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Guillaume le Conquérant
Guillaume the Conqueror,
Tapestry of Bayeux.

 

On its bow, the mysterious Mont-Saint-Michel is gripped to its rock like a lighthouse in the tempest. This land was given to the Norman in year 1000 to stop their raids.
Duke of Normandy, Guillaume the Conqueror invaded England and defeated the saxons at Hastings in 1066 (tapestry of Bayeux). This events will overthrow France and England histories, the Anglo-Norman dynastic family conserving its possessions in France.

Basse-Normandie regroups Alençon, Orne, Auge’s country and Perche.