Robert (Rollo) Duke of Normandy 
Robert (Rollo) Duke of was born in 0846 in Norway. Robert (Rollo) Duke of's father was Eystein Ivarsson Glumra Jarl of the Uplands and his mother was Ascrida Ragnvaldsdottir. His paternal grandparents were Ivar Oplaendinge Jarl of the Uplanders of Norway and Eysteinsdotter Throndheim; his maternal grandparents were Ragnvald Gudrodsson of Agder and Tora Sigurdsdottir. He had five brothers named Malahule Haldrick, Turstan, Hrollangr, Rognvald Eysteinsson Earl and Thorir Rognvaldsson Earl Of. He was the oldest of the six children. He died at the age of 85 in 0931.General Notes
Rollo the Dane, 1st Duke of Normandy. The Normans, Men of the North, were a mixed nation of the fiercest Norwegians, Swedes and Danes, and became settled in Neustria in France at the beginning of the 10th Century when Charles the Simple, King of France, conferred the Duchy, since called Normandy, on Rollo the Dane, one of the most celebrated of the Norman leaders. This renowed chieftain married 1st Poppae, daughter of Berengarius, Count of Bayeux, 2nd Gisela, daughter of Charles, King of France. By the first wife he left at his death, in 931, two sons and two daughters: William, Robert, Count of Corbell, Crespina and Gerletta.
They had a son and three daughters, named William I Longsword II Duke of, Kathlin of, Gerletta of and Adele of.
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William I Longsword II Duke of Normandy
William I Longsword II Duke of was born in 0870. He died at the age of 72 on December 17th, 0942.
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