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Robert de Comines, appointed Earl of Northumbria by William the Conqueror, rides into Durham, England, where he is defeated and killed by rebels. This incident leads to the Harrying of the North.
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Robert de Comines
11th-century Flemish noble in England
Robert de Comines was briefly Earl of Northumbria.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Earl of Northumbria
Noble title in England
Earl of Northumbria or Ealdorman of Northumbria was a title in the late Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Scandinavian and early Anglo-Norman period in England. The ealdordom was a successor of the Norse Kingdom of York. In the seventh century, the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
William the Conqueror
King of England (1066–1087) and Duke of Normandy (1035–1087)
William the Conqueror, sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy from 1035 onward. By 1060, following a long struggle, his hold on Normandy was secure. In 1066,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Durham, England
City in County Durham, England
Durham is a cathedral city and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is the county town and contains the headquarters of Durham County Council, the unitary authority which governs the district of County Durham. The built-up area had a population of 50,510 at the 2021 Census.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
January 28
Day of the year
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Harrying of the North
Military campaign in England, 1069–1070
The Harrying of the North was a series of military campaigns waged by William the Conqueror in the winter of 1069–1070 to subjugate Northern England, where the presence of the last Wessex claimant, Edgar Ætheling, had encouraged Anglo-Saxon Northumbrian, Anglo-Scandinavian and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)