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Occupation of Le Mans
William secures Le Mans during his campaign to impose Norman authority over the county of Maine.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Le Mans in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
William secures Le Mans during his campaign to impose Norman authority over the county of Maine.
Le Mans surrenders to William
William recovers Le Mans and re-establishes Norman dominance over Maine.
Birth of Henry II, son of Geoffrey V of Anjou (Geoffrey Plantagenet, son of Fulk of Jerusalem), was Count of Anjou and Count of Maine
Birth of Henry II, son of Matilda His mother, Empress Matilda, was a claimant to the English throne as the daughter of Henry I (1100-1135), son of William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy.
His claim to the throne is strengthened by his descent from both the English Saxon kings and the kings of Scotland through his maternal grandmother Matilda of Scotland
whose father was Malcolm III of Scotland and whose mother was Margaret of Wessex.
Dedicates the nave of the cathedral
Richard I & Philip drive Henry II out of Le Mans
Follows up his victory at Mirabeau by occupying Tours, Angers & Le Mans
Sets up headquarters in Le Mans to defend Normandy & Aquitaine
Le Mans falls to the English
Provenance
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