[Agamemnon]

Recall that the Normans from french Normandy invaded England and defeated the Anglo saxons. Ever since 1066 the throne of England has had french ancestors sitting until the Germans took over the throne before Victoria’s father was in the throne.

Normans are not Gallic "French," but are more correctly decedents of "Norsemen," aka Vikings. They are Scandinavians.

FReegards!

[Sloane_Ranger]

Normans are not Gallic "French," but are more correctly decedents of "Norsemen," aka Vikings. They are Scandinavians.

Indeed. Normans or Northmen were Vikings who settled off the coast of France. The ancestor of William the Conqueror was Rollo the Viking. It is ironic that the Saxons kept the various Viking incursions at bay only to ultimately lose the English throne in 1066 to a Viking descendant, William.

[Verginius Rufus]

King Henry II was a grandson of Henry I through his mother Matilda. Henry II’s father was a Plantagenet so Henry II was the first Plantagenet king. I don’t know if the Plantagenets also had Scandinavian ancestry. They were rulers of Anjou in France.

[Okeydoker]

Mostly correct. They are not french as we think of the French and Normandy was a territory that continually over time went back and forth between England and France. The normans were from Normandy but not at that time considered proper French.