His ancestry was Scandinavian, not French (6/10)

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A little known fact about Normandy during the Middle Ages was that it was governed primarily by the descendants of Viking conquerors who had been made the rulers of the region under the authority of the French king, in exchange for providing their protection against other raiders and pledging to cease their own plundering.

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He conquered England in the Battle of Hastings (5/10)

He had 10 children (7/10)