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Calvados Basse-Normandie Place Guillaume le Conquérant |
Guillaume le Conquérant et six ducs de NormandieWilliam the Conqueror and six dukes of Normandyc. 1028 - 1087Duke of Normandy and King of England (Wikipedia) |
Charles and Louis Rochet
Fonderie Saint-Denis 1851/1875 |
On the sides of the pedestal are six statues of Dukes of Normandy:
![]() 1. Robert I the Magnificent |
![]() 2. Richard III |
![]() 3. Richard II the Good |
![]() 4. Richard I the Fearless |
![]() 5. William I Longsword |
![]() 6. Rollo |
gvillavme le conqverant dvc de normandie roi d angleterre
ne a falaise |
ce monument a été érigé par souscription nationale la statue équestre le 26 octobre 1851 les statues des six ducs de normandie le 19 septembre 1875 |
Signed: louis rouchet
(equestrian statue) fondu par St Denis 1851
(statues of the dukes) fdu par thiebaut & fils
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The equestrian statue of Archduke Carl of Austria of 1860 is probably inspired by this statue.
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