1085 - Longsword, *William I

Longsword, *William I

Birth Name	Longsword, *William I 1a 1b
Also Known As	Longsword, William I 1c 1d 1e
Also Known As	of Normandy, William I 1f
Also Known As	Longsword, William 1g
Also Known As	Normandy, William I Longsword of 1h
Also Known As	Normandy, William I 1i
Also Known As	NORMANDY, WILLIAM 1j
Also Known As	Longsword, William I 1k
Also Known As	Longsword, William I or Guillaume 1l
Gramps ID	I2754
Gender	male
Age at Death	49 years, 11 months, 16 days

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Birth [E5045]	893	Normandy, France		1m
Death [E5046]	942-12-17	Island Picquigny, Somme River, Normandy, France		1n
Birth [E5047]	893	Normandy, France		1o
Birth [E5048]		Longsword, Meschines, , France		1p
Birth [E5049]	28 AUG	Rouen, , Normandie, France		1q
Birth [E5050]	893	Normandy, France		1r
Birth [E5051]		Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France		1s
Birth [E5052]		Longsword, Meschines, , France		1t
Birth [E5053]	UNKNOWN	Rouen, Normandy, France		1u
Birth [E5054]	893	Rouen, Normandie, France		1v
Birth [E5055]	893	Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France		1w
Birth [E5056]		Rouen, , Normandie, France		1x
Birth [E5057]		MAER, , NORMANDY, France		1y
Death [E5058]	942-12-17	Island Picquigny, Somme River, Normandy, France	assassinated	1z
Death [E5059]	17 DEC	Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France		1aa
Death [E5060]	17 DEC	Island Picquigny, Somme River, Normandy, France		1ab 1ac
Death [E5061]	942-12-17	Island Picquigny,Somme River,Normandy,France		1ad
Death [E5062]		Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France		1ae
Death [E5063]		Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France		1af
Death [E5064]	942-12-17	Rouen Cathedral, France		1ag
Death [E5065]		PICQUIGNNY IN THE, Somme, Picardie, France		1ah
Death [E5066]	942-12-17	Island Picquigny, Somme River, Normandy, France		1ai
Death [E5067]		Island Picquigny, Somme River, Normandy, France		1aj

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Rognvaldsson, *Duke of Normandy Rollo [I2758]	860	927
Mother	De Valois, *Poppa [I2762]
	Longsword, *William I [I2754]	893	942-12-17

Stepfather	Ragnvaldsson, *Rollo [I2953]	846	931
Stepmother	De Valois, *Poppa [I2954]
Stepsister	De Normandy, Kathlin [I2972]
Stepsister	De Normandy, Crespina [I2973]
Stepbrother	Conqueror, William the [I2974]	1024-10-14	1087-09-09
	Longsword, *William I [I2754]	893	942-12-17
Half-sister	Normandy, Adaele of [I2764]		1000-12-16

Families

Family of Longsword, *William I and De Bretagne, *Sprota [F0939]

Married

Wife

De Bretagne, *Sprota [I2931] ( * 911 + 1005 )

Event	Date	Place	Sources
Marriage [E22300]	UNKNOWN	Normandy, France	1ak
Marriage [E22301]	932	Normandy, France	1al
Marriage [E22302]	UNKNOWN

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Ivry, Raoul D [I2956]
Fearless“, *Richard I Duke of Normandy ”The [I2749]	933-08-28	996-11-20
Beulac, *Count Godfrey of [I3298]		1005
Normandy, *Richard I Duke of [I4064]	933-08-28	996-11-20

Narrative

WILLIAM LONGSWORD I
William I Longsword (893 - 17 December 942) was the second Duke of Normandy from his father's death until his own assassination. The title dux (duke) was not in use at the time and has been applied to early Norman rulers retroactively; William actually used the title comes (count). Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen to Rollo and his wife Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes the previous lord of Britania Nova, which eventually became western Normandy. According to the William's planctus, he was baptised a Christian. William succeeded Rollo sometime around 927. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Gallicised. Subsequent years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts troubling the reign of Louis IV. He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard the Fearless, child of his first wife, Sprota, succeeded him. William also left a widow, Liègard (Liutgard), who died in 985.

Pedigree

Rognvaldsson, *Duke of Normandy Rollo [I2758]
1. De Valois, *Poppa [I2762]
  1. Longsword, *William I
    1. De Bretagne, *Sprota [I2931]

Ancestors

Longsword, *William I
* 893
+ 942-12-17

Rognvaldsson, *Duke of Normandy Rollo
* 860
+ 927

Eysteinsson, *Rognvald Jarl Earl of More and Romsdal
* 830
+ 890

Ivarsson, *Eystein Jarl of the Uplands and of 'More and Hendemarken'
* 810
+ 872

Ragnvaldsdottir, *Ascrida 'Countess Of Oppland'
* 804
+ 890

More, *Hilda Countess
* UNKNOWN
+ UNKNOWN

Nefja, *Hrolf
* 826
+ 847

*Unknown
*
+ ...

De Valois, *Poppa
*
+ ...

De Bayeux, *Berenger
* APR
+ UNKNOWN

De Peronne, *Pepin
* 818
+ 878-02-23

De Bobbio, *Countess of Vermandois *Rothaide
*
+ ...

Rennes, *Cunigunde
* UNKNOWN
+ 28 AUG

De Valois, *Pepin De Senlis
*
+ 28 JAN

*Unknown
*
+ ...

Source References

Ancestry.com: Public Member Trees [S0075]
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    Record for Godfrey Ginbert of BEULAC
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    Record for William Longsword
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    Record for "The Fearless" (Duke of Normandy) Richard I
4. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for WILLIAM I Longsword
5. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Sporte De Bretagne
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    Record for Rollo of Normandy
7. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Richard I of Normandy The Fearless
8. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Poppa De Bayeaux De Valois, Duchess of Normandy
9. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Poppa De Bayeaux De Valois, Duchess of Normandy
10. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Rollo Ragnvaldsson
11. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Poppa De Valois
12. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Sprota De Bretagne
13. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for "The Fearless" (Duke of Normandy) Richard I
14. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for "The Fearless" (Duke of Normandy) Richard I
15. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for WILLIAM I Longsword
16. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Rollo of Normandy
17. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Richard I of Normandy The Fearless
18. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Sporte De Bretagne
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    Record for Poppa De Bayeaux De Valois, Duchess of Normandy
20. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Poppa De Bayeaux De Valois, Duchess of Normandy
21. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Godfrey Ginbert of BEULAC
22. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for William Longsword
23. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Sprota De Bretagne
24. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Poppa De Valois
25. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Rollo Ragnvaldsson
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    Record for WILLIAM I Longsword
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    Record for Rollo of Normandy
28. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Richard I of Normandy The Fearless
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    Record for Poppa De Valois
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    Record for Sporte De Bretagne
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    Record for Poppa De Bayeaux De Valois, Duchess of Normandy
32. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Poppa De Bayeaux De Valois, Duchess of Normandy
33. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for William Longsword
34. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Rollo Ragnvaldsson
35. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Sprota De Bretagne
36. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Godfrey Ginbert of BEULAC
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    Record for William Longsword
38. - Page: Database online.
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    Record for Sprota De Bretagne