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A bitter betrayal: Drogo Lord of Holderness
When Holderness was a stronghold for William the Conqueror.
A Norman lord, a royal marriage, and a murder that shook medieval England. Drogo of Holderness rose to power under William the Conqueror, then vanished after his wife’s mysterious death. Was it ambition, betrayal, or something darker. Professor Barbara English tells Gill Sennett about why Holderness was so important to William the Conqueror.
