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Abt 0846 - Abt 0932 (~ 86 years)
Has 43 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
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Abt 837 - Abt 892 (~ 55 years)
Nickname |
"the Wise" |
Birth |
Abt 837 |
Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway |
Died |
Abt 892 |
Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland |
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Father |
Eystein Ivarsson, Earl of Hedemarken b. Abt 810, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway |
Mother |
Asa Rognvaldsdottir b. Abt 804, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway |
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Family 1 |
Ragnhild Hrolfsdottir, Countess of Møre b. Abt 848, Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland |
Children |
+ | 1. Rollo, 1st Duke of Normandy b. Abt 0846 |
| 2. Ivar Rognvaldsson b. Abt 868, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway |
| 3. Thori Rognvaldsson, Earl of Møre (Maer) b. Abt 872, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway |
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Family 2 |
Groa b. Abt 836, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway |
Children |
| 1. Hallad Rognvaldsson, Earl of Orkneys |
+ | 2. Turf-Einer Rognvaldsson, Earl of Orkney |
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Family 3 |
Emina |
Children |
+ | 1. Hrollager b. Abt 874, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway |
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Abt 848 - Aft 892 (~ 45 years)
Nickname |
Hilda |
Birth |
Abt 848 |
Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland |
Died |
Aft 892 |
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Father |
Hrolf Nefja, of Norway b. Abt 823 |
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Family |
Rognvald Eysteinsson, Earl of Møre and the Orcades b. Abt 837, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway |
Children |
+ | 1. Rollo, 1st Duke of Normandy b. Abt 0846 |
| 2. Ivar Rognvaldsson b. Abt 868, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway |
| 3. Thori Rognvaldsson, Earl of Møre (Maer) b. Abt 872, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway |
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872 - 932 (60 years)
Birth |
872 |
Bayeux, Normandy, France |
Died |
932 |
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Father |
Berengar II of Neustra, Count of Bayeux and Rennes |
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Family |
Rollo, 1st Duke of Normandy b. Abt 0846 |
Married |
886 |
Children |
| 1. Robert de Corbeil |
| 2. Kadlin of Normandy b. Normandy, France |
+ | 3. William I "Longsword", Duke of Normandy b. Abt 894, Rouen, Normandy, France |
| 4. Crespina of Normandy b. Abt 905 |
| 5. Gerloc of Normandy b. 912, Normandy, France |
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Father |
Rollo, 1st Duke of Normandy b. Abt 0846 |
Mother |
Poppa de Bayeux b. 872, Bayeux, Normandy, France |
Married |
886 |
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Nickname |
Kadline, Kathlin |
Birth |
Normandy, France |
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Father |
Rollo, 1st Duke of Normandy b. Abt 0846 |
Mother |
Poppa de Bayeux b. 872, Bayeux, Normandy, France |
Married |
886 |
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Family |
Bjolan, King of Scotland |
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Abt 894 - 942 (~ 48 years)
Birth |
Abt 894 |
Rouen, Normandy, France |
Died |
17 Dec 942 |
France |
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Father |
Rollo, 1st Duke of Normandy b. Abt 0846 |
Mother |
Poppa de Bayeux b. 872, Bayeux, Normandy, France |
Married |
886 |
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Family 1 |
Luitgarde de Vermandois b. 915 |
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Family 2 |
Espriota de Bretagne b. 911, Brittany, France |
Children |
| 1. Raoul d' Ivry |
+ | 2. Richard I, Duke of Normandy b. 28 Aug 933, Fécamp, Normandy, France |
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Abt 905 - ?
