Longsword I William 
Longsword I was born in 0891 in Normandy. Longsword I's father was UNKNOWN Rollo and his mother is Poppa de Senlis. His paternal grandfather was Ragnald Eysteinsson and his paternal grandmother is Rajnhild Hrolffsson; his maternal grandparents are Berenger III de Bayeau and Miss de Vermandois. He had a sister named Adelaide of Normandy. He was the older of the two children. He died in France, slain by Louis.General Notes
bk&q p 731 [SD2] shows birthdate c900 and death in 943.
Slain by Louis
FIMA pp xi, 24 "[Dudo of St Quentin] described ROLLO's beneficent rule aft
er his conversion, his vigorous exploitation of the land and law-giving; W
ILLIAM, so completely christianized that he wanted to become a monk . . ."
p 198 "HENRY II . . . commissioned a History of the Dukes of Normandy fr
om Benedict of St Maure . . . He altered the structure of an imaginary dis
cussion between the tenth-century duke, WILLIAM Longsword, and Abbot Mart
in of Jumieges on the various duties of the three divinely appointed orde
rs of society . . ."
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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.0810 in Maer, Norway d.0890 in Maer, Norway
- b.~ 0830 in Maer, Norway or Upland, Denmark d.0894 in Maer, Norway or Orkney, Scotland
- b.~ 0812 in Maer, Norway or Jutland
- b.0860 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0932 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Normandy (murdered)
- b.~ 0810
- b.~ 0830 in Norway
- b.0891 in Normandy d.17 Dec 942 in France, slain by Louis
- b.~ 0825 in Vermandois, Normandy
- b.~ 0875 in Bayeaux, Normandy, France
- b.12 Apr 773 in Aachen (Aix-la-chapelle), Rhineland, Germany d.8 Jul 810 in Milan, Milan, Italy
- b.0797 d.17 Apr 818
- b.0760 in Picardie, FRANCE
- b.0818 in Vermandois, France d.0893
- b.0797 in Italy d.0835
- b.~ 0850
- b.~ 0794 d.Nov 0857
- b.0820
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Children
I Richard
I was born in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France. He died in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France. He was buried in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France.
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