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Roepnaam is Vilhjalm Langaspjót.
Hij is geboren rond 891 TO ABT 900 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
Hij werd gedoopt in no children with Luitgarde.
Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk.
Alternatief: Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk.
Alternatief: Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk op 20 juni 1911.
Alternatief: Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk op 20 juni 1911.
Alternatief: Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk op 20 juni 1911.
Alternatief: Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk op 20 juni 1911.
Alternatief: Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk op 20 juni 1911.
Alternatief: Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk op 20 juni 1911.
Alternatief: Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk op 20 juni 1911.
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rond 928 TO ABT 942 Normandie, France in Normandie.
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{geni:job_title} Comte

Woonachtig rond 920: was educated by monks in Normandy &, by a Francophile Dane named Botho.
Hij is overleden op 17 DEC 943 TO ABT 943 in Island Picquigny, Somme River, Normandy, France.
{geni:event_description} ]-murdered Pequigny 17 Dec 942, bur ---, transferred [1064] to Rouen Cathedral

From http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMANDY.htm#GuillaumeIdied942
Hij is begraven op 18 DEC 942 TO ABT 943 in Rouen Cathedral, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
Een kind van Gangu-Hrólfr 'Rollo' Ragnvaldsson Mœrajarl en Poppa de Bayeux
Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 10 maart 2012.

Gezin van Vilhjalm I 'Langaspjót' Hrolfsson "Vilhjalm Langaspjót" de Normandie I

Hij is getrouwd met Sprota 'Adela' de Bretagne de St. Liz.

Zij zijn getrouwd rond 932 TO ABT 941 te Normandy, France.

{geni:event_description} Sprota was a Breton concubine captured in war & bound to William by a Danish marriage. After William died she became the wife of Esperieng, a wealthy miller.

Kind(eren):

Richard I 'Sans-Peur' FitzWilliam 945-996

Notities over Vilhjalm I 'Langaspjót' Hrolfsson "Vilhjalm Langaspjót" de Normandie I

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William I, Duke of Normandy
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William I Longsword (French: Guillaume Longue-Épée, Latin: Willermus Longa Spata, Scandinavian: Viljâlmr Langaspjôt; 893 – 17 December 942) was the second Duke of Normandy from his father's death until his own assassination. The title dux (duke) was not in use at the time and has been applied to early Norman rulers retrospectively; William actually used the title comes (count).

Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen to Rollo and his wife Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of Brittania Nova, which eventually became western Normandy. According to the William's planctus, he was baptised a Christian.

William succeeded Rollo sometime around 928. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Gallicised. Subsequent years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts troubling the reign of Louis IV. He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard the Fearless, child of his first wife, Sprota, succeeded him. William also left a widow, Liègard (Liutgard), who died in 985.

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Source #1: Weis, p. 110: succeeded to Duchy of Normandy, c. 927. Around 930 the Bretons rebelled, he subdued them, taking Brittany, the Channel Islands, the Contentin, and the Averanchin. He was killed in a treacherous ambush 17 December 942 by servants of Theoald of Blois and Arnulf of Flanders. His second wife was Luitgarde de Vermandois, no issue, as she was killed 942 by Louis, son of Charles III (the Simple). She was the daughter of Herbert II, Count of Vermandois and Troyes [note: another AD ancestor]

Source #2: ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
http://orb.rhodes.edu/encyclop/high/Normandy/Normhist/N10th2-4.html - article by Robert Helmerichs
Copyright ©1999, Ellis L. Knox This file may be copied on the condition that the entire contents, including the header and this copyright notice, remain intact.The contents of ORB are copyright © 1995-1999 Laura V. Blanchard and Carolyn Schriber except as otherwise indicated herein.

The reign of William Longsword is also rather obscure, at least until the end, when he suddenly came to play a major role in the conflicts among King Louis IV, Hugh the Great, Herbert II of Vermandois, and King Otto of the East Franks. We know nothing about his birth and upbringing, although it may be significant that unlike his father, who was always known by the Northmannic name Rollo even after his "baptism" under the name Robert, William is known to us only by a Frankish name. He was clearly born long before the agreement with Charles Simplex, but apparently Rollo had been Frankified enough already to give his son a Frankish name.

Dudo recounts one important event at the beginning of William's reign; no other source mentions it, which means Dudo's story should be taken with considerable scepticism, but for reasons I will discuss later, this account probably can be trusted, at least in its broad outline. In this tale, a Northman leader named Riulf rebels against William, claiming that William is too Frankish for Northmannic tastes, and that he intends to enrich his own relatives and his Frankish friends at the expense of the true Northmen. Riulf sends an envoy to William demanding "all the land up to the Risle." William replies that he cannot give Riulf the land (he doesn't say why), but offers to make Riulf in effect co-ruler, subordinate in name only. Riulf responds by moving an army towards Rouen, successfully crossing the Seine and camping outside the city. William then offers Riulf the land "not only up to the Risle, but all the way to the Seine." Riulf, smelling weakness, refuses the offer; William then contemplates flight to Francia, but is shamed by his men into combat. In what seems to have been a sneak attack, William falls upon Riulf's camp, scattering the rebel troops, killing many of them, and driving the rest (including Riulf himself) into flight.

