In reply to:

William the Conqueror, 1066
Said to his barons
I mean to affix
England to Normandy,


And apparently, from a friend who is a Jerseyman, to this day, Channel Islanders never toast the Sovereign as King (or Queen) of England but as Duke (irrespective of gender) of Normandy.Now, how did you live so long with that gaping hole in your factoid arsenal?