Rollon Duke of Normandy, [Rognvaldsson]

846 - 927  (81 years)

• Name	Rollon Duke of Normandy
  Suffix	[Rognvaldsson]
  Birth	846	, Maer, , Norway
  Gender	Male
  Death	927	Rouen, , Normandy, France
  Baptized (LDS)	12 Apr 1904	SL
  Endowed (LDS)	10 Jun 1907	SL
  Notes	!Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families by Michel L. Call, chart 504, # 4. Ancestry and Progeny of Captain James Blount - Inmigrant. by Robert F. Pfafman p. E -28, # (21). Rollo, the Dane, was a Viking pirate that was banished from Norway by his father; and captured Bayeux in 890. He was given the Name of Robert I at his baptism, and was styled as the "Patrician of Normandy". He aquired his nickname "the Ganger", because he was to big for a horse to carry and had to walk.
  Person ID	I4586	Lythgoe-Donaldson
  Last Modified	5 Oct 1999

  
  

  Father	Rognvald Eysteinsson, [Earl/Moera],   b. Abt 830, of, Maer, , Norway d. 890, , Maer, , Norway (Age ~ 60 years)
  Mother	Ragnhild Hrolfsson, (5),   b. Abt 848, Norway
  Sealed P (LDS)	10 Feb 1954
  Family ID	F2056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Poppa of Valoise, [Dcs/Normandy],   b. 846, of, Bayeaux, , France d. 931/932
  Sealed S (LDS)	12 May 1937
  Children	+ 1. William "Longsword" Duke of Normandy, [Duke/Aquitaine],   b. Abt 893, , , Normandy, France d. 17 Dec 942/943, France + 2. Adele Princess of Normandy, [Dcs/Aquitaine],   b. Abt 910/917   d. Aft 14 Oct 962   3. Robert Count of Corbeill,   b. Abt 895, , , Normandy, France
  Family ID	F2057	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Gisele Duchess of Normandy,   b. Abt 895, of, , Normandy, France d. Abt 895, Dsp (Age ~ 0 years)
  Sealed S (LDS)	17 Nov 1938
  Marriage	28 Jun 1955	France
  Family ID	F2726	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 846 - , Maer, , Norway Death - 927 - Rouen, , Normandy, France Marriage - 28 Jun 1955 - France  = Link to Google Earth