Birth |
Abt 905 |
Died |
? |
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Father |
Rollo, 1st Duke of Normandy b. Abt 0846 |
Mother |
Poppa de Bayeux b. 872, Bayeux, Normandy, France |
Married |
886 |
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Family |
Grimaldus, Prince of Monaco |
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912 - 962 (50 years)
Nickname |
Geirlaug, Adela, Adéle, Heloys |
Birth |
912 |
Normandy, France |
Baptized |
912 |
Rouen, Normandy, France |
Died |
14 Oct 962 |
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Father |
Rollo, 1st Duke of Normandy b. Abt 0846 |
Mother |
Poppa de Bayeux b. 872, Bayeux, Normandy, France |
Married |
886 |
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Family |
William III, Duke of Aquitaine b. Abt 915, Poitiers, Aquitaine, France |
Married |
935 |
Normandy, France |
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Nickname |
Giséle |
Birth |
France |
Died |
France |
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Father |
Charles III, of France |
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Family |
Rollo, 1st Duke of Normandy b. Abt 0846 |
Married |
912 |
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Name |
Rollo |
Suffix |
1st Duke of Normandy |
Nickname |
Rolf, Hrolf, Rollon |
Born |
Abt 0846 |
Gender |
Male |
Employment |
Between 887 and 911 |
Normandy, France [1] |
imposes himself as chief of the Vikings settled in the lower Seine region. He repels the Franks, pushing right up to the doors of the Ile-de-France. He attacks Chartres but, repulsed, withdraws again to the Seine. |
Employment |
911 |
Normandy, France [1] |
Seeking to block the lower Seine, which had become a real "motorway" for the Viking invasions of the Kingdom of Frankia, the new king, Charles the Simple, concludes an agreement with Rolf at Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, conceding to him the suzerainty of the territory of the lower Seine which, de facto, Rolf had already had for several years. |
Employment |
931 |
Normandy, France [1] |
Brittany is totally subdued: on the east by the Normans of the Seine and on the west by Normans who have settled on the River Loire. The Normans of the Seine take advantage of this to get a foothold in Cotentin and Avranchin, and on the Channel Islands, in order to control the Scandinavian troops which have to submit to the Jarl of Rouen's authority. |
Died |
Abt 0932 |
Rouen, Normandy, France |
Notes |
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollo
- From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollo re Rollo's origins:
Rollo was a powerful Viking leader of contested origin. Dudo of Saint-Quentin, in his De moribus et actis primorum Normannorum ducum,[4] tells of a powerful Danish nobleman at loggerheads with the king of Denmark, who had two sons, Gurim and Rollo; upon his death, Rollo was expelled and Gurim killed. Dudo's chronicle, commissioned for Richard I, was finished, sometime after 1015,[5] for Richard II, whose sister, Emma, married the Danish King Cnut, in 1017. William of Jumieges also mentions Rollo's prehistory in his continuation of Dudo's work, Gesta Normannorum Ducum, but states that he came from the Danish town of Fakse.
Norwegian and Icelandic historians, basing their research on medieval Norwegian and Icelandic sagas, identified Rollo instead with Ganger Hrolf (Hrolf, the Walker), a son of Rognvald Eysteinsson (fl. 865), Earl of Møre in Western Norway. The Latin Historia Norvegiae, written in Norway at the end of the 12th century, offers the oldest source of this version. This Hrolf fell foul of the Norwegian king Harald Fairhair (c. 850 - c. 932, reigned c. 872 - 930), and became a Jarl in Normandy. The nickname "the Walker", "Ganger" in Norse, came from being so big that no horse could carry him.[6][7][8]
Geoffrey of Malaterra, in his The Deeds of Count Roger of Calabria & Sicily & of Duke Robert Guiscard his brother claims Rollo "sailed boldly from Norway".[9]
The question of Rollo's origins became a matter of heated dispute between Norwegian and Danish historians of the 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly in the run-up to Normandy's millennium anniversary in 1911. Today, the debate continues.
- Rollo (c.860 - c.932) was the Frankish-Latin name taken by (probably) Hrolf Ganger (Hrolf the Walker, Old Norse: Hrølfur Røgnvaldsson and Gøngu-Hrølfur, Norwegian: Gange-Rolf). He has also been called "Rollo the Gangler" in some works, or occasionally "Robert".
Rollo was a Viking leader, probably (based on Icelandic sources) from Norway, the son of Ragnvald, Earl of Moer; sagas mention a Hrolf, son of Ragnvald jarl of Moer. However, the latinization Rollo has in no known instance been applied to a Hrolrolf, and in the texts which speak of him, numerous latinized Hrolfs are included. Dudo of St. Quentin (by most accounts a more reliable source, and at least more recent and living nearer the regions concerned), in his Gesta Normannorum, tells oof a powerful Dacian duke (or count?) at loggerheads with the king of Dacia, who then died and left his two sons, Gurim and Rollo, leaving Rollo to be expelled and Gurim killed.(1) With his followers (known as Normans, or northmen), Rollo invaded the area of northern France now known as Normandy. This does seem somewhat unlikely, as Dacia had by then ceased to exist, and was right at the opposite southeastern corner of Europe. Wace, writing some 300 years after the event, gives a Scandinavian origin, as does the Orkneyinga Saga, Danish or Norwegian most likely.
