William I "Longsword" Duke of Normandy 
William I "Longsword" Duke of was born about 0891 in Rouen, Normandy, France. William I "Longsword" Duke of's father was Rollo Rognvaldsson Duke of Normandy and his mother was Poppa de Bayeux. His paternal grandparents were Rognvald "The Wise" Eysteinsson , Jarl of More and Ragnhild (Hiltrude) Hrolfsdottir; his maternal grandparents were Berenger Count de Bayeux and Miss de Rennes. He had two sisters named Gerloc (Adele) of and Crispina de. He was the oldest of the three children. He died on December 17th, 0942 in killed at Picardy, France.General Notes
William I, "Longsword", b. ca. 891 probably Rouen, c. 927 succeeded to Duchy of Normandy, c. 930 the Bretons rebelled, he subdued them, taking Brittany, the Channel Islands, the Contentin, and the Averanchin; killed in treacherous ambush 17 Dec 942 by servants of Theobald of Blois and Arnulf of Flanders. He m. (1) (Danish wife) Sprota, a Breton; m. (2) Luitgarde de Vermandois, n.i. [no issue], killed 942 by Louis, son of Charles III "the Simple", daughter of Herbert II, Count of Vermandois and Troyes. [Ancestral Roots]
Note: There is an apparent error in Luitgarde's death date of 942. See notes under her. I think the clause ",killed 942 by Louis, son of Charles III "the simple" belongs to William's death and not to Luitgarde's, even though she is the subject of the sentence before & after the clause. I am going to remove the death date as a sourced alternative. It is an obvious error.
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Assassinated by Arnulf/Arnulph/Arnoul "The Old", Count of Flanders, in 942, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 16, pg. 493, Article: NORMANDY
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0746 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.~ 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
- b.~ 0891 in Rouen, Normandy, France d.17 Dec 0942 in killed at Picardy, France
- b.0847 in Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France d.0886 in Viking attack at Bayeaux, Normandy, France
- b.0872 in Evreux, Eure, Normandy, France d.~ 0938 in France
- b.~ 0825 in Rennes, France
- b.~ 0855 in Rennes, France
- b.~ 0772 in Brittany, France d.0851
- b.~ 0800 in Brittany, France d.Nov 0857
- b.~ 0825 in Brittany, France
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William I "Longsword" Duke of and Sprota Of were married in a religious ceremony after 0930 in 1st wife (Danish wife/Non Christian Marriage). They had a son named Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke Of.
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Children
Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke Of NORMANDY
Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke Of was born on August 28th, 0933 in Of, Fbecamp, Normandie. He died at the age of 63 on November 20th, 0996 in Of, Fbecamp, Normandie. He was buried in Of, Fbecamp, Normandie.
William I "Longsword" Duke of and Luitgarde de were married in a religious ceremony before 0941 in 1st husband 2nd wife.
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