Walter, Archbishop of Rouen

Also known as: Walter archbishop of Rouen · Family: Normandy · Role: archbishop · First appears: King John 1

Life events

• c. 1199 · King John was invested as Duke of Normandy and swore to defend the church's liberties.(King John 1 · 📍 Rouen)
  • With: King John
  • “he was girded with the sword of the dutchie of Normandie in the high church there by the hands of Walter archbishop of Rouen. And so being inuested duke of Normandie, receiued the oth according to the custome, that he should defend the church, and mainteine the liberties thereof”

King John 1

• with King John (Walter invested John as duke of Normandy.) “he was girded with the sword of the dutchie of Normandie in the high church there by the hands of Walter archbishop of Rouen.”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.