Cambro-Normans

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The Cambro-Normans were descendants of Norman settlers in Wales who played a leading role in the 12th-century Anglo-Norman expansion into Ireland.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cambro-Norman 5
Cambro-Normans canonical 1
Norman-Welsh 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
medieval social group
alternativeName Cambro-Norman knights
linked to: Norman knights

Welsh Normans
linked to: Cambro-Normans
countryOfOrigin Wales
culturalMixtureOf Norman culture
Welsh culture
descendedFrom Norman settlers in Wales
ethnicOrigin Norman
Welsh
historicalSignificance contributed to feudalization of parts of Ireland
facilitated English royal control in Ireland
influenced Anglo-Irish aristocracy
Hiberno-Norman culture
linked to: Hiberno-Norman
location Ireland
Marcher Lordships
Wales
militaryActivity castle building in Wales and Ireland
mercenary service in Ireland
notableMember Gerald of Wales
Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan
Raymond FitzGerald (Raymond le Gros)
linked to: Raymond FitzGerald

Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Robert FitzStephen
William de Barry
partOf Anglo-Norman realm
linked to: Anglo-Normans
playedRoleIn Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland
Norman expansion into Ireland
conquest of Leinster
establishment of the Lordship of Ireland
politicalAllegiance Kings of England
linked to: English monarchs

Welsh princes (occasionally)
regionOfActivity Leinster
south Wales
linked to: South Wales

south-east Ireland
relatedTo Hiberno-Normans
linked to: Normans

Marcher Lords
religion Roman Catholicism
socialRole Marcher lords
feudal barons
subgroupOf Anglo-Normans
Normans
timePeriod 12th century
High Middle Ages
usedLanguage Latin
Middle Welsh
Norman French
linked to: Anglo-Norman

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Norman invasion of Ireland participant Cambro-Normans
House of Kildare ethnicOrigin Cambro-Norman
linked to: Cambro-Normans
Eva Marshal heritage Cambro-Norman
linked to: Cambro-Normans
de Hawey family heritage Norman-Welsh
linked to: Cambro-Normans
Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan culturalIdentity Cambro-Norman
linked to: Cambro-Normans
Cambro-Normans alternativeName Welsh Normans
linked to: Cambro-Normans
Raymond FitzGerald culturalBackground Cambro-Norman
linked to: Cambro-Normans
Expugnatio Hibernica authorEthnicity Cambro-Norman
linked to: Cambro-Normans