Elomin Sha wrote:Valandil wrote:Yeah, I don't get it either. "William the Conqueror", anyone?
I think William came from Normandy which wasn't part of France at that time.
This is true -- and it's nice to know, speaking as someone with Norman ancestry, that other people appreciate the difference -- in the broad spectrum of things, though, even if it's a bit layman, I think it's fair to say he was French.