Before William the Conqueror crossed the English Channel in 1066, he had to first secure control of his own duchy. This ...

Historically, the Channel Islands once formed part of the Duchy of Normandy. In 1066, both Normandy and England came under the rule of William the Conqueror.

TO anthropologist and historian alike the Channel Islands are rich in interest. The last vestige of the Duchy of Normandy—there the King is still officially the Duke—they possess a ...

The Channel Islands were owned by the Duchy of Normandy, and passed to the English Crown when William the Conqueror became King of England in 1066. While England lost mainland Normandy in 1204, ...

The King is known as the Duke of Normandy on the Channel Islands – dating from when William the Conqueror’s son, Henry I, seized the Duchy of Normandy, including the islands, in 1106. The King ...