AthelingLanfranc of Pavia
Archbishop of Canterbury. 1005 to 1089.
What is known, and how well
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Birth | 1005 | Year |
| Death | 1089 | Year |
| Parents | Not recorded | |
| House | House of Normandy | |
| Realm | England | |
| How sure we are | Not rated | Of this record as a whole |
Events
- Lanfranc becomes archbishop
The abbot of Caen takes Canterbury and begins remaking the English church.
With Lanfranc, William - The Revolt of the Earls
Lanfranc and the English shires break the rising while the king is in Normandy.
With Ralph, Roger, Waltheof, Lanfranc
What is uncertain
- Parentage is not recorded here.
Related people
Sources
Where this is recorded
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Avalon Project)
- The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester, trans. Thomas Forester
- Orderic Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, trans. Thomas Forester
Reference works
- Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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