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 Duke Of Normandy Rollo (Rolf) The Duke Of Normandy/Rognvaldsson and his mother was [Duchess Of Normandy] Poppa De Bayeux [Duchess Of Normandy]. His paternal grandparents were [Jarl Mere] Rognvald "The Wise" Eysteinsson [Jarl Mere] and Countess Of More Hilda (Ragnhild) Countess Hrolfsdottir Countess Of More; his maternal grandparents were Berenger Count De Bayeux and Miss De Rennes. He had two brothers and four sisters, named Robert, Robert Count Of, Gerloc Adele Of, Gerletta, Kathlin and Crespina. 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.~ 0778 in Of Uppland, Norway
- b.~ 0800 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway d.Unknown
- b.~ 0780 in Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
- b.~ 0834 in Of, Upland, Denmark d.0890 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.0790 in Jutland, Norway d.~ 0850
- b.~ 0819 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway d.Unknown
- b.~ 0854 in Of, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.~ 0927 in Of, Notre Dame, Rouen, France
- b.~ 0823 in Norway d.Unknown
- b.~ 0837 in Of, Norway d.Unknown
- b.~ 0828 in Of, Norway
- 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 d.0877
- b.~ 0855 in Rennes, France
- b.~ 0825 in Brittany, France
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William I "Longsword" Duke Of and Sprota (Sporta) De were married in a religious ceremony after 0930 in 1st Wife (Danish Wife/Non Christian Marriage). They had a son and a daughter, named Richard I "The Fearless" Duke Of and Miss Countess Of.
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Children
Richard I "The Fearless" Duke Of Normandy
Richard I "The Fearless" Duke Of was born on August 28th, 0933 in Normandy, France. He died at the age of 63 on November 20th, 0996 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France. He was buried in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France.
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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