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Robert Rollo ROGNAVALDSSON, 1st
870 - 932 (62 years)-
Name Robert Rollo ROGNAVALDSSON Suffix 1st Birth 870 County Of Möre Og Romsdal, Norway 
Gender Male _UID E0814F972B964D679B0668274E4532520395 Death 932 Of Notre Dame, Rouen, Normandie, Neustria Person ID I7958 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 15 Nov 2022
Father Rognvaldr I EYSTEINSSON, 'the Wise Of More', b. 830, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway Or The Orkney Islands d. Abt 894, Orkey, Orkney Islands, Scotland Or Maer, Nord-Tronelag, Norway (Age 64 years) Mother Ragnhilda (Hildr) HROLFSDOTTIR, b. 822, Norway d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Abt 867 Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway Family ID F11750 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 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
Children 1. Robert Of Corbeil, Count Of Corbeil d. Yes, date unknown 2. Crespina d. Yes, date unknown 3. Gerletta d. Yes, date unknown 4. Kathlin d. Yes, date unknown 5. William I "Longsword" FITZROBERT, 2nd, b. Abt 891, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France d. 17 Dec 942, Island Picquigny, Somme River, Normandy, France (Age ~ 51 years)6. Adele (Gerloc) Of NORMANDY, b. Abt 917, Normandie, Neustria d. Oct 962 (Age ~ 45 years)Family ID F4011 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
Family 2 Gisela d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 912 Family ID F4012 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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Notes - Robert (Rollo)1 Rognavaldsson, son of Rognvald the Wolf and Ragnhilda, was born in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway abt 854-870. Robert died abt 927-932 in Notre Dame, Rouen, France. His body was interred in Notre Dame, Rouen, France. He married twice. He married Poppa de Valois Duchess of Normany 886-891. He married Gisele, Duchess of Normandy France, 912. Rollo Ganger-Hrolf was conqueror of Normandy from whom are descended the Earls of Rouen, the Dukes of Normandy, and the Kings of England. Rollo was one of the most famous Vikings of his age and had learned well the battle tactics taught by his father Rognvald The Wolf. On account of Rollo's great stature, he was known as "Ganger Hrolf" or "Walking Rollo". His Danish name was Hrolfr or Rolf in various spellings. The Normans were Scandinavian invaders who settled Normandy from about 820. Raids by these Northmen or Norsemen up the Seine River began before the middle of the ninth century. They gradually established themselves at the mouths of the Seine and other rivers in northern France. In 911 the Frankish king, Charles the Simple, granted Rollo and his band of Northmen the district about Rouen, to which additional territory was added a few years later. Scandinavian immigrants arrived in great numbers to colonize the land, and the area became known as Normandy. In 912 Rollo, became the first Duke of Normandy. As was the custom at the time, men could have more than one wife. Rollo had a pagan wife, Poppa and two children. Even so, a priest married him to the daughter of the French King Charles The Simple (Gisela de France) in a christian ceremony. There were no children of this marriage. In 918, Rollo married his wife Poppa in a Christian ceremony and thus legitimised his son Guilliamme and daughter Gerloc (baptised Adele). Poppa and Rollo had to send Guilliame to be raised by clerics to guarantee his right to succede his father as Duke of Normandy. Guilliame was later known as William Longsword. Rollo is buried in a tomb in Notre Dame Cathedral at Rouen, France.
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- Robert (Rollo)1 Rognavaldsson, son of Rognvald the Wolf and Ragnhilda, was born in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway abt 854-870. Robert died abt 927-932 in Notre Dame, Rouen, France. His body was interred in Notre Dame, Rouen, France. He married twice. He married Poppa de Valois Duchess of Normany 886-891. He married Gisele, Duchess of Normandy France, 912. Rollo Ganger-Hrolf was conqueror of Normandy from whom are descended the Earls of Rouen, the Dukes of Normandy, and the Kings of England. Rollo was one of the most famous Vikings of his age and had learned well the battle tactics taught by his father Rognvald The Wolf. On account of Rollo's great stature, he was known as "Ganger Hrolf" or "Walking Rollo". His Danish name was Hrolfr or Rolf in various spellings. The Normans were Scandinavian invaders who settled Normandy from about 820. Raids by these Northmen or Norsemen up the Seine River began before the middle of the ninth century. They gradually established themselves at the mouths of the Seine and other rivers in northern France. In 911 the Frankish king, Charles the Simple, granted Rollo and his band of Northmen the district about Rouen, to which additional territory was added a few years later. Scandinavian immigrants arrived in great numbers to colonize the land, and the area became known as Normandy. In 912 Rollo, became the first Duke of Normandy. As was the custom at the time, men could have more than one wife. Rollo had a pagan wife, Poppa and two children. Even so, a priest married him to the daughter of the French King Charles The Simple (Gisela de France) in a christian ceremony. There were no children of this marriage. In 918, Rollo married his wife Poppa in a Christian ceremony and thus legitimised his son Guilliamme and daughter Gerloc (baptised Adele). Poppa and Rollo had to send Guilliame to be raised by clerics to guarantee his right to succede his father as Duke of Normandy. Guilliame was later known as William Longsword. Rollo is buried in a tomb in Notre Dame Cathedral at Rouen, France.