Since Dudo is very much a partisan of the Rollonids, it seems somewhat odd that he would tell a story that reflects so badly on one of his heros. William here is rather cowardly, trying to cave in to Riulf at every opportunity and only being forced to put up a fight by the scorn of his men, and achieving victory through what appears not to be the manliest of strategies. It would seem that this account was known widely enough in Dudo's Rouen that he couldn't simply ignore it, which makes sense; Rouen prospered greatly through the Rollonid accommodation of both native Franks and immigrant Northmen, and if the city had been taken by hardcore, anti-Frankish Northmen, that prosperity would have been threatened. So Dudo simply had to put as good a face on it as possible, using it as the event that showed William what he was really made of. It shows, however, that even twenty years after the official establishment of the Rollonid principality, Rollonid rule even over the capital city was shaky, and other Northmannic leaders of equal power were nearby, waiting for the chance to overthrow the Franco-Northmannic regime of the Rollonids.

The only other mention of William's reign before his participation in the Frankish civil wars near the end of his life is Flodoard's entry on his meeting with King Ralph in 933, when William committed himself to Ralph and in return received "the land of the Bretons on the sea-shore." This has plausibly been identified as the Contentin and Avranchin, which had earlier been conceded to the Bretons, and means that by 933 the Rollonids had been given royal approval to do what they could in all of what would become Normandy. It does not, however, mean that they controlled all this territory, and in fact it would only be in the eleventh century that all Normandy fell under the power of the Rollonids (for example, it was not until 1030 that the bishops of Avranches felt safe returning to their see from Rouen, where they had lived in exile since the Northmannic incursions).

In 936 King Ralph died. His brother Hugh the Black succeeded him in Burgundy, but made no attempt to gain the throne for himself; there would be no Burgundian dynasty of West Frankish kings. Once again Hugh the Great was in position to put himself forward, but once again he did not do so. Instead, he recalled Charles Simplex's son Louis from his exile in England and arranged for his coronation; presumably, he believed that the fifteen-year-old Carolingian would be grateful, and subject to his control. As one of their first acts, Hugh and Louis went to Burgundy and secured the recognition of Louis by Ralph's brother (as well as territorial concessions to Hugh). But all did not go well for Hugh; in 937, Louis left Hugh's guardianship and set himself up at Laon. Over the next couple of years, Louis, Hugh the Great, Herbert II of Vermandois, Arnulf of Flanders, and other Frankish magnates began to jockey for position, as ephemeral alliances formed and dissolved, and minor military actions erupted.

Meanwhile, the detente that seems to have existed between the Rollonid Principality and Flanders since the end of Rollo's life suddenly shattered. As before, the flashpoint was the county of Ponthieu, located directly between the two rival states, and its capital of Montreuil. Arnulf had, through the 930s, expanded his power in the area, disinheriting his nephews and seizing the counties of Boulogne and the Ternois for himself. Arnulf then made an alliance with Herbert of Vermandois, marrying Herbert's sister; he now was secure on his southern border, which freed him to turn his attention to the Rollonid Principality.

But it was William Longsword who seems to have opened hostilities; after a career spent largely in obscurity, beginning in 939 William's forces raided Arnulf's territories. This resulted in William's excommunication. Arnulf responded to William's attack by invading Ponthieu and capturing Montreuil from Herluin, the count of Ponthieu. Herluin responded by going to Northmanland and raising a Northmannic army, with whose help he then attacked and recaptured Montreuil, slaughtering most of Arnulf's garrison. Arnulf, in turn, sent more of his men into Ponthieu to ravage Herluin's lands.

Meanwhile, a group of Lotharingian nobles revolted against King Otto; King Louis took advantage of this by traveling to Lotharingia and receiving the homage of the rebels. Otto responded by launching large-scale raids into West Francia; Louis did not have the resources to effectively oppose him. A remarkable coalition including Hugh the Great, Herbert of Vermandois, Arnulf of Flanders, and William Longsword met with Otto, agreeing to support him against Louis. After the death of Louis' leading ally in Lotharingia, he bit the bullet and ended his direct conflict with Otto by abandoning Lotharingia. This did not end the conspiracy against him, however; Hugh and Herbert went to the east to meet with Otto. This time, however, William Longsword refrained; instead, he traveled to Amiens for a meeting with King Louis. He "committed himself to the king," who then conceded to him the lands that King Charles had given to him. This would presumably be the "first grant," of Rouen and its environs; the legal status of the later grants by Charles' and Louis' rivals, the Robertines, is not at all clear. But although William did not take direct action against Louis, when Hugh and Herbert besieged Reims, intending to depose the archbishop who was Louis' chancellor and staunchest supporter, William joined them. The town was captured and the archbishop expelled; Herbert's son, who had earlier been archbishop and subsequently deposed, was now restored. But when Herbert and Hugh went on to besiege the royal stronghold of Laon, William did not join them.

Louis succeeded in forcing his foes to abandon their attempt on Laon. He and Otto then traded expeditions into each other's lands; Louis' vigorous challenge to Otto seems to have intimidated Hugh and Herbert, who stayed out of the fray. But Louis did not succeed at pressing his advantage, and in 941 Hugh and Herbert attacked Laon again, for the first time taking arms directly against the king. This time, their siege was successful, and Louis barely managed to escape. Shortly after, Hugh, Herbert, William Longsword, and Arnulf met; we do not know what they discussed, but if Hugh and Herbert were trying to get William and Arnulf to take a more active stance against the king, they failed. William and Arnulf continued to stay out of the fray. Louis seemed to have taken heart at William's restraint, and in 942 he sent Roger, count of Laon, to Rouen as a royal envoy. Roger died at Rouen, but not before negotiating a new peace between William and the king. Louis then traveled to Rouen to seal the alliance personally, where he was "received in royal fashion." Louis and William then negotiated peace with King Otto, depriving Hugh and Herbert of their chief foreign supporter.

