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The Wikipedia article on Henry I of England claims that after he conquered Normandy from his brother Robert, he ruled it as King of England and didn't bother to call himself "Duke". Does anyone know if this is actually true? In any case, it seems that this policy wasn't continued by later English Kings - so was it only a legally dubious administrative shortcut, without him formally annexing it?

Could a formal annexation have happened at any point? Perhaps in the 1430s or '40s, the English, realising they are losing the war, decide to annex Normandy and Gascony (or even a larger "Aquitaine") and focus on defending them whilst abandoning the rest of France? Could this have been sustained in the long term?
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