1st Duke of Normandy (The Viking of Normandy) Robert Rognvaldsson, I

846 - 932  (86 years)

• Name	Robert Rognvaldsson  [1, 2]
  Title	1st Duke of Normandy (The Viking of Normandy)
  Suffix	I
  Birth	846	Nord-Trondelag, Norway   [1]
  Baptism	Christian
  Gender	Male
  Name	Rollo
  Religion	Norse Gods
  Death	17 Dec 932	Normandy, France   [1]
  	as Rollo's death drew near, he went mad and had a hundred Christian prisoners beheaded in front of him in honour of the gods whom he had worshipped
  Burial	Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
  	Rouen Cathedral
  Person ID	I9209	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Jarl of More Rognvald Eysteinsson,   b. Abt 830, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d. 890, Orkney, Scotland (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F12929	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Mother	Countess More Ragnhild Hrolfsdatter,   b. Abt 848   d. Aft 892, Orkney, Scotland (Age > 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F12930	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Poppa de Bayeaux,   b. 872, Évreux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France d. 938, Notre Dame du Charmaix, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	Abt 893	Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France   [1]
  	Castle St Cler
  Children	1. 2nd Duke of Normandy Guillaume de Normandy, I,   b. 28 Aug 893, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France d. 17 Dec 942, Normandy, France (Age 49 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F3128	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Gisela Charles de France,   b. Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France d. Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
  Marriage	France   [1]
  Family ID	F3129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 846 - Nord-Trondelag, Norway Marriage - Abt 893 - Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Burial - - Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Places

  Statue of Rollo

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Robert Rollo Viking Rognvaldsson [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.