It was at this moment that Arnulf sent messengers to William Longsword, saying that he wanted to settle their conflict over Montreuil. William went to the meeting, where he was murdered by Arnulf's men.

William's career began in danger, as the principality his father had built was almost destroyed by a Northmannic revolt against a son seen as tied too strongly to Frankish interests. Barely surviving this revolt, William kept a low profile during most of his reign, emerging briefly from obscurity only once, to receive a grant of the Cotentin and the Avranchin (in reality, probably only permission to do what he could there) from representatives of King Ralph. At the end of his life, his conflicts with Arnulf of Flanders over Montreuil quickly drew him into the conflict between King Louis and his greatest nobles, Hugh and Herbert. William was playing at the highest level of the Frankish political world, receiving the friendship of the king. But perhaps this relationship made him overconfident; when he was invited to a meeting with his oldest enemy, he was too trusting, and this trust led directly to his death. And the murder of William Longsword revealed just how fragile the Rollonid Principality remained.

Duke of Normandy[New Cunard.ged]

Duke of Normandy2nd Duke of Normandy (932)

Son of Rollo and second duke of Normandy. He sought continually to expand his territories either by conquest or by exacting new lands from the French king for the price of homage. In 939 he allied himself with Hugh the Great in the revolt against King Louis IV; through the mediation of the pope, the war ended, and Louis renewed William's investiture of Normandy (940). William, however, continued his territorial ambitions, especially northward. Drawn to a conference on an island in the Somme River, he was assassinated on the orders of the count of Flanders, Arnulf I.
He was married a second time, with Luitgard of Vermandois. He is entombed in the cathedral in Rouen.

SOURCE CITATION:
Title: Ancestral File (TM)
Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication Information: July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996
Repository Name: Family History Library
Address: 35 N West Temple Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA

SOURCE CITATION:
Title: Ancestral File (TM)
Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication Information: July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996
Repository Name: Family History Library
Address: 35 N West Temple Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA

SOURCE CITATION:
Title: Ancestral File (TM)
Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication Information: July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996
Repository Name: Family History Library
Address: 35 N West Temple Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA

[Norvell.FTW]

[Eno.ftw]

BIOGRAPHY: Acceded 932

Vilhelm ?Langsverd? var hertug av Normandie 931 - 942.
Han var gift 2. gang med Luitgard av Vermandois.
Vilhelm ble myrdet i 942 under en sammenkomst med greve Arnulf av Flandern. Han er
bisatt i katedralen i Rouen.

Succeeded to Duchy of Normandy, ca. 930 the Bretons rebelled, he subdued them, taking Brittany, the Channel Islands, the Contentin, and the Averanchin; killed in treacherous ambush 17 December 942 by servants of Theobald of Blois and Arnulf of Flanders

[Norvell.FTW]

[Eno.ftw]

BIOGRAPHY: Acceded 932

Assassinated by Arnulf/Arnulph/Arnoul "The Old", Count of Flanders, in 942

[s2.FTW]

Source: Church of JC of the LDS "Ancestral File" CD-Rom database, ver 4.17.Source: Church of JC of the LDS "Ancestral File" CD-Rom database, ver 4.17.

Basic Life Information

William Longsword was the son of Rollo, founder of the Rollonid dynasty that would become dukes of Normandy and after 1066, kings of England. In William’s day, however, the Rollonid principality was still a fragile entity centered around Rouen and, in terms of Realpolitik, not extending far west of the Seine. Most of William’s career was spent in relative obscurity, but in the late 930s he suddenly emerged onto the stage of Frankish royal politics, first because of his war with Arnulf of Flanders, and then because of his support for King Louis IV (d’Outremer) at a time when Louis’ star seemed to be fading.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I,_Duke_of_Normandy

Marriages and Children

He was married twice, firstly to Sprota (Adela) of Senlis, a daughter of Hubert, Count of Senlis and Vermandois which produced issue:-
Richard "the Fearless" of Normandy
Raoul D'Ivry

He was married for a second time in 935 to Luitgarda of Vermandois, a niece of his first wife Sprota.

Death

In December 942, at the peak of his good relations with Louis, Arnulf called for a peace conference with William; there, William was murdered (traditionally, Arnulf is said to have arranged the murder; some day I will argue that he did not).. A Planctus (mourning poem) was composed probably shortly after; Jules Lair suggests plausibly if not definitively that it was in 943. (Catalog references: Chevalier 10576; Walther 10205; Schaller & Ewald Könsgen 8813; Yearley L81.) This poem, although it survives only in corrupt and incomplete versions and is largely hagiographic in content, nevertheless is a critical source for early Norman history. It is by far the earliest work written about the Normans from a Norman point of view, and some historical nuggets can be gleaned from it.
<http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/dukes_of_normandy.htm>

