William I "Longsword" De Normandy 
William I "Longsword" was born about 0900 in Normandy, France.1 William I "Longsword"'s father was Rollo (Robert Normandy ) Rognvalsson Of Norway and his mother was Poppa (Normandy) De Bayeux. His paternal grandparents were Rognwald "The Wise" Eysteinson Of Norway and Ragnild Hrolfsdatter (Hilda) Of More; his maternal grandparents were Berenguer De Bayeux and NN De Rennes. He had a brother and two sisters, named Robert, Adele (Gerloc) and Crispina. He was the second oldest of the four children. He died in Murdered In France.1 General Notes
[Joanne's Tree.1 GED.GED]
[Etienne De Coligny.FTW]
[Richard I De Normandy.ged]
He was a scholar; wanted to be a monk. He took Brittany, the Channel Islands, Contentin, and Averanchin. Killed in a treacherous ambush by servants of Arnulf of Flanders & Theobald of Blois.
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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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0778 in Uppland, Norway d.Deceased
- b.~ 0780 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway d.> 0880 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway
- b.~ 0720 in Trondheim, Norway d.Deceased
- b.~ 0834 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway d.~ 0890 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland (burned alive with his bodyguards in his hall)
- b.~ 0790 in Jutland, Norway d.~ 0850
- b.~ 0825 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.Deceased in Norway
- b.~ 0870 in Maer, Nord, Trondelog, Norway d.~ 0931 in Notre Dame, Rouen, France
- b.~ 0818 d.Deceased
- b.~ 0840 in Orkney Islands, Scotland d.Deceased in Norway
- b.~ 0900 in Normandy, France d.17 DEC 943 in Murdered In France
- b.Apr 0773 in Aachen, Prussia d.8 JUL 810 in Milan, Italy
- b.~ 0797 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.17 APR 818 in Milan, Italy (blinded by Louis I)
- b.~ 0770 in Austrasia, France d.Deceased
- b.~ 0818 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.~ 0848 in Milan, Italy
- b.~ 0745 in Toulouse, France d.Deceased in Gellone Monastery, Aniane, Herault, Languedoc, France
- b.~ 0797 in France d.~ 0835
- b.~ 0775 in France XX d.Deceased
- b.~ 0847 in Bayeux, France d.~ 0886 in Viking attack at Bayeaux, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0820 in France XX d.Deceased
- b.~ 0872 in Bayeux, Normandy, France d.Deceased in France
- b.~ 0855 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France d.Deceased
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They had a son named Richard I "The Fearless".
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Children
Richard I "The Fearless" De Normandy
Richard I "The Fearless" was born in Fecamp, Normandy, France.1 He died in Fecamp, Normandy, France.1
1 Joanne's Tree.1 GED.GED
Further sources/citations:
World Family Tree Vol. 10, Ed. 1 @ Tree #0387, woodward.FTW, Richard I De Normandy.ged, Etienne De Coligny.FTW
Further sources/citations:
World Family Tree Vol. 10, Ed. 1 @ Tree #0387, woodward.FTW, Richard I De Normandy.ged, Etienne De Coligny.FTW
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