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 Normans can come from Normandy, England, Sicily/Southern Italy or the Crusader States of Antioch or Jerusalem.
-Apart from the [[Danes]], and once in a while the Pope, no one really likes the Normans, but it doesn't really matter.  When the Dane Rollo and his followers settled in Northern France two-hundred years ago, they took to knighthood and the feudal system of organization like a pig takes to garbage.   The Ducal house at times defeated the French king and subjugated England.  Norman adventurers carved out a kingdom in Sicily and Italy, fought the [[Byzantines]] to a standstill, established principalities in the Holy Land and lordships in [[irish|Ireland]].
+Apart from the [[danish|Danes]], and once in a while the Pope, no one really likes the Normans, but it doesn't really matter.  When the Dane Rollo and his followers settled in Northern France two-hundred years ago, they took to knighthood and the feudal system of organization like a pig takes to garbage.   The Ducal house at times defeated the French king and subjugated England.  Norman adventurers carved out a kingdom in Sicily and Italy, fought the [[Byzantines]] to a standstill, established principalities in the Holy Land and lordships in [[irish|Ireland]].
 Strangely enough, the Normans get along better with their [[Moorish]] subjects in Sicily than with their Italian or Byzantine neighbors.