English Translation of William's Planctus

Ringing out to the farthest reaches, tearful plectrum of the tongue
echoing, blowing, with a sad heart,
mourn the loss of the great peace, once ours,
now taken away.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
This man, born in an overseas city to a father
remaining in the error of the pagans,
but to a mother dedicated to the nourishing faith,
was washed by the sacred water.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
With his father dying the infidels,
warlike, rose up against him:
trusting completely in God, he
subjugated them to himself with his strong right hand.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
One time he made King Louis
a lord to him, one who would reign,
in order that with him he would surpass his enemy
and rule in the way of kings.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
He, taught the unity of the Trinity
by Martin, the trinity of the Unity,
three are one and one is three,
he founded a monastery...
All weep for innocent, slain William.
...which was named in honor of Saint Peter.
After which, we should admit, he would have brought himself there,
where he would have seemed to be devoted to the life of the monks in his fashion.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
With so many good things needing to be counted, we hesitate
to announce such a crime, a loss to everyone,
to be recited with sobbing and weeping,
a lamb butchered by a wolf.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
There was a certain wealthy man, full of trickery,
and he was called Arnulf the Fleming,
with whom he associated himself by a sworn oath,
that fortunate one to the miserable one.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
A meeting was set up for a Saturday,
with no hostage given, at a certain river
that brutal one hurried to the innocent one,
the milder one to be sacrificed.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
For gathering together on the following day,
as if friends (merely by behavior and not in heart)
they indicated that they would speak,
concealing their animosity.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
With the sun setting in the west,
the innocent one rowing back across,
[gibberish, but the sense seems to be “messengers called him back.”]
All weep for innocent, slain William.
“A secret of [our] master is concealed from you until now,
which will be beneficial to himself and to you.”
Considering it on this side [of the river], dreading the one he was going to meet,
ordering it, he hurried [back across the river].
All weep for innocent, slain William.
They met him as he was disembarking from the alder ship,
hiding [weapons?] in their cowls;
one of them [hit?] his head with a sword
[gibberish]
All weep for innocent, slain William.
Seeing this, two avengers*
murdered and plundered the unarmed one;
in such a manner they sent his body to the earth, his spirit to heaven,
him to Christ.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
*A tradition holds that after William defeated a Norman rival, Riulf, he treacherously had Riulf murdered, and that his own murder was an act of vengeance by Riulf’s relatives.
There were two noblemen of the world
O William, called by the same name,
You were one of them, called “of Rouen”;
and the other still shines at Poitou.
Let us pray for them.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
O William, bringer and lover of peace,
consoler and defender of the poor,
supporter of widows and orphans,
now joyfully joined to heaven,
all weep for innocent, slain William.
Hail Richard, Rouennais count,
prince and father of the county, hail;
may Christ concede the days of life to you,
so that you may be with him without end. Amen.

(http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/documents/planctus/text/index.html)

Basic Life Information

William Longsword was the son of Rollo, founder of the Rollonid dynasty that would become dukes of Normandy and after 1066, kings of England. In William’s day, however, the Rollonid principality was still a fragile entity centered around Rouen and, in terms of Realpolitik, not extending far west of the Seine. Most of William’s career was spent in relative obscurity, but in the late 930s he suddenly emerged onto the stage of Frankish royal politics, first because of his war with Arnulf of Flanders, and then because of his support for King Louis IV (d’Outremer) at a time when Louis’ star seemed to be fading.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I,_Duke_of_Normandy

Marriages and Children

He was married twice, firstly to Sprota (Adela) of Senlis, a daughter of Hubert, Count of Senlis and Vermandois which produced issue:-
Richard "the Fearless" of Normandy
Raoul D'Ivry

He was married for a second time in 935 to Luitgarda of Vermandois, a niece of his first wife Sprota.

Death

In December 942, at the peak of his good relations with Louis, Arnulf called for a peace conference with William; there, William was murdered (traditionally, Arnulf is said to have arranged the murder; some day I will argue that he did not).. A Planctus (mourning poem) was composed probably shortly after; Jules Lair suggests plausibly if not definitively that it was in 943. (Catalog references: Chevalier 10576; Walther 10205; Schaller & Ewald Könsgen 8813; Yearley L81.) This poem, although it survives only in corrupt and incomplete versions and is largely hagiographic in content, nevertheless is a critical source for early Norman history. It is by far the earliest work written about the Normans from a Norman point of view, and some historical nuggets can be gleaned from it.<http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/dukes_of_normandy.htm>

