Rollo Duke of Normandy

Male 846 - 931  (85 years)


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  • Name Rollo,   [1
    Title Duke of Normandy 
    Birth 846  Norway Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Baptism 912  Rouen Cathedral Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 931  Rouen, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
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      Rollo (Robert) was first Duke of Normandy about 911, and abdicated in 927. He was baptised in
      912 in the Cathedral of Rouen. A correspondent on Prodigy states he was born about 870 in
      Maer, Norway, died 927-32. "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 121E-18: "Ganger Rolf, 'the
      Viking' (or Rollo), banished from Norway to the Hebrides ca. 876, 890 participated in Viking
      attack on Bayeux, where Count Berenger of Bayeux was killed, and his dau. Poppa captured and
      taken, 886, by Rollo (now called Count of Rouen) as his 'Danish' wife. Under Treaty of St.
      Claire, 911, rec'd the Duchy of Normandy from Charles III, 'the Simple'; d. ca. 927 (Isenburg
      says 931), bur. Notre Dame, Rouen." "The Normans in European History," Charles Homer Haskins
      (NY: Frederick Ungar Pub. Co., 1959), p. 28: Rollo was granted Normandy in 911 by King Charles
      the Simple of the Franks. Rollo "...was known in the North as Hrolf the Ganger, because he
      was so huge that no horse could carry him and he must needs gang afoot. A pirate at home, he
      was driven into exile by the anger of King Harold, whereupon he followed his trade in the
      Western Isles and in Gaul, and rose to be a great Jarl among his people."
    Person ID I1440  Bratt Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2016 

    Father Rogenwald Count of Maer,   b. 830, Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 890, Orkney, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Hildir, Dau. of RolfNefio 
    Marriage Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F775  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Valois, Lady Poppa de 
    Marriage Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Longsword, Duke of Normandy William   d. 17 Dec 943
    Family ID F708  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Aug 2015 

    Marriage Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. Adele   d. 14 Oct 962
    Family ID F774  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Aug 2015 

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] Albert E. Myers, Dunbar family tree.
      Date of Import: Mar 1, 2003