Concluding the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte (911) with the French king Charles the Simple, Rollo pledged feudal allegiance to the king, changed his name to the Frankish version, and converted to Christianity, probably with the baptismal name R Robert. In return he was granted the lower Seine area (today's upper Normandy) and the titular rulership of Normandy, centred around the city of Rouen. There exists some argument among historians as to whether Rollo was a "duke" (dux) or whether his position was equivalent to that of a "count" under Charlemagne. According to legend, when required, in conformity with general usage, to kiss the foot of King Charles, he refused to stoop to what he considered so great a degradation; yet as the homage could not be dispensed with, he ordered one of his warriors to perform it for him. The latter, as proud as his chief, instead of stooping to the royal foot, raised it so high, that the King fell to the ground.
Sometime around 927 he passed the Duchy of Normandy to his son, William Longsword. He may have lived for a few years after that, but certainly died before 933.
He was a direct ancestor of William the Conqueror. By William, he was a direct ancestor of the present-day British royal family, including Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The "clameur de haro" on the Channel Islands is, supposedly, an appeal to Rollo.
(1) For those who assume that Dudo was confused or mistranslated in his Gesta Normannorum and really meant "Denmark" and not "Dacia", the kings of Denmark during Rollo's lifetime (c. 860-933) were probably: Harald (not the famous Harald Bluetoototh) for the first three years of Rollo's life, the two co-rulers Halfdan (not the famous Halfdan the Black) and Sigfrid, and the kings of the Swedish Olof dynasty. This may lead to additional confusion, as Ragnvald (or Rognvald or Rognvaldr) was killed by another Halfdan, the son of a Harald, but this Harald is Harald Fairhair, king of Norway.
References and external links
• D.C. Douglas, "Rollo of Normandy", English Historical Review, Vol. 57 (1942), pp. 414-436
• Robert Helmerichs, [Rollo as Historical Figure]
• Rosamond McKitterick, The Frankish Kingdom under the Carolingians, 751-987, (Longman) 1983
• Dudonis gesta Normannorum(http://www.fh-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Dudo/dud_f.html ) - Dudo of St. Quentin Gesta Normannorum latin version at Bibliotheca Augustana
º Dudo of St. Quentin's Gesta Normannorum(http://www.the-orb.net/orb_done/dudo/dudindex.html ) - An English Translation
- Dukes of Normandy
House of Normandy 911–1135 • Rollo* William I* Richard I* Richard II Richard III Robert I William II** Robert II Henry I** William (III)
House of Blois 1135–1144 Stephen**
House of Plantagenet 1144–1259 • Geoffrey Henry II** Henry the Young King Richard IV** John** Henry III**
House of Valois (French appanage) • John (1332–1350) Charles (1355–1364) Charles (1465–1469)
* As count of Rouen • ** Also king of England
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Oldest Known Ancestors |
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Person ID |
I2664 |
Roy~Royes | Hougham |
Last Modified |
27 Aug 2018 |
Father |
Rognvald Eysteinsson, Earl of Møre and the Orcades b. Abt 837, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway  d. Abt 892, Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland (Age ~ 55 years) ▸ Other Partners: Groa; Emina |
Mother |
Ragnhild Hrolfsdottir, Countess of Møre b. Abt 848, Orkney Islands, Orkney, Scotland  d. Aft 892 (Age ~ 45 years) |
Family ID |
F206 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Poppa de Bayeux b. 872, Bayeux, Normandy, France  d. 932 (Age 60 years) |
Married |
886 |
Notes |
- Some sources have Rollo and Poppa re-marry after alleged marriage to Giselle [2]
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Children |
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Last Modified |
28 Mar 2014 |
Family ID |
F970 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S139] Vikings in Normandy.
- [S168] Ancient Ancestors, Ronald Wells.
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