12th century

  1. WI: The Norman domains are divided upon William the Conqueror's death

    Upon the death of William the Conqueror, his domains, England and Normandy, were divided between his two eldest sons, as, following Norman customs, his eldest son, Robert, inherited Normandy (as it had been his father's original domain) while his second son, William, became William II of...
  2. GauchoBadger

    WI: Aragon and Navarre stay together?

    IOTL, the kingdoms of Aragon, Navarre, and the County of Barcelona were for a time united under a single monarch between the late 1050's and the death of the heirless Alfonso I ("the Battler") in 1134, after which Alfonso's own absurd will (which would have left the country to three Knightly...
  3. Vylon Disigma

    12th / 13th Century discovery of the Americas; plausibility and ideas

    Hi chaps, bit of a video game fan here. I was thinking about what could constitute a kool dark fantasy Setting/ and I thought that this(^) would be a scenario that could really evoke the ‘world is ending’ vibe that makes dark fantasy fun. It's also within a semi-traditional medieval(ish)...
  4. WI: Norman Africa preserved?

    Ive always had a soft spot for the Normans, and norman Sicily in particular. One of the more interesting chapters in Sicilys history is the twenty odd year dominion over Tunis and Libya, the so called Norman Kingdom of Africa. In OTL these dominions were destroyed by the Almohads, who also...
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