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Normandie shieldNormandie

(nôr´men-dē) (pron: nor-mun-dee)

Capital: Rouen (pron: roo-ahn)
French annexation: 1450

This coat of arms is said to have been those of Guillaume (William) le Bâtard, the duke of Normandie, who defeated the English at Hastings and was crowned king of England in 1066.

Normandie provincial map