Jersey (, ;
Jèrriais:
Jèrri [ʒɛri]), officially the
Bailiwick of Jersey (;
Jèrriais:
Bailliage dé Jèrri), is a British
Crown dependency, a possession of the
Crown in right of Jersey, off the coast of
Normandy,
France. The
bailiwick consists of the island of Jersey, along with surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks collectively named
Les Dirouilles,
Les Écréhous,
Les Minquiers,
Les Pierres de Lecq, and other reefs. Jersey was part of the
Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes went on to become kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the thirteenth century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey and the other Channel Islands remained attached to the English crown.