Normandy, Guillaume I "Longue Epée" Duke of

Normandy, Guillaume I "Longue Epée" Duke of

Male Abt 891 - 942  (51 years)

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  • Name Normandy, Guillaume I "Longue Epée" Duke of  [1
    Born Abt 891  [2
    • probably Rouen
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Dec 942  France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • ambush
    Person ID I5501  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 

    Father (or Rollo), first Count OF NORMANDY Ganger Rolf "the Viking",   b. Abt 846, Of, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 929  (Age 83 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Normandy, Poppa Duchess of,   b. Abt 872, Of, Evreux, Neustria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 891 
    Family ID F2405  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Normandy, Ledgarde Duchess of,   b. Abt 920, Of, Vermandois, Neustria Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 May 977  (Age 57 years) 
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F2352  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Bretagne, Sprote De,   b. Abt 911, Bretagne Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 932  Of, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Normandy, Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke of,   b. 28 Aug 933, Of, Fécamp, Normandie Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 996, Of, Fécamp, Normandie Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F2437  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 932 - Of, Normandy, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Dec 942 - France Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • abt 927 succ. to County of Normandy, abt. 930 the Bretons rebelled, he subdued then, taking Brittany, the Channel Islands, the Contentin, and the Averanchin; killed in treacherous ambush 17 Dec 942 by sevants of the Theobald pf Blois and Arnulf of Flanders (Isenburg; Onslow, pp 42-46)

  • Sources 
    1. [S327] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File (TM).
      Date of Import: Feb 3, 2000

    2. [S1027] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700; Eigth Edidition, Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Date: 2004;).