Rollo Rognvaldsson Duke of Normandy 
Rollo Rognvaldsson Duke of was born about 0860 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway. Rollo Rognvaldsson Duke of's father was Rognvald "The Wise" Eysteinsson , Jarl of More and his mother was Ragnhild (Hiltrude) Hrolfsdottir. His paternal grandparents were Eystein "Glumra" Ivarsson , Jarl of the Upplands and Aseda Rognvaldsdottir; his maternal grandfather was Hrolf Nefia , Sea King. He had two brothers named Ivar and Thori "The Silent". He was the second oldest of the three children. He had three half-brothers named Hallad Rognvaldsson 4th Jarl of, Einar "Turf" Rognvaldsson 5th Jarl of and Hrollaug. He died about 0932 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France.General Notes
Rollo, also called ROLF, or ROU, French ROLLON (b. c. 860--d. c. 932), Scandinavian rover who founded the duchy of Normandy.
911-Under treaty of St Claire received Normandy from Charles III King of France
Making himself independent of King Harald I of Norway, Rollo sailed off to raid Scotland, England, Flanders, and France on pirating expeditions and, about 911, established himself in an area along the Seine River. Charles III the Simple of France held off his siege of Paris, battled him near Chartres, and negotiated the treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, giving him the part of Neustria that came to be called Normandy; Rollo in return agreed to end his brigandage. He gave his son, William I Longsword, governance of the dukedom (927) before his death. Rollo was baptized in 912 but is said to have died a pagan. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD, 1997, ROLLO]
Banished from Norway to the Hebrides ca. 876.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0750 in Western Scandinavia d.0800 in Borre, Vestfold, Norway
- b.~ 0778 in of Uppland, Norway
- b.0753 in Holturn, Norway
- b.~ 0810 in Denmark d.0862 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
- b.~ 0738 in of Trondheim, Norway
- b.~ 0780 in of Trondheim, Norway
- b.~ 0840 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0890 in (burned alive with his bodyguards in his hall)
- b.~ 0771 in Holtum, Vestfold, Norway d.< 0827 in Vestfold, Norway (murdered-instigated by wife Asa)
- b.~ 0790 in Vestfold, Norway d.0840 in Jutland, Norway
- b.~ 0810 in Jutland, Norway d.0850
- b.~ 0825 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
- b.~ 0860 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.~ 0932 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.0823 in Norway
- b.~ 0840 in Orkney Islands, Scotland
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‌Rollo Rognvaldsson Duke of and Poppa de were married in a religious ceremony in 0891. They had a son and two daughters, named William I "Longsword" Duke of, Gerloc (Adele) of and Crispina de.
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Children
William I "Longsword" Duke of Normandy
William I "Longsword" Duke of was born about 0891 in Rouen, Normandy, France. He died on December 17th, 0942 in killed at Picardy, France.
Gerloc (Adele) of Normandy
Gerloc (Adele) of was born in 0917 in Normandy, France. She died at the age of 45 on October 14th, 0962.
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