English Translation of William's Planctus

Ringing out to the farthest reaches, tearful plectrum of the tongue
echoing, blowing, with a sad heart,
mourn the loss of the great peace, once ours,
now taken away.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
This man, born in an overseas city to a father
remaining in the error of the pagans,
but to a mother dedicated to the nourishing faith,
was washed by the sacred water.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
With his father dying the infidels,
warlike, rose up against him:
trusting completely in God, he
subjugated them to himself with his strong right hand.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
One time he made King Louis
a lord to him, one who would reign,
in order that with him he would surpass his enemy
and rule in the way of kings.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
He, taught the unity of the Trinity
by Martin, the trinity of the Unity,
three are one and one is three,
he founded a monastery...
All weep for innocent, slain William.
...which was named in honor of Saint Peter.
After which, we should admit, he would have brought himself there,
where he would have seemed to be devoted to the life of the monks in his fashion.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
With so many good things needing to be counted, we hesitate
to announce such a crime, a loss to everyone,
to be recited with sobbing and weeping,
a lamb butchered by a wolf.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
There was a certain wealthy man, full of trickery,
and he was called Arnulf the Fleming,
with whom he associated himself by a sworn oath,
that fortunate one to the miserable one.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
A meeting was set up for a Saturday,
with no hostage given, at a certain river
that brutal one hurried to the innocent one,
the milder one to be sacrificed.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
For gathering together on the following day,
as if friends (merely by behavior and not in heart)
they indicated that they would speak,
concealing their animosity.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
With the sun setting in the west,
the innocent one rowing back across,
[gibberish, but the sense seems to be “messengers called him back.”]
All weep for innocent, slain William.
“A secret of [our] master is concealed from you until now,
which will be beneficial to himself and to you.”
Considering it on this side [of the river], dreading the one he was going to meet,
ordering it, he hurried [back across the river].
All weep for innocent, slain William.
They met him as he was disembarking from the alder ship,
hiding [weapons?] in their cowls;
one of them [hit?] his head with a sword
[gibberish]
All weep for innocent, slain William.
Seeing this, two avengers*
murdered and plundered the unarmed one;
in such a manner they sent his body to the earth, his spirit to heaven,
him to Christ.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
*A tradition holds that after William defeated a Norman rival, Riulf, he treacherously had Riulf murdered, and that his own murder was an act of vengeance by Riulf’s relatives.
There were two noblemen of the world
O William, called by the same name,
You were one of them, called “of Rouen”;
and the other still shines at Poitou.
Let us pray for them.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
O William, bringer and lover of peace,
consoler and defender of the poor,
supporter of widows and orphans,
now joyfully joined to heaven,
all weep for innocent, slain William.
Hail Richard, Rouennais count,
prince and father of the county, hail;
may Christ concede the days of life to you,
so that you may be with him without end. Amen.

(http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/documents/planctus/text/index.html)

Basic Life Information

William Longsword was the son of Rollo, founder of the Rollonid dynasty that would become dukes of Normandy and after 1066, kings of England. In William’s day, however, the Rollonid principality was still a fragile entity centered around Rouen and, in terms of Realpolitik, not extending far west of the Seine. Most of William’s career was spent in relative obscurity, but in the late 930s he suddenly emerged onto the stage of Frankish royal politics, first because of his war with Arnulf of Flanders, and then because of his support for King Louis IV (d’Outremer) at a time when Louis’ star seemed to be fading.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I,_Duke_of_Normandy

Marriages and Children

He was married twice, firstly to Sprota (Adela) of Senlis, a daughter of Hubert, Count of Senlis and Vermandois which produced issue:-
Richard "the Fearless" of Normandy
Raoul D'Ivry

He was married for a second time in 935 to Luitgarda of Vermandois, a niece of his first wife Sprota.

Death

In December 942, at the peak of his good relations with Louis, Arnulf called for a peace conference with William; there, William was murdered (traditionally, Arnulf is said to have arranged the murder; some day I will argue that he did not).. A Planctus (mourning poem) was composed probably shortly after; Jules Lair suggests plausibly if not definitively that it was in 943. (Catalog references: Chevalier 10576; Walther 10205; Schaller & Ewald Könsgen 8813; Yearley L81.) This poem, although it survives only in corrupt and incomplete versions and is largely hagiographic in content, nevertheless is a critical source for early Norman history. It is by far the earliest work written about the Normans from a Norman point of view, and some historical nuggets can be gleaned from it.
<http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/dukes_of_normandy.htm>

English Translation of William's Planctus

Ringing out to the farthest reaches, tearful plectrum of the tongue
echoing, blowing, with a sad heart,
mourn the loss of the great peace, once ours,
now taken away.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
This man, born in an overseas city to a father
remaining in the error of the pagans,
but to a mother dedicated to the nourishing faith,
was washed by the sacred water.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
With his father dying the infidels,
warlike, rose up against him:
trusting completely in God, he
subjugated them to himself with his strong right hand.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
One time he made King Louis
a lord to him, one who would reign,
in order that with him he would surpass his enemy
and rule in the way of kings.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
He, taught the unity of the Trinity
by Martin, the trinity of the Unity,
three are one and one is three,
he founded a monastery...
All weep for innocent, slain William.
...which was named in honor of Saint Peter.
After which, we should admit, he would have brought himself there,
where he would have seemed to be devoted to the life of the monks in his fashion.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
With so many good things needing to be counted, we hesitate
to announce such a crime, a loss to everyone,
to be recited with sobbing and weeping,
a lamb butchered by a wolf.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
There was a certain wealthy man, full of trickery,
and he was called Arnulf the Fleming,
with whom he associated himself by a sworn oath,
that fortunate one to the miserable one.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
A meeting was set up for a Saturday,
with no hostage given, at a certain river
that brutal one hurried to the innocent one,
the milder one to be sacrificed.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
For gathering together on the following day,
as if friends (merely by behavior and not in heart)
they indicated that they would speak,
concealing their animosity.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
With the sun setting in the west,
the innocent one rowing back across,
[gibberish, but the sense seems to be “messengers called him back.”]
All weep for innocent, slain William.
“A secret of [our] master is concealed from you until now,
which will be beneficial to himself and to you.”
Considering it on this side [of the river], dreading the one he was going to meet,
ordering it, he hurried [back across the river].
All weep for innocent, slain William.
They met him as he was disembarking from the alder ship,
hiding [weapons?] in their cowls;
one of them [hit?] his head with a sword
[gibberish]
All weep for innocent, slain William.
Seeing this, two avengers*
murdered and plundered the unarmed one;
in such a manner they sent his body to the earth, his spirit to heaven,
him to Christ.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
*A tradition holds that after William defeated a Norman rival, Riulf, he treacherously had Riulf murdered, and that his own murder was an act of vengeance by Riulf’s relatives.
There were two noblemen of the world
O William, called by the same name,
You were one of them, called “of Rouen”;
and the other still shines at Poitou.
Let us pray for them.
All weep for innocent, slain William.
O William, bringer and lover of peace,
consoler and defender of the poor,
supporter of widows and orphans,
now joyfully joined to heaven,
all weep for innocent, slain William.
Hail Richard, Rouennais count,
prince and father of the county, hail;
may Christ concede the days of life to you,
so that you may be with him without end. Amen.

