William I "Longsword" FITZROBERT, 2nd

Abt 891 - 942  (~ 51 years)

• Name	William I "Longsword" FITZROBERT
  Suffix	2nd
  Nickname	Longsword
  Birth	Abt 891	Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  Name	Longsword
  _UID	100D3E5953F44E90A1651F142A5E236C2985
  Death	17 Dec 942	Island Picquigny, Somme River, Normandy, France
  Burial	Assassinated
  Person ID	I25520	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	Robert Rollo ROGNAVALDSSON, 1st,   b. 870, County Of Möre Og Romsdal, Norway d. 932, Of Notre Dame, Rouen, Normandie, Neustria (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Poppa Of Normandy De VALOIS, Duchess,   b. 870, Of Evreux, Neustria d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	886	Pagen Wife, Married 918 Christian Wed
  	NOTE MARRIED
  Family ID	F4011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sprota (Adela) Of Senlis,   b. Abt 911, Rennes, Anjou, France d. 940, Normandie (Normandy), France (Age ~ 29 years)
  Marriage	1st Marriage
  	NOTE MARRIED
  Children	1. Raoul D'IVRY   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke Of NORMANDY, 3rd,   b. 28 Aug 933, Fécamp, Normandie (Normandy, France) d. 20 Nov 996, Fécamp, Normandie (Normandy, France) (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F11543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Luitgarda Of Vermandois   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	935
  Family ID	F11544	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

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  AKA: William FitzRobert "Longsword" BIOGRAPHY: Acceded 932 Per Rosamond McKitterick's, "The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians 751-987", London & NY (Longman) 1983, p 238: "William Longsword, ROLLO's son and successor, was the principal architect of Normandy's development. He married the daughter of HERBERT OF VERMANDOIS but his children were born of a Breton concubine. William had supported LOUIS IV (RIN 1617) and attempted to establish his protection over Brittany, gaining at least the Cotentin and Avranchin in 933. There remains some doubt about William's claim to the whole Breton peninsula. When in 942 William was murdered at the instigation of COUNT ARNULF OF FLANDERS, his son Richard, still a minor, succeeded him." [source unrecorded]: ROLLO died in 927, and was succeeded by his son William "Long Sword" born of his union 'more danico' with POPPA, daughter of COUNT BERENGER; he showed some attachment to the Scandinavian language, for he sent his son William to Bayeux to learn Norse. The first two dukes also displayed a certain fidelity to the Carolingian dynasty of France, and in 936 William "Long-Sword" did homage to LOUIS IV d'Outremer. He died on 17th of December 942, assassinated by the COUNT OF FLANDERS.