Genealogy Projects tagged with la Blanche-Nef on the Geni Family Tree

Wreck of the White Ship (la Blanche-Nef) 1120

The shipwreck that changed the course of Medieval England, the White Ship sank off the coast of Barfleur in the English Channel on 25 November 1120, taking with it the heir to the English throne and over 150 members of the leading families of Norman England. As historian Robert Lacey describes it in "Great Tales from English History": "The White Ship was the Titanic of the Middle Ages, a much-v...