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	Mortain was lost, with Normandy, to the English during John's reign, but later, when the house of [[Lancaster]] reconquered the area, a grandson of [[John of Gaunt]], Edmund Beaufort, was created count of Mortain, and bore the title until his elvation, in 1441, to the [[earldom]] of Dorset.		Mortain was lost, with Normandy, to the English during John's reign, but later, when the house of [[Lancaster]] reconquered the area, a grandson of [[John of Gaunt]], Edmund Beaufort, was created count of Mortain, and bore the title until his elvation, in 1441, to the [[earldom]] of Dorset.
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	'''Mortain''' (today a town and sub-prefectural seat in Manche, France) was a county of Normandy during the [[Middle Ages]]. It was probably established around 1027, for Robert, a son of Duke Richard I. ~~<br>~~		'''Mortain''' (today a town and sub-prefectural seat in Manche, [[France]]) was a [[county]] of [[Normandy]] during the [[Middle Ages]]. It was probably established around 1027, for Robert, a son of [[Duke]] Richard I.
⚫	At the [[Norman Conquest]], the count was Robert, half-brother of [[William the Conqueror]], who came to have extensive land-holdings in England as well.~~<br>~~
⚫	[[England\|English]] holders, after the Conquest included [[King Stephen\|Stephen]], nephew to [[Henry I]] and later [[king]] in his own right; Stephen's son William (who died childless); and [[John Lackland\|John]], brother to [[Richard I]], who held the title during Richard's reign.

		⚫	At the [[Norman Conquest]], the [[count]] was Robert, half-brother of [[William the Conqueror]], who came to have extensive land-holdings in [[England]] as well.
⚫	Mortain was lost, with Normandy, to the English during John's reign, but later, when the house of [[Lancaster]] reconquered the area, a grandson of [[John of Gaunt]], Edmund Beaufort, was created count of Mortain, and bore the title until his elvation, in 1441, to the earldom of Dorset.
		⚫	[[England\|English]] holders, after the Conquest included [[King Stephen\|Stephen]], nephew to [[Henry I]] and later [[king]] in his own right; Stephen's son William (who died childless); and [[John Lackland\|John]], brother to [[Richard I]], who held the [[title]] during Richard's [[reign]].

		⚫	Mortain was lost, with Normandy, to the English during John's reign, but later, when the house of [[Lancaster]] reconquered the area, a grandson of [[John of Gaunt]], Edmund Beaufort, was created count of Mortain, and bore the title until his elvation, in 1441, to the [[earldom]] of Dorset.

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	'''Mortain''' (today a town and sub-prefectural seat in Manche, France) was a county of Normandy during the [[Middle Ages]]. It was probably established around 1027, for Robert, a son of Duke Richard I. <br>		'''Mortain''' (today a town and sub-prefectural seat in Manche, France) was a county of Normandy during the [[Middle Ages]]. It was probably established around 1027, for Robert, a son of Duke Richard I. <br>
	At the [[Norman Conquest]], the count was Robert, half-brother of [[William the Conqueror]], who came to have extensive land-holdings in England as well.<br>		At the [[Norman Conquest]], the count was Robert, half-brother of [[William the Conqueror]], who came to have extensive land-holdings in England as well.<br>
	[[England\|English]] holders, after the Conquest included [[Stephen]], nephew to [[Henry I]] and later [[king]] in his own right; Stephen's son William (who died childless); and [[John Lackland\|John]], brother to [[Richard I]], who held the title during Richard's reign.		[[England\|English]] holders, after the Conquest included [[King Stephen\|Stephen]], nephew to [[Henry I]] and later [[king]] in his own right; Stephen's son William (who died childless); and [[John Lackland\|John]], brother to [[Richard I]], who held the title during Richard's reign.

	Mortain was lost, with Normandy, to the English during John's reign, but later, when the house of [[Lancaster]] reconquered the area, a grandson of [[John of Gaunt]], Edmund Beaufort, was created count of Mortain, and bore the title until his elvation, in 1441, to the earldom of Dorset.		Mortain was lost, with Normandy, to the English during John's reign, but later, when the house of [[Lancaster]] reconquered the area, a grandson of [[John of Gaunt]], Edmund Beaufort, was created count of Mortain, and bore the title until his elvation, in 1441, to the earldom of Dorset.

Simoncursitor at 13:08, 27 April 2005

2005-04-27T13:08:29Z

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'''Mortain''' (today a town and sub-prefectural seat in Manche, France) was a county of Normandy during the [[Middle Ages]]. It was probably established around 1027, for Robert, a son of Duke Richard I. <br>
At the [[Norman Conquest]], the count was Robert, half-brother of [[William the Conqueror]], who came to have extensive land-holdings in England as well.<br>
[[England|English]] holders, after the Conquest included [[Stephen]], nephew to [[Henry I]] and later [[king]] in his own right; Stephen's son William (who died childless); and [[John Lackland|John]], brother to [[Richard I]], who held the title during Richard's reign.

Mortain was lost, with Normandy, to the English during John's reign, but later, when the house of [[Lancaster]] reconquered the area, a grandson of [[John of Gaunt]], Edmund Beaufort, was created count of Mortain, and bore the title until his elvation, in 1441, to the earldom of Dorset.