Nickname:<NICK> The Dane
Note: Rollo, 1st DUKE OF NORMANDY (846-932) = Poppa de Valois of Normandy, Duchess of Normandy (Cite: "The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants" by Gary Boyd Roberts, p.236 & CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 File 272; http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifet...EN-MEDIEVAL+1998+28555707890). Rollo's Norwegian name would be Rolf or Hrolf, but this is just a "could-be" connection. Ca 50% of the scholars believe this, and ca 50% believe he was Danish.
Rolf was declared an outlaw by King Harald the Fairhaired when heapparently stole cattle in Viken to provision his ships. He then sailed off to raid England, Flanders, and France. In 911 , he established a baseon the Seine. Charles the Simple of France held off his seige of Paris, battled him near Chartres, and negotiated the treaty of St.Clair-sur-Epte, which gave him and his successors the part of Neustriathat became Normandy. Normandy was renamed after the large number of Normans, also known as Norsemen or Northmen.
Rollo First duke of Normandy c. 860-932
/'rOl_/
Viking leader. He left Norway about 875 and marauded, sailing up theSeine to Rouen. He besieg edParis 886, and in 912 was baptized and granted the province of Normandy by Charles III of France. He was its duke until his retirement to a monastery 927. He was an ancestor of William t he Conqueror.[relatives2.FBK]
Father: Earl Of More ROGNVALD b: WFT Est. 795-824
Mother: HILDA b: WFT Est. 804-827
Marriage 1 Lady POPPA b: WFT Est. 842-862 in (sister of Bernard of St. Liz (Senlis))
Married: WFT Est. 863-896 1 5 3
Children
Robert OF , Count of Corbeil Corbeil
CRESPINA
GERLETTA
KATHLIN
Duke Of Normandy William I b: WFT Est. 868-910 in (Duke 927-943)
Adele of NORMANDY b: ABT. 917
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Title: World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1
Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc.
Publication: Release date: August 22, 1996
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Page: Tree #1563
Text: Date of Import: Oct 11, 1998
Note: Rollo, 1st DUKE OF NORMANDY (846-932) = Poppa de Valois of Normandy, Duchess of Normandy (Cite: "The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants" by Gary Boyd Roberts, p.236 & CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 File 272; http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifet...EN-MEDIEVAL+1998+28555707890). Rollo's Norwegian name would be Rolf or Hrolf, but this is just a "could-be" connection. Ca 50% of the scholars believe this, and ca 50% believe he was Danish.
Rolf was declared an outlaw by King Harald the Fairhaired when heapparently stole cattle in Viken to provision his ships. He then sailed off to raid England, Flanders, and France. In 911 , he established a baseon the Seine. Charles the Simple of France held off his seige of Paris, battled him near Chartres, and negotiated the treaty of St.Clair-sur-Epte, which gave him and his successors the part of Neustriathat became Normandy. Normandy was renamed after the large number of Normans, also known as Norsemen or Northmen.
Rollo First duke of Normandy c. 860-932
/'rOl_/
Viking leader. He left Norway about 875 and marauded, sailing up theSeine to Rouen. He besieg edParis 886, and in 912 was baptized and granted the province of Normandy by Charles III of France. He was its duke until his retirement to a monastery 927. He was an ancestor of William t he Conqueror.[relatives2.FBK]
Father: Earl Of More ROGNVALD b: WFT Est. 795-824
Mother: HILDA b: WFT Est. 804-827
Marri