new commune of Mortain-Bocage. Mortain is situated on a rocky hill rising above the gorge of the Cance, a tributary of the Sélune. Mortain is the seat of...
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Robert, Count of Mortain, first Earl of Cornwall of 2nd creation (c. 1031–c. 1095) was a Norman nobleman and the half-brother (on their mother's side)...
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Mortain-Bocage (French pronunciation: [mɔʁtɛ̃ bɔkaʒ]) is a commune in the department of Manche, northwestern France. The municipality was established...
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Following the battle of Tinchebray in 1106, Henry confiscated the County of Mortain from his cousin William and the Honour of Eye from Robert Malet. In 1113...
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Operation Lüttich (redirect from Battle of Mortain)
during the Battle of Normandy, which occurred near U.S. positions near Mortain, in northwestern France. Lüttich is the German name for the city of Liège...
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The County of Mortain was a medieval county in France centered on the town of Mortain. A choice landholding, usually either kept within the family of...
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of William's prominent half-brothers Odo of Bayeux and Robert, Count of Mortain, born to Herleva's marriage to Herluin de Conteville. Herleva's background...
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Eremburga of Mortain (Eremburge de Mortain) was the second wife of Count Roger I of Sicily and thus the second Sicilian countess. She is very obscure...
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Tapestry showing William the Conqueror (centre) and his half-brothers, Robert, Count of Mortain (right) and Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, in the Duchy of Normandy...
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is on the border of the county of Mortain, in the southwest of Normandy, and was held by William, Count of Mortain, who was one of the few important Norman...
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