| |
|
Carney & Wehofer Family
Genealogy Pages
|
 |
|
 Abt 891 - 942 (~ 51 years)
-
| Name |
William I "Longsword" FITZROBERT |
| Suffix |
2nd |
| Nickname |
Longsword |
| Born |
Abt 891 |
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Name |
Longsword |
| _UID |
100D3E5953F44E90A1651F142A5E236C2985 |
| Died |
17 Dec 942 |
Island Picquigny, Somme River, Normandy, France |
| Buried |
Assassinated |
| Person ID |
I25520 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
15 Nov 2022 |
| Father |
Robert Rollo ROGNAVALDSSON, 1st, b. 870, County Of M?re 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 |
| Married |
886 |
Pagen Wife, Married 918 Christian Wed |
|
|
| 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) |
| Married |
1st Marriage |
|
|
| Children |
| | 1. Raoul D'IVRY, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke Of NORMANDY, 3rd, b. 28 Aug 933, F?camp, Normandie (Normandy, France) , d. 20 Nov 996, F?camp, Normandie (Normandy, France) (Age 63 years) |
|
| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Family ID |
F11543 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
-
-
| Notes |
- 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.
|
|
|
|
