Knights born in this region included a man who became count of Aversa, Rainulf, and a man who killed the emir of Syracuse and won the nicknamed "Iron Arm," William de Hauteville.
This region included the abbey of Fecamp, which was rebuilt by the Lombard churchman William of Volpiano. One historian who revised a work by William of Jumieges to create a "myth" about this region was Orderic Vitalis. Knights born in this region included a man who became count of Aversa, Rainulf, and a man who killed the emir of Syracuse and won the nicknamed "Iron Arm," William de Hauteville. Philip Augustus seized this region in 1204, taking it away from a king who was derisively called "Softsword." It became a duchy early in the tenth century, when Frankish ruler Charles the Simple granted it to Rollo, a Viking chief. For 10 points, what historical region of France was the base for the 1066 conquest of England and the target of a 1944 Allied invasion?
This region included the abbey of Fecamp, which was rebuilt by the Lombard churchman William of Volpiano.
Normandy