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A duke of this ethnicity married a princess whom Anna Komnene described in battle as like “a second (15[1])Athena,” named (15[1])Sikelgaita. A ruler of this ethnicity commissioned the painted muqarnas ceilings of the Cappella Palatina, as well as an atlas whose 70 maps are oriented south-up. (15[1])Duke Guaimario IV relied on the military services of brothers of this ethnicity from Hauteville, one of whom was nicknamed “the Terror.” (15[1])The geographer al-Idrisi was commissioned to create the (*) Tabula Rogeriana by a king of this ethnicity who ruled Sicily. In return for ending the 911 CE Siege of Chartres (“SHART-ruh”), Charles the Simple granted a duchy to an ancestor of these people, the Viking Rollo. (10[1])An artwork depicting an invasion by these people features Halley’s Comet and is housed at Bayeux Cathedral. For 10 points, name these people who invaded England under William the Conqueror. ■END■

ANSWER: Normans [accept Normaunds or Normands or Nortmanni or Normanni; prompt on Vikings or Norsemen] (Sikelgaita married Robert Guiscard. Roger II commissioned the Cappella Palatina and the Tabula Rogeriana.)
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