Rollo Rognvaldsson 
Rollo was born in 0846 in Maer, Norway. Rollo's father was Rognvald I Eyesteinsson and his mother is Ragnhild Hrolfsdatter Countess Of More. His paternal grandparents were Eystein Ivarsson and Ascrida (Aseda) Countess of Oppland. He had a half-brother named Hrollager. He died at the age of 85 in 0931 in Notre Dame, Normandy, Neustria.General Notes
Normandy or Normandie, region and former province of France, bordering on the English Channel. In area it corresponds approximately to the modern departments of Seine-Maritime, Eure, Orne, Calvados, and Manche; its former capital was Rouen. Normandy is an agricultural region known for its dairy industry.
Under Roman domination the region formed part of Gallia Lugdunensis (Celtic Gaul). With the Frankish invasions it was made a constituent part of the kingdom of Neustria. It came to be known as Normandy about 911, when Charles III, king of France, turned it over to Rollo, the leader of a menacing band of Viking raiders. In 1066 a descendant of Rollo, William II, duke of Normandy, led an invasion of England and established himself there as William I, king of England. Normandy remained an English possession until conquered in 1204 by Philip II Augustus, king of France. During the Hundred Years' War, the region was held at various times by both French and English forces; it was finally recovered by the French in 1450. The Channel Islands, which were once a part of Normandy, remained in the possession of England.
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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.0650 in Raumsdal, Norway
- b.0700 in Oppland, Norway
- b.~ 0750 in Oppland, Norway
- b. in Vestfold, Holtum, Norway
- b.BET. 800 - 810 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway d.0872
- b.0785 in Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
- b.0830 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway d.0890 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.BET. 690 - 738 in Holtum, Vestfold, Norway d.0814 in Holtum, Vestfold, Norway
- b.0770 in Vestfold, Holtum, Norway d.0840 in Vestfold, Holtum, Norway
- b.0694 in Vestfold, Norway
- b.0792 in Jutland, Vestfold, Norway d.0850 in Jutland, Vestfold, Norway
- b.BET. 804 - 812 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway d.0890
- b.0750 in Uppsala, Halland, , Sweden d.0845 in England
- b.0782 in Uppsala, Denmark d.0834 in Roskilde, Denmark
- b.0751 in Roskilde, Jutland, Denmark
- b.0806 in Jutland, Vestfold, Norway
- b.0784 in England
- b.0846 in Maer, Norway d.0931 in Notre Dame, Normandy, Neustria
- b.0837 in 0865
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They had a son named Guillaume II.
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Children
Guillaume II Duke of Normandy
Guillaume II was born in 0900 in Normandy, Nuestria. He died in Island of Picquigny;Evreux, Normandy, France.
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