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Cambro-Norman is a term used for Norman
Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
 knights who settled in southern Wales
Wales

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 after the Norman conquest of England
Norman conquest of England

The Norman conquest of England began in 1066 AD with the invasion of the Kingdom of England by the troops of William I of England, Duke of Normandy , and his victory at the Battle of Hastings....
 in 1066. Some historians suggest that the term is to be preferred to Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Norman

The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the conquest by William I of England in 1066, although a few Normans were already in England before the conquest....
 for the Normans who invaded Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 after 1170 — many of whom originated in Wales.

The most prominent example is Richard "Strongbow" de Clare
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland , known as Strongbow, was a Cambro-Norman lord notable for his leading role in the Norman invasion of Ireland....
, whose lands in Wales centred around Pembroke
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire

Pembroke is the traditional county town of Pembrokeshire in west Wales. However, the administrative centre and de facto county town is Haverfordwest....
 and who led the Norman invasion of Ireland
Norman Invasion of Ireland

The Norman invasion of Ireland was a Norman military expedition to Ireland that took place on 1 May 1169 at the behest of Dermot MacMurrough , the King of Leinster....
.

In addition to such Cambro-Norman lords, some of Ireland's most prominent families, including Walsh, Joyce and Griffith, were indigenous Welsh families who came with the Norman invasion.






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Cambro-Norman is a term used for Norman
Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
 knights who settled in southern Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
 after the Norman conquest of England
Norman conquest of England

The Norman conquest of England began in 1066 AD with the invasion of the Kingdom of England by the troops of William I of England, Duke of Normandy , and his victory at the Battle of Hastings....
 in 1066. Some historians suggest that the term is to be preferred to Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Norman

The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the conquest by William I of England in 1066, although a few Normans were already in England before the conquest....
 for the Normans who invaded Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 after 1170 — many of whom originated in Wales.

The most prominent example is Richard "Strongbow" de Clare
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland , known as Strongbow, was a Cambro-Norman lord notable for his leading role in the Norman invasion of Ireland....
, whose lands in Wales centred around Pembroke
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire

Pembroke is the traditional county town of Pembrokeshire in west Wales. However, the administrative centre and de facto county town is Haverfordwest....
 and who led the Norman invasion of Ireland
Norman Invasion of Ireland

The Norman invasion of Ireland was a Norman military expedition to Ireland that took place on 1 May 1169 at the behest of Dermot MacMurrough , the King of Leinster....
.

In addition to such Cambro-Norman lords, some of Ireland's most prominent families, including Walsh, Joyce and Griffith, were indigenous Welsh families who came with the Norman invasion. Other indigenous Welsh surnames such as Taaffe
Viscount Taaffe

Viscount Taaffe was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1628. The Viscount bears the subsidiary title of Baron of Ballymote . They are also Count of the Holy Roman Empire....
 which came at this time became very important families within the Pale
The Pale

The Pale or the English Pale , was the English-controlled part of Ireland that had reduced by the late 1400s to an area along the east coast stretching from Dalkey, south of Dublin, to the garrison town of Dundalk north of Drogheda....
 community.

See also

  • Italo-Norman
    Italo-Norman

    The Italo-Normans, or Siculo-Normans when referring to Sicily, were the Italy-born descendants of the first Norman conquest of southern Italy to travel to the Mezzogiorno in the first half of the eleventh century....
  • Anglo-Norman
    Anglo-Norman

    The Anglo-Normans were mainly the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the conquest by William I of England in 1066, although a few Normans were already in England before the conquest....
  • Scoto-Norman
    Scoto-Norman

    The term Scoto-Norman is used to described people, families, institutions and archaeological artifacts that are partly Scottish and partly Norman ....
  • Hiberno-Norman
    Hiberno-Norman

    The term Hiberno-Norman is used of those Normans lords who settled in Ireland, admitting little if any real fealty to the Anglo-Norman settlers in England....


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