Rollo Rognvaldsson 
Rollo was born about 0846 in Maer,Nord-Trondelag,Norway and his baptism took place in Rouen Cathedral.1 Rollo's father was Rognvald "The Wise" Eysteinsson and his mother was Ragnhild Hilda Hrolfsdatter. His paternal grandparents were Eystein Glumra the Noisy Jarl of the Upplands Ivarsson and Aseda Rognvaldsdatter; his maternal grandfather was Hrolf Nefja of Norway. He had eight brothers and two sisters, named Einar, Hallad, Rollo Viking King of Norway Duke of, Thori, Ivar, Thorer "The Silent", Hrollinger, Malahut, Thordis and Torf of. He had a half-brother named Hrollaug. He died about 0931 in Notre Dame,Rouen,Normandy,France. He was buried in Notre Dame,Rouen,France.2 General Notes
Name Prefix:<NPFX> Duke
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Of Normandy
[from Ancestry.com 139798.GED]
The son of Ragnvald, he was so stout and strong that no horse could carry him. Thus he was known as Gange-Rolf, or Rolf the Walker. One summer on the return from one of his viking expeditions, he made a strand-hug (a foray for cattle and provisions for his ships) in Viken. Hing Harald had Rolf tried by a special session of the Norwegian Thing, which declared him an outlaw in all Norway. He then sailed westward to the Sudreys, the present Hebrides and joined vikings there who then plundered Paris and the province of Bourgogne in 885. King Charles the Simple of France gave him and his successors the area that became Normandy by the Peace of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte. In 912 he became a Christian and married Gizela the daughter of Louis I.
Rolf was declared an outlaw by King Harald the Fairhaired when he apparently stole cattle in Viken to provision his ships. He then sailed off to raid England, Flanders, and France. In 911, he established a base on the Seine. Charles the Simple of France held off his seige of Paris, battled him near Chartres, and negotiated the treaty of St. Clair-sur-Epte, which gave him and his successors the part of Neustria that became Normandy. Normandy was renamed after the large number of Normans, also known as Norsemen or Northmen.
Rollo First duke of Normandy c. 860-932
Viking leader. He left Norway about 875 and marauded, sailing up the Seine to Rouen. He besieged Paris 886, and in 912 was baptized and granted the province of Normandy by Charles III of France. He was its duke until his retirement to a monastery 927. He was an ancestor of William the Conqueror.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0736 in Vestfold,Norway d.0780
- b.~ 0768 in Of,Holtum,Vestfold,Norway d.0800 in ,Borre,Vestfold,Norway
- b.0735 in 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.> 0775 in ,Uppsala,Uppsala,Sweden d.Bet. 862 - 866 in Northumbria,England
- b.~ 0786 in ,,,Denmark d.0830
- b.~ 0755 in Of,,,Denmark
- b.0790 in Jutland,Norway d.0850
- b.0795 in ,,France d.29 Sep 855 in Pruem,Rhineland,Prussia
- b.~ 0834 in ,,Alsace-Lorraine,France d.28 May 861
- b.~ 0814 in Tours,Indre-et-Loire,France,France d.~ 0866 in Anjou
- b.~ 0812 in of Maer,Norway
- b.> 0775 in ,Uppsala,Uppsala,Sweden d.Bet. 862 - 866 in Northumbria,England
- b.~ 0786 in ,,,Denmark d.0830
- b.~ 0755 in Of,,,Denmark
- b.~ 0758 in Wessex,England d.0786
- b.~ 0784 in England
- b.~ 0762 in Wessex,England
- b.~ 0846 in Maer,Nord-Trondelag,Norway d.~ 0931 in Notre Dame,Rouen,Normandy,France
- b.0823 in Norway
- b.~ 0857 in Orkney,Orkney Islands,Norway d.> 0892
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‌Rollo were married in a religious ceremony in 0891.2
Family Notes
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1 LDS Website @ 1852982
2 ausbert.FTW
Further sources/citations:
S4=Stuart, _Royalty_for_Commoners_, 4th ed. Caveat emptor @ 162-36, World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1 @ Tree #1563
2 ausbert.FTW
Further sources/citations:
S4=Stuart, _Royalty_for_Commoners_, 4th ed. Caveat emptor @ 162-36, World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1 @ Tree #1563
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