(http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/documents/planctus/text/index.html)

Basic Life Information

He was born to William I of Normandy, ruler of Normandy, and Sprota of Senlis. He was born probably between 932 and 935; he was still a boy when his father died in 942. His mother was a Breton concubine captured in war and bound to William by a Danish marriage. After William died, Sprota became the wife of Esperleng, a wealthy miller.

Richard was still a boy when his father died, and so he was powerless to stop Louis IV of France when he seized Normandy. Louis kept him in confinement in his youth at Lâon, but he escaped with the assistance of Osmund de Centeville, Bernard de Senlis (who had been a companion of Rollo of Normandy), Ivo de Bellèsme, and Bernard the Dane (ancestor of families of Harcourt and Beaumont). In 968, Richard agreed to "commend" himself to Hugh, Count of Paris. He then allied himself with the Norman and Viking leaders, drove Louis out of Rouen, and took back Normandy by 947. He later quarrelled with Ethelred II of England regarding Viking invasions of England because Normandy had been buying up much of the stolen booty.

Richard was bilingual, having been well educated at Bayeux. He was more partial to his Norse and Danish subjects than to the French. During his reign, Normandy became completely Gallicized and Christianized. He introduced the feudal system and Normandy became one of the most thoroughly feudalized states on the continent. He carried out a major reorganization of the Norman military system, based on heavy cavalry. He also became guardian of the young Hugh, Count of Paris, on the elder Hugh's death in 956

Marriages and Children

Emma of Paris

He married 1st (960) Emma of Paris, daughter of Hugh the Great, Duke of the Franks and Count of Paris. They were betrothed when both were very young. She died after 966, with no issue.

Gunnor de Crepon

According to Robert of Torigni, not long after Emma's death, Duke Richard went out hunting and stopped at the house of a local forester. He became enamoured of the forester's wife, Seinfreda, but she being a virtuous woman, suggested he court her unmarried sister, Gunnor de Crepon, instead. Gunnor became his bride, and her family rose to prominence. Her brother, Herefast de Crepon, may have been involved in a controversial heresy trial. Gunnor was, like Richard, of Norse descent, being a Dane by blood. Richard finally married her to legitimate their children:

Death

He died in Fecamp, France on November 20, 996 of natural causes. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_Normandy)

Other Source

Richard I of Normandy was the leader of the Normans of Rouen [anachronistically, "Duke of Normandy"], 942-996. A minor at the assassination of his father William in 942, it was largely during Richard's long period of rule that what eventually became the duchy of Normandy evolved from what was essentially a pirate principality into a feudal state. Richard is described by such a wide range of words (comes, marchio, consul, princeps, dux) by various sources (sometimes of dubious authority) that it would be difficult to argue that there is a specific "title" by which he should be called [see Helmerichs 1997].

Marriages and Children

Emma of France

Daughter of Hughes le Grand, duke of France., in 960 [Flodoard's Annals, s.a. 960 (MGH SS 3, 405)], who was still alive 966 [GND 1: 129, n. 6, citing Fauroux (1961), #3], d.s.p. [Dudo iv, 85 (p. 163); GND iv, 18 (vol. 1, pp. 128-9)].

Gunnor

[Dudo iv, 125 (p. 163)], d. 4 or 8 January 1031 [Chron. Rothomag. RHF 10: 324 (year only); Ex Obituario Gemmeticensi, RHF 23, 417 (4 Jan.); Notæ Monasterii Montis Sancti Micaelis, RHF 23, 576 (8 Jan.)]. Robert de Torigny, in his additions to GND, stated that she was first Richard's mistress, and that the marriage occurred after the birth of the children. [GND (Rob. Tor.) viii, 36 (vol. 2, pp. 266-9)].

Richard and Gunnor had the following children:
Richard II, Duke of Normandy
Robert, Archbishop of Roen (d. 1037) and Count of Évreux
Mauger, count of Corbeil (d. after 1033)
Robertus Danus, (d. bef. 985×989)
2 Unamed sons
Emma of Normandy (d. 1052) , married Æthelred II "the Unready", King of England; and Knud/Canute, (d. 1035), King of England, Denmark and Norway
Hawise, married to Geoffrey I, Duke of Bretagne (Brittany). (d. 1034)
Mathilde, married to Eudes II, Count of Bloisd. (d. bef. 1005)

He had several natural children by unknown mistresses.

Richard was succeeded by his son Richard II in 996.
<http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/hproject/prov/richa000.html

"longue Epbee" Duke of Normandy

Acceded: 932

William Longsword (died December 17, 942) was jarl (ruler) of Normandy.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Little is known about his early years. He was born overseas in one of the many Viking territories before his father Rollo settled in northern France. William's mother was named Poppa; all that is known of her is that she was a Christian, and the daughter of a Count Berengar. According to the Planctus, he was baptized a Christian.

