingdom of England ⓘ
Lordship of Ireland ⓘ
parts of Scotland ⓘ
parts of Wales ⓘ
socialClass aristocracy ⓘ
knightly class ⓘ
succeededBy Anglo-French aristocracy ⓘ
English-speaking nobility ⓘ
timePeriod late 11th century to 13th century ⓘ
usedTitle baron ⓘ
earl ⓘ
knight ⓘ

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Referenced by (55)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Powers → isCategoryOf → Anglo-Norman Irish families ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
First War 1276–1277 → participant → Anglo-Norman marcher lords ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Roman de Rou → originallyIntendedAudience → Norman and Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Margaret de Clare → heritage → Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Norman conquest of south-west Wales → carriedOutBy → Anglo-Norman knights ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Lucie de l’Aigle → associatedWith → Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Rebellion of 1088 → hasParticipant → Anglo-Norman aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Marshal → usedBy → Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Sybilla of Salisbury → partOf → Anglo-Norman aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Lord of Leinster → associatedWith → Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke → memberOf → Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Irish penny → usedBy → Anglo-Norman settlers in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Christian reconquest of Lisbon → participant → Anglo-Norman crusaders ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Old English nobility in Ireland → developedFrom → Anglo-Norman settlers in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
William Ætheling → associatedWith → Anglo-Norman realm ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Dabney → isUsedByEthnicGroup → Anglo-Norman families ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Barony of Forth → historicalEthnicGroup → Anglo-Norman settlers ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Historia Novella → regionOfInfluence → Anglo-Norman world ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
British peerage system → historicalPrecursor → Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Adeliza de Tosny → associatedWith → Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany → associatedWith → Anglo-Norman realm ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Count of Mortain → associatedWith → Anglo-Norman aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Medieval Scotland → hasEthnicGroup → Anglo-Normans ⓘ
Montgomery → historicallyAssociatedWith → Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
subject linked to: Montgomery (toponymic surname)
linked to: Anglo-Normans
William de Braose → category → Anglo-Norman barons ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
lords of the Marches → relatedTo → Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
FitzRobert → hasUsageRegion → Anglo-Norman realm ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
FitzRobert → hasHistoricalAssociation → Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Amice → hasOrigin → Anglo-Norman culture ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Hiberno-Norman → hasOrigin → Anglo-Normans ⓘ
Norman-Irish nobility → hasEthnicOrigin → Anglo-Normans ⓘ
Norman-Irish nobility → developedFrom → Anglo-Norman aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Rohese de Vere → partOf → Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Corbet → hasHistoricalAssociation → Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Battle of Baginbun → belligerent → Anglo-Norman forces ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
capture of Waterford → hasParticipant → Anglo-Norman forces ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Cambro-Normans → subgroupOf → Anglo-Normans ⓘ
Cambro-Normans → partOf → Anglo-Norman realm ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
capture of Wexford → participant → Anglo-Norman knights ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
le Poer → associatedWith → Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Albemarle → linkedTo → Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Earl of Waterford → associatedWith → Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Rosamund Clifford → partOf → Anglo-Norman aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Trim Castle → usedBy → Anglo-Normans ⓘ
Mormaers of Angus → associatedWith → Anglo-Norman nobility ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Count of Meulan → sphereOfInfluence → Anglo-Norman realm ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Robert de Beaumont → associatedWith → Anglo-Norman realm ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans
Norman culture → influencedInstitution → Anglo-Norman aristocracy ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Normans