normandy

Just saw this in the news: Was Viking ruler Rollo Danish or Norwegian? This means that we should get the Y-DNA haplogroup of the Viking rulers of Normandy, from Rollo to William the Conqueror. Looking forward to it.

Did duke William come to England in 1051 and meet with King Edward, his (very) distant kinsman? Could he have risked leaving his [then] threatened duchy to his enemies in N. France, when he could have simply sent an embassy? Norman sources never present William as seeking anything from...