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Radio Humberside,23 Dec 2025,11 mins

A bitter betrayal: Drogo Lord of Holderness

Hidden East Yorkshire

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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.

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