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My name is Jamie and this is Episode 328.

Apple Red, the St. Price's Day Massacre.

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The year 2002 was still 64 years away from 1066, but already the House of Normandy had begun

a coup upon the Kingdom of England.

The Norman Dynasty only held a minor duchy, and actually the only held it for a fairly

short amount of time, as it was only Duke Richard's great grandfather, Rallo, who established

it.

And in that time, there had been multiple points where it looked like the family would

be ousted from even those comparatively minor holdings.

I mean, over the generations, the Dynasty had faced off with numerous powerful enemies.

Flanders, England, even the throne of France had beefed with the dukes of Normandy.

And with such formidable enemies, it wouldn't have been surprising if the Normans had faded

into a footnote in history.

But they didn't.

And part of the reason for that is that they didn't just have powerful enemies.

They also had powerful allies, Scandinavian allies, and the dukes knew how to wield them.

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