Anglo-Normans

William the Conqueror, sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy from 1035 onward. By 1060, following a long struggle, his hold on Normandy was secure. In 1066, following the death of Edward the Confessor, William invaded England, leading a Franco-Norman army to victory over the Anglo-Saxon forces of Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings. He suppressed subsequent English revolts in what has become known as the Norman Conquest. The rest of his life was marked by struggles to consolidate his hold over England and his continental lands, and by difficulties with his eldest son, Robert Curthose.

King of England from 1154 to 1189

King of England from 1100 to 1135 (1068–1135)

Edward the Confessor was King of the English from 1042 until his death in 1066. He was the last reigning monarch of the House of Wessex.

English archbishop and martyr, 1119/1120–1170

King of England from 1135 to 1154

Holy Roman Empress (1114–1125); claimant to the English throne

Duke of Normandy

Queen consort of England

Countess of Blois from 1089 to 1102

Duke of Normandy

Breton noble, posthumous son of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany

Belgian noble (1102–1128)

Heir apparent of King Stephen of England (died 1153)

English princess

English noble

Lord Chancellor of England; Bishop of Ely; Chief Justiciar of England

English noble

5th Countess of Richmond, heiress to England and Brittany de jure

The Anglo-Normans (, ) were the medieval ruling class in the Kingdom of England following the Norman Conquest. They were primarily a combination of Normans, Bretons, Frenchmen, Anglo-Saxons and Celtic Britons.

Norman nobleman and the uterine half-brother of William the Conqueror

Count of Nantes

Bishop of Winchester (c. 1096 – 1171)

Lord Chancellor of England; Bishop of Salisbury; Archbishop of Canterbury; Chief Justiciar of England (1160-1205)

noble title in England

Archbishop of Canterbury from 1051 to 1052

Norman nobleman (circa 1046-1118)

Abbot of Forde; Bishop of Worcester; Archbishop of Canterbury

12th-century English nobleman

Archbishop of York

second son of William the Conqueror, King of England, and Matilda of Flanders

Earl of East Anglia

Chief Justiciar of England, Regent of England, Earl of Kent (c.1170–1243)

English peer (1051-1087)

Norman warrior in the Battle of Hastings, died 1088

Viscount of Dieppe

Anglo-Norman companion of William the Conqueror

Countess consort of Boulogne

French nobleman

English nobleman

12th-century Anglo-Norman nobleman

Chief Justiciar of England and legal author

Norman nobleman

English noble and Chief Justiciar (1104-1168)

Anglo-Norman noble

British Earl

This page is about Thurstan of Bayeux (1070 – 1140) who became Archbishop of York. Thurstan of Caen became the first Norman Abbot of Glastonbury in circa 1077.

Archbishop of Canterbury

Anglo-Norman nobleman

English noble

English noble

Anglo-Norman baron born in Wales

English Earl of Arundel (died 1221)

Lord Treasurer of England; Bishop of London

Anglo-Norman Bishop of Ely, Treasurer of England (1100–1169)

English noble

Anglo-Norman nobleman (1175-1220)

English Norman medieval nobleman

Norman medieval Bishop of Salisbury and the seventh Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England (1065-1139)

Anglo-Norman aristocrat