Ranulf Flambard
✓ Source-basedfallingBishop of Durham and royal official (c. 1060 - 1128)
Ranulf Flambard was a medieval Norman Bishop of Durham and an influential government official of King William Rufus of England. Ranulf was the son of a priest of Bayeux, Normandy, and his nickname Flambard means incendiary or torch-bearer, and may have referred to his personality.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 4
A page from Domesday Book, which Ranulf was involved with
A drawing of the interior of Westminster Hall by Augustus Pugin (architecture) and Thomas Rowlandson (figures), dating from about 1808. The walls date to Ranulf's construction work at the site.
Entrance to Durham Cathedral
Modern view from Durham Cathedral looking towards Durham Castle across Palace GreenPoliticians born in the 1060s 6
About this person
Ranulf Flambard was a medieval Norman Bishop of Durham and an influential government official of King William Rufus of England. Ranulf was the son of a priest of Bayeux, Normandy, and his nickname Flambard means incendiary or torch-bearer, and may have referred to his personality. He started his career under King William I of England, probably in the compilation of the Domesday Book of 1086, as well as being the keeper of the king's seal. On the death of William I, Ranulf chose to serve the new king of England, William Rufus.
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.