Robert of Jumièges
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Robert of Jumièges was the first Norman Archbishop of Canterbury. He had previously served as prior of the Abbey of St Ouen at Rouen in Normandy, before becoming abbot of Jumièges Abbey, near Rouen, i
Retrospective tomb effigy of Robert of Jumièges
Jumièges Abbey
View of the interior ruins of Jumièges, looking west down the nave
Image of William the Conqueror from the Bayeux Tapestry
Edith of Wessex
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Edith of Wessex was Queen of England through her marriage to Edward the Confessor from 1045 until Edward's death in 1066. Unlike most English queens in the 10th and 11th centuries, she was crowned. Th
Coronation of Queen Edith, illustrated by Matthew Paris in the 13th century
