These Vikings, now called Normans,

Scandinavian Sicilian

Caggegi - Kaggegi

Icelandic: barrel, keg, big, flashy car
Swedish: keg

These Vikings, now called Normans, adopted the French language and ways and organized a strong state in Normandy. In 1066 William, Duke of Normandy, led his followers across the English Channel to conquer England. In the same century the exploits of such Norman adventurers as Robert Guiscard created the Norman kingdom of Sicily, at the expense of the Muslims in Sicily and the Byzantine emperor in southern Italy. Normans from Sicily also took part in the Crusades against the Muslims in the Holy Land.

Scandinavian Sicilian - Caggegi - Kaggegi

Caggegi - Kaggegi

Icelandic: barrel, keg, big, flashy car
Swedish: keg

They were the descendants of northmen (hence the name), but spoke a form of French. In addition to the existing answer, Anglo-Saxon England was originally occupied with relatively few Normans to subdue a population of millions. Castles were essential to protect these small bodies of men in times of (frequent) revolt , and allowed them to control the surrounding country in more peaceful times. The Normans were used to building castles to retain their possessions elsewhere (in Normandy, Brittany, Sicily). Many of the Saxon aristocracy fled as political refugees and with their loyal followers joined the Varangian Guard in Constantinople (Istanbul now), capital of the Byzantine Empire. Five years after Hastings, Saxons were fighting the Sicilian Normans in the Balkans, trying to ward off another Norman takeover bid.

Source(s):
Feudal Britain by J Barrow

They were the descendants of northmen (hence the name), but spoke a form of French. In addition to the existing answer, Anglo-Saxon England was originally occupied with relatively few Normans to subdue a population of millions. Castles were essential to protect these small bodies of men in times of (frequent) revolt , and allowed them to control the surrounding country in more peaceful times. The Normans were used to building castles to retain their possessions elsewhere (in Normandy, Brittany, Sicily). Many of the Saxon aristocracy fled as political refugees and with their loyal followers joined the Varangian Guard in Constantinople (Istanbul now), capital of the Byzantine Empire. Five years after Hastings, Saxons were fighting the Sicilian Normans in the Balkans, trying to ward off another Norman takeover bid.

Source(s):
Feudal Britain by J Barrow

I have 6% Welsh exact genetic matches & 5% Dutch exact genetic matches. I'm starting to believe that during the Roman period - I was grouped with the Old Belgium group, which became the Franks later on, and during the Norman period - I think I was related to a the one third of Brittany groups that made up the Norman forces In 1066. My so certain from my mothers side we come from these areas - from our names. From my fathers side - I still need to know if I'm S21 or S28?

U5a1a & R1b1c*