William succeeded Rollo sometime around 928. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Frankified. The following years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts of the reign of Louis IV of France. He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard I of Normandy succeeded him.

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External link
Planctus for William Longsword
Preceded by:
Rollo Duke of Normandy Succeeded by:
Richard I
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Duke of Normandy 932-942. According to some sources,William was born in 876. He was what might be termed *co-regent* with his father from about 925. William had a 2. wife, Liutgard, who, after his death, married Theobald, Count of Blois and Chartres. From this marriage, a direct line of descent can be traced to King Stephen. He was murdered by the Flemings. Source: RoyaList, Dan Pomerleau, Leo van de Pas .

Acceded: 932

Note: Not confirmed by any reference sources as son of Rollo as of 1997. This
is an assumed conclusion based upon the dates shown as to the reigns of
Rollo, died c931, and the start of William I, duke of Normandy's reign, as
being c930. Whether a brother of sister is involved in the passing of the
Duke of Normandy title, remains to be reasearched further. William I was a

Acceded: 932

Note: Not confirmed by any reference sources as son of Rollo as of 1997. This
is an assumed conclusion based upon the dates shown as to the reigns of
Rollo, died c931, and the start of William I, duke of Normandy's reign, as
being c930. Whether a brother of sister is involved in the passing of the
Duke of Normandy title, remains to be reasearched further. William I was a

Ancestral Roots: ca 927 succ. to Duchy of Normandy, ca 930 the Bretons rebelled, he subdued them, taking Brittany, the Channel Islands, the Contentin, and the Averanchin; killed in treacherous ambust 17 Dec 943 by servants of Theobald of Blois and Arnulf of Flanders.

Note for: William Longsword, 900 - 17 DEC 943
2 Duke of Normandy
Went to a small island in the river Somme near Amiens to meet Arnulph, Count of Flanders, to conclude a treaty with him. He was assassinated by his orders in 942. Named for the long sword given him at his coronation.

Source: web site of John Kelly - http://www.spectrumdata.com/kelly/
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http://www.ku.edu/carrie/Planctus/Planctus/index.html
William Longsword was the son of Rollo, founder of the Rollonid dynasty that would become dukes of Normandy and after 1066, kings of England. In William’s day, however, the Rollonid principality was still a fragile entity centered around Rouen and, in terms of Realpolitik, not extending far west of the Seine. Most of William’s career was spent in relative obscurity, but in the late 930s he suddenly emerged onto the stage of Frankish royal politics, first because of his war with Arnulf of Flanders, and then because of his support for King Louis IV (d’Outremer) at a time when Louis’ star seemed to be fading. In December 942, at the peak of his good relations with Louis, Arnulf called for a peace conference with William; there, he arranged for William’s murder. A Planctus (mourning poem) was composed probably shortly after; Jules Lair suggests plausibly if not definitively that it was in 943. (Catalog references : Chevalier 10576; Walther 10205; Schaller & Ewald Könsgen 8813; Yearley L81.) This poem, although it survives only in corrupt and incomplete versions and is largely hagiographic in content, nevertheless is a critical source for early Norman history. It is by far the earliest work written about the Normans from a Norman point of view, and some historical nuggets can be gleaned from it.

Acceded: 932

Note: Not confirmed by any reference sources as son of Rollo as of 1997. This
is an assumed conclusion based upon the dates shown as to the reigns of
Rollo, died c931, and the start of William I, duke of Normandy's reign, as
being c930. Whether a brother of sister is involved in the passing of the
Duke of Normandy title, remains to be reasearched further. William I was a

Acceded: 932

Note: Not confirmed by any reference sources as son of Rollo as of 1997. This
is an assumed conclusion based upon the dates shown as to the reigns of
Rollo, died c931, and the start of William I, duke of Normandy's reign, as
being c930. Whether a brother of sister is involved in the passing of the
Duke of Normandy title, remains to be reasearched further. William I was a

William I, Duke of Normandy

William I Longsword (French: Guillaume Longue-Épée, Latin: Willermus Longa Spata, Scandinavian: Viljâlmr Langaspjôt; 893 – 17 December 942) was the second Duke of Normandy from his father's death until his own assassination. The title dux (duke) was not in use at the time and has been applied to early Norman rulers retroactively; William actually used the title comes (count).

Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen to Rollo and his wife Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of Brittania Nova, which eventually became western Normandy. According to the William's planctus, he was baptised a Christian.

William succeeded Rollo sometime around 927. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Gallicised. Subsequent years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts troubling the reign of Louis IV. He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard the Fearless, child of his first wife, Sprota, succeeded him. William also left a widow, Liègard (Liutgard), who died in 985.

The funerary monument of William Longsword in the cathedral of Rouen, France. The monument is from the XIVth century.
[edit] Sources
From Stewart Baldwin on Guillaume "Longue Épée" of Normandy
FMG on GUILLAUME I "Longuespee" Comte de Normandie

[Weis 110] ca. 927 successor to Duchy of Normandy, ca. 930 the Bretons rebelled, he subdued them, taking Brittany, the Channel Islands, the Contentin, and the Averanchin.

[Wikipedia, "William I of Normandy", retrieved 19 Oct 07]
William Longsword (in French, Guillaume Longue-Épée, in old scandinavian languages, Viljâlmr Langaspjôt) (born 893, in Normandy, France died December 17, 942, in Normandy) was jarl (ruler) of Normandy. He is considered as the second duke of Normandy, even if this title did not exist at the time.

Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen. His parents were Rollo and Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of what (Brittania Nova) became Normandy. According to the Planctus, he was baptized a Christian.

William succeeded Rollo sometime around 928. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Frankified. The following years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts of the reign of Louis IV of France. He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard I of Normandy succeeded him.

William Longsword (in French, Guillaume Longue-Épée, in old scandinavian languages, Viljâlmr Langaspjôt) (born 893, in Normandy, France died December 17, 942, in Normandy) was jarl (ruler) of Normandy. He is considered the second duke of Normandy, even if this title did not exist at the time.

Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen. His parents were Rollo and Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of what (Brittania Nova) became Normandy. According to the Planctus, he was baptized a Christian.

William succeeded Rollo sometime around 928. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Frankified. The following years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts of the reign of Louis IV of France. He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard I of Normandy

Nickname: Guillame

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William Longsword (in French, Guillaume Longue-Épée, in old scandinavian languages, Viljâlmr Langaspjôt) (born 893, in Normandy, France died December 17, 942, in Normandy) was jarl (ruler) of Normandy. He is considered the second duke of Normandy, even if this title did not exist at the time.

Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen. His parents were Rollo and Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of what (Brittania Nova) became Normandy. According to the Planctus, he was baptized a Christian.

William succeeded Rollo sometime around 928. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Frankified. The following years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts of the reign of Louis IV of France. He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard I of Normandy

Nickname: Guillame

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William I Longsword (French: Guillaume Longue-Épée, Latin: Willermus Longa Spata, Scandinavian: Vilhjálmr Langaspjót; 893 - 17 December 942) was the second Duke of Normandy from his father's death until his own assassination. The title dux (duke) was not in use at the time and has been applied to early Norman rulers retroactively; William actually used the title comes (count).

Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen to Rollo and his wife Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of Brittania Nova, which eventually became western Normandy. According to the William's planctus, he was baptised a Christian.

William succeeded Rollo sometime around 927. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Gallicised. Subsequent years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts troubling the reign of Louis IV. He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard the Fearless, child of his first wife, Sprota, succeeded him. William also left a widow, Liègard (Liutgard), who died in 985.

He was murdered by the Count of Flanders in 0942.

[Eldad_Grannis.FTW]

[SPARKMAN DATABASE.FTW]

[muncyeagle.FBC.FTW]

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 19, Ed. 1, Tree #0402, Date of Import: 20 Nov 1999]

!Royal Ancestors of Some American Families by Michel Call SLC 1989 #436,538;
Americans of Royal Descent
!Norsk Diografisk Leksikon, Norw. 10, v.4, p.351-353;
Plantagenet Ancestry, England 116, p.6;
Dukes of Normandy, France 5, p.17-24, 31-45;
Gen. Tab. Souv., France 22, Tab. 48;
Keiser und Koenig Hist., Gen. Hist. 25, pt 1, p. 100-101;
Espolin (GS #12462, pt 1, p. 97).
!Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623and 1650, Sixth Editi on by Frederick Lewis Weis Genealogical PublishingCo.,
Baltimore 1988 line 39-22;
ThePlantagent Ancestry by W.H.Turton DSO Genealogical Publishing Co.Baltimore 1984 pp 11;

!TheOxford Illistrated History of the British Monarchy by Cannon andGriffith.
!Genealogical Society of Utah; Gareth Rice;

CalledLong Sword, Duke of Aquitaine slain by the treachery of Lewis theFrench
King.

2nd Duke of Normandy

[Eldad_Grannis.FTW]

[SPARKMAN DATABASE.FTW]

[muncyeagle.FBC.FTW]

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 19, Ed. 1, Tree #0402, Date of Import: 20 Nov 1999]

!Royal Ancestors of Some American Families by Michel Call SLC 1989 #436,538;
Americans of Royal Descent
!Norsk Diografisk Leksikon, Norw. 10, v.4, p.351-353;
Plantagenet Ancestry, England 116, p.6;
Dukes of Normandy, France 5, p.17-24, 31-45;
Gen. Tab. Souv., France 22, Tab. 48;
Keiser und Koenig Hist., Gen. Hist. 25, pt 1, p. 100-101;
Espolin (GS #12462, pt 1, p. 97).
!Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623and 1650, Sixth Editi on by Frederick Lewis Weis Genealogical PublishingCo.,
Baltimore 1988 line 39-22;
ThePlantagent Ancestry by W.H.Turton DSO Genealogical Publishing Co.Baltimore 1984 pp 11;

!TheOxford Illistrated History of the British Monarchy by Cannon andGriffith.
!Genealogical Society of Utah; Gareth Rice;

CalledLong Sword, Duke of Aquitaine slain by the treachery of Lewis theFrench
King.

of Normandy

Murdered.

[2112] DUDLE.GED file:
'William the Longsword - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p.
25 William Longue-epee - p. 30; Longespada - COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve Roots), p. 5'

COLVER31.TXT file 'Guillaume', d. 945

WSHNGT.ASC file (Geo Washington Ahnentafel) # 17450384 = 1841420, b abt 893/900, d 17 Dec 943

http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~churchh/edw3chrt.html#BEGIN b 876

"Bloodline ...", p 416, d 943

2nd Duke of Normandy

[Geoffrey De Normandie, Gedcom BSJTK Smith Family Tree.ged]

NOTE: Death note: slain by Arnulf of Flanderspg 6, