ID: I011625
Name: Rollon (Rolf) Ragnvaldsson , Duke of Normandy 1 2 3 4 5
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 866 in Møre, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway 1 2 3 4 5
Birth: ABT 866 in Fowkes, Normandy, France
Death: 931 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France 1 2 3 4 5
Burial: Cathedral at Rouen 1 2 3 4 5
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Rollo of Normandy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Rollo (c.860 - c.932) was the Frankish-Latin name taken by (probably) Hrolf Ganger (Hrolf the Walker, Old Norse: Hrólfr Rögnvaldsson and Göngu-Hrólfr, Norwegian: Gange-Rolf). He has also been called "Rollo the Gangler" in some works, or occasionally "Robert".

Rollo was a Viking leader, probably (based on Icelandic sources) from Norway, the son of Ragnvald, Earl of Moer; sagas mention a Hrolf, son of Ragnvald jarl of Moer. However, the latinization Rollo has in no known instance been applied to a Hrolf, and in the texts which speak of him, numerous latinized Hrolfs are included. Dudo of St. Quentin (by most accounts a more reliable source, and at least more recent and living nearer the regions concerned), in his Gesta Normannorum, tells of a powerful Danish (here called Dacian which often happened in medieval sources) nobleman at loggerheads with the king of Denmark (Dacia), who then died and left his two sons, Gurim and Rollo, leaving Rollo to be expelled and Gurim killed.(1) With his followers (known as Normans, or northmen), Rollo invaded the area of northern France now known as Normandy. Wace, writing some 300 years after the event, gives a Scandinavian origin, as does the Orkneyinga Saga, Danish or Norwegian most likely.

Concluding the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte (911) with the French king Charles the Simple, Rollo pledged feudal allegiance to the king, changed his name to the Frankish version, and converted to Christianity, probably with the baptismal name Robert. In return he was granted the lower Seine area (today's upper Normandy) and the titular rulership of Normandy, centred around the city of Rouen. There exists some argument among historians as to whether Rollo was a "duke" (dux) or whether his position was equivalent to that of a "count" under Charlemagne. According to legend, when required, in conformity with general usage, to kiss the foot of King Charles, he refused to stoop to what he considered so great a degradation; yet as the homage could not be dispensed with, he ordered one of his warriors to perform it for him. The latter, as proud as his chief, instead of stooping to the royal foot, raised it so high, that the King fell to the ground.

Sometime around 927 he passed the Duchy of Normandy to his son, William Longsword. He may have lived for a few years after that, but certainly died before 933.

He was a direct ancestor of William the Conqueror. By William, he was a direct ancestor of the present-day British royal family, including Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The "clameur de haro" on the Channel Islands is, supposedly, an appeal to Rollo.

See also: Ålesund, Viking Age, Dukes of Normandy



Father: Ragnvald I 'the Wise' Eysteinsson , Earl of Møre b: ABT 830 in Møre, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
Mother: Ragnhild 'Hildr' Hrolfsdottir b: ABT 838 in Orkney Islands

Marriage 1 Poppa de Rennes b: ABT 889 in Rennes, Bretagne, France
Children
Guillaume I "Longsword" , Duke of Normandy b: ABT 911 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Duchess of Normandy Gerletta b: ABT 917 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Kathlin b: ABT 919 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Count of Corbeill Robert b: ABT 923 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Adaele Gerloc , Duchess of Normandy b: ABT 925 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Crespina b: ABT 927 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Comte de Fouques Rowland b: ABT 913 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France

Marriage 2 Duchess of Normandy Gisele b: ABT 898 in Orleans, Neustria, France
Married: 912
Children
Walter Rolfsson b: ABT 922 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France

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