_Halfdan "the old" _______________
_Ivar Jarl of Upplands______|__________________________________
_Eystein Glumra "The Noisy" Jarl of Upplands_|
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_Rognvald "The Mighty" Jarl of More_|
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| | _Sigurd "Dragon Eye" K of Denmark_
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_Rollo D of Normandy_|
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|--William I "Longsword" D of Normandy
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"WILLIAM I, "Longsword", b. ca. 891, prob. Rouen, ca. 927 succ. to Duchy
of Normandy, ca. 930 the Bretons rebelled, he subdued them, taking
Brittany, the Channel Islands, the Contentin, and the Averanchin; killed
in treacherous ambush 17 Dec. 942 by servants of THEOBALD OF BLOIS
(RIN 1645) and ARNULF OF FLANDERS (RIN 2173) 17 dec 942. ... He m. (1)
(Danish wife) SPROTA, a Breton; m. (2) LUITGARDE DE VERMANDOIS ..., n.i.,
killed 942 by LOUIS, s. of CHARLES III "the Simple:, dau. HERBERT II,
Count of Vermandois and Troyes. "
Also mentioned (49:19).
Stuart's "Royalty For Commoners" (166:34).
It is interesting to note that THEOBALD later married William's widow,
LUITGARDE and that ARNULF married LUITGARDE's sister, ALIX.
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.