Norman Conquest of England

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The Norman Conquest of England was the 11th-century invasion and subsequent occupation of England by William the Conqueror and his Norman forces, which fundamentally transformed the country’s ruling elite, language, and governance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 11th-century event ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
invasion ⓘ
military conquest ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Norman Conquest ⓘ
cause Harold Godwinson's coronation as king of England ⓘ
William of Normandy's claim to the English crown ⓘ
disputed succession to the English throne ⓘ
commander Harald Hardrada ⓘ
Harold Godwinson ⓘ
William the Conqueror ⓘ
countryAffected Kingdom of England ⓘ
endDate 1071 ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Fulford ⓘ
Battle of Hastings ⓘ
Battle of Stamford Bridge ⓘ
Harrying of the North ⓘ
Norman consolidation of power in England ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
impact integration of England into the Norman and wider continental European sphere ⓘ
profound change in English ruling elite ⓘ
strong influence of Norman French on English language ⓘ
transformation of English legal and administrative systems ⓘ
keyEvent Battle of Hastings ⓘ
coronation of William I of England ⓘ
keyYear 1066 ⓘ
languageContext Norman French ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Norman

Old English ⓘ
location England ⓘ
notableFigure Harald III of Norway ⓘ
Harold II of England ⓘ
linked to: Harold Godwinson

William I of England ⓘ
precededBy Edward the Confessor's death ⓘ
succession crisis of 1066 ⓘ
primaryBelligerent Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
region British Isles ⓘ
result Domesday survey and Domesday Book ⓘ
Norman victory ⓘ
accession of William I as king of England ⓘ
construction of Norman castles in England ⓘ
end of Anglo-Saxon rule in England ⓘ
establishment of Norman rule in England ⓘ
feudalization of English society ⓘ
introduction of Norman French-speaking aristocracy ⓘ
reorganization of English Church ⓘ
replacement of Anglo-Saxon elite by Norman nobility ⓘ
startDate 1066-09-28 ⓘ
supportedBy Pope Alexander II ⓘ
symbolizedBy Bayeux Tapestry ⓘ

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House of Wessex → significantEvent → Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
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