(or Rollo), first Count OF NORMANDY Ganger Rolf "the Viking"

Abt 846 - 929  (83 years)

• Name	(or Rollo), Ganger Rolf "the Viking"  [1]
  Title	first Count OF NORMANDY
  Birth	Abt 846	Of, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	929  [1]
  Burial	Notre Dame, Rouen, Nornandie, Neustria   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I5448	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Eysteinsson Earl Of More And Romsdal, Jarl of North and South More and of Ramsdal in Norway Rognvald,   b. Abt 830, Of, Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway d. 890, , Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hrolfsdatter Countess Of More, Ragnhild (Hilda),   b. Abt 848, Of, Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 867	, Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F3104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Normandy, Poppa Duchess of,   b. Abt 872, Of, Evreux, Neustria
  Marriage	891
  Children	+ 1. Normandy, COUNTESS OF POITIERS Adèle (Gerloc) of,   b. Abt 897, Of, Normandie, Neustria d. Aft 969 (Age > 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Normandy, Guillaume I "Longue Epée" Duke of,   b. Abt 891   d. 17 Dec 942, France (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2405	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Normandy, Miss Concubine of
  Family ID	F1842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Normandy, Gisèle Duchess of
  Marriage	912	France
  Family ID	F2404	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 846 - Of, Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway Marriage - 912 - France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  banished from Norway to the Hebrides abt. 876, 890 participated in Viking attack on Bayeux, where Count Berenger of Bayeux was killed and his daughter Poppa captured and taken 886 by Rollo (now called Count of Rouen) as his "Danish" wife. Under the Treaty of St. Claire, 911, received the County of Normandy from Charles III "the simple."

  
  

• Sources

  [S1027] Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700; Eigth Edidition, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Date: 2004;). [S327] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File (TM). Date of Import: Feb 3, 2000