29th Generation

291241984. Brian DE LONGWORTH DE HOLLAND (*) was born about 1050 in Normandie, West Francia (France). (This is the Holland Family Crest.)

Normandy from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy.

Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and the Channel Islands (mostly the British Crown Dependencies). It covers 30,627 square kilometres (11,825 sq mi).  Its population is 3,499,280. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans, and the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language. Large settlements include Rouen, Le Havre and Cherbourg.

The cultural region of Normandy is roughly similar to the historical Duchy of Normandy, which includes small areas now part of the departments of Mayenne and Sarthe. The Channel Islands (French: Îles Anglo-Normandes) are also historically part of Normandy; they cover 194 square kilometres (75 sq mi)[4] and comprise two bailiwicks: Guernsey and Jersey, which are British Crown Dependencies.

Normandy's name comes from the settlement of the territory by Vikings ("Northmen") starting in the 9th century, and confirmed by treaty in the 10th century between King Charles III of France and the Viking jarl Rollo. For four hundred years following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Normandy and England were linked by having the same person reign as both Duke of Normandy and King of England. He died in Upholland, Lancashire, England. Up Holland is a village just outside the boundary of Skelmersdale and civil parish in the West Lancashire district, in the county of Lancashire, England, 4 miles west of Wigan.

The village is on a small hill 89m above sea level that rises above the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. There are views towards St. Helens and Liverpool in the south west, Ormskirk and Southport in the northwest and toward  Wigan, Manchester and on to the High Peak of Derbyshire in the east. The parish includes the Pimbo industrial estate.

The placename is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Hoiland.  It appears as Upholand in a Lancashire Inquest of 1226. This is from the Old English hohland, meaning 'land on or by a hoe or spur of a hill'.  The name Up Holland differentiates it from another place locally called Downholland, 10 miles to the west (on the other side of Ormskirk). The manor of Holland was a possession of the Holland family until 1534, whence it may be presumed they derived their name. He was buried in Upholland, Lancashire, England. (Unknown) UNKNOWN (DE LONGWORTH DE HOLLAND) (*) and Brian DE LONGWORTH DE HOLLAND (*) were married.

291241985. (Unknown) UNKNOWN (DE LONGWORTH DE HOLLAND) (*) was born (date unknown).

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