William I Longsword Duke of Normandy 
William I Longsword Duke of was born about 0893 in Normandy,France.1 William I Longsword Duke of's father was Rollo Viking King of Norway Duke of Normandy and his mother was Poppa de Valois Duchess Of Normandy. His paternal grandparents were Rognvald "The Wise" Eysteinsson and Ragnhild Hilda Hrolfsdatter; his maternal grandparents were Pepin III Berenger De Senlis and Miss De Rennes. He had a sister named Adele. He had three half-brothers and four half-sisters, named Robert de, Anslec, Ancitel, Adele Of, Gerloc (Adele) of, Adelaide of and Miss Countess of. He died in Picardy,France. He was buried in Rouen,France.General Notes
Also Known As:<_AKA> Guillaume I "Long Sword" Duke of /Normandy/
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 9HMF-2F
OCCU 2nd Duke of Normandy...
SOUR GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve);
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says c900;
HAWKINS.GED says ABT 900 & place;members.aol.com/sargen3 says ABT 893 & place
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says 17 Dec 943;
HAWKINS.GED says 17 Dec 943;
The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28 says 17 Dec 942
SOUR Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 408;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124
William the Longsword - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 25
William Longue-epee - p. 30; Longespada - COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve Roots), p. 5;
COMYNI.GED shows mother as Gisela de France. NORM.TAF shows Poppa. I suspect
these are the same people and one of the parents is incorrect - NLP; Guillaume
"Longaspada" de Normandie - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve);The Norman Conquest also
gives his mother as Poppa - NLP;GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) gives Gisela - NLP
WILLIAM I, son of ROLLO the DANE and POPPA DE BAYEUX: Before he added the Cotentin or Cherbourg, peninsula to his domain, he may have had to suppress a Breton rising there, and then a revolt of
recalcitrant Danes. It is possible that he invited new
Danish settlers to the Cotentin. He is said to have been a just and vigorous man, and in 942 he was murdered, at Picquigny on the Somme, by order of Arnulf of Flanders, who had forced a quarrel on
him in consequence of personal insult or some dispute
about an
intervening property - The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28
Aceded 932 - http://gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0002/G0000093.html#I1245
OCCU 2nd Duke of Normandy...
SOUR GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve);
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says c900;
HAWKINS.GED says ABT 900 & place;members.aol.com/sargen3 says ABT 893 & place
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says 17 Dec 943;
HAWKINS.GED says 17 Dec 943;
The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28 says 17 Dec 942
SOUR Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 408;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124
William the Longsword - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 25
William Longue-epee - p. 30; Longespada - COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve Roots), p. 5;
COMYNI.GED shows mother as Gisela de France. NORM.TAF shows Poppa. I suspect
these are the same people and one of the parents is incorrect - NLP; Guillaume
"Longaspada" de Normandie - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve);The Norman Conquest also
gives his mother as Poppa - NLP;GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) gives Gisela - NLP
WILLIAM I, son of ROLLO the DANE and POPPA DE BAYEUX: Before he added the Cotentin or Cherbourg, peninsula to his domain, he may have had to suppress a Breton rising there, and then a revolt of
recalcitrant Danes. It is possible that he invited new
Danish settlers to the Cotentin. He is said to have been a just and vigorous man, and in 942 he was murdered, at Picquigny on the Somme, by order of Arnulf of Flanders, who had forced a quarrel on
him in consequence of personal insult or some dispute
about an
intervening property - The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28
Aceded 932 - http://gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0002/G0000093.html#I1245
OCCU 2nd Duke of Normandy...
SOUR GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve);
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says c900;
HAWKINS.GED says ABT 900 & place;members.aol.com/sargen3 says ABT 893 & place
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says 17 Dec 943;
HAWKINS.GED says 17 Dec 943;
The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28 says 17 Dec 942
SOUR Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 408;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124
William the Longsword - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 25
William Longue-epee - p. 30; Longespada - COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve Roots), p. 5
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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.~ 0768 in Of,Holtum,Vestfold,Norway d.0800 in ,Borre,Vestfold,Norway
- b.0783
- b.0767
- b.0810 in Maer,Norway d.0860 in Maer-Nord Trondelag Norway
- b.~ 0830 in of Maer,Nord Trondelag,Norway d.0890 in Orkney,Scotland
- b.~ 0786 in ,,,Denmark d.0830
- b.0790 in Jutland,Norway d.0850
- b.~ 0834 in ,,Alsace-Lorraine,France d.28 May 861
- b.~ 0812 in of Maer,Norway
- b.~ 0786 in ,,,Denmark d.0830
- b.~ 0784 in England
- b.0860 in Maer,Nord-Trondelag,Norway d.0931 in Notre Dame,Rouen,Seine-Maritime,France
- b.0823 in Norway
- b.~ 0857 in Orkney,Orkney Islands,Norway d.> 0892
- b.~ 0893 in Normandy,France d.17 Dec 942 in Picardy,France
- b.12 Ap753 in of Aachen,Rhineland,Prussia d.8 Jul 810 in ,Milan,Milan,Italy
- b.0797 in of Vermandois,Neustria d.17 Apr 818 in Milan,,Italy
- b.0780
- b.~ 0818 in Vermandois,Normandy,France d.0848 in Milan,-,Italy
- b.0797 in Italy d.15 Jun 835 in in Italia
- b.0847 in Bayeux,Neustria
- b.~ 0725 in <Of,Swabia,Germany> d.> 0805
- b.~ 0754 d.0836
- b.<722> in <,Laon,Aisne,France> d. in Y
- b.~ 0820 in of,,,France d.Bet 850/900
- b.0750 in Toulouse,France d.0813 in Gellone,France
- b.~ 0800
- b.~ 0775 in <Of,,Prussia> d.0837
- b.~ 0872 in Evreux,Normandy,Fr d.> 0925 in Normandy - Wife of Rollo the Viking
- b.0750 in Bretagne,jFrance d.0795
- b.~ 0764 d.7 Mar 851
- b.0840 d.0877
- b.~ 0852 in Bayeux,Neustria
- b.~ 0764 d.7 Mar 851
- b.~ 0794 d.Nov 0857
- b.0840
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William I Longsword Duke of and Sproata (Adela) of were married in a religious ceremony about 0932 in Normandy,France.2 They had a son and a daughter, named Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke of and Hildegarde.
Family Notes
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DATE 919
PLAC Normandy, France
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TEXT Date of Import: Feb 1, 1999
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DATE 919
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TEXT Date of Import: Feb 1, 1999
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DATE ABT. 933
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REFN 206365
ABBR Compuserve
TITL Any information taken from Compuserve.
AUTH Various authors
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Children
Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke of Normandy
Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke of was born in Faecamp Normandy and his baptism took place in Normandy - Son of William Longsword.3 He died in Faecamp Normandy. He was buried in Of,Fbecamp,Normandie.3
William I Longsword Duke of and Luitgarde de were married in a religious ceremony in 0940.
1 anc.regfilmer.FTW
2 anc.regfilmer.FTW
3 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 121e-20
2 anc.regfilmer.FTW
3 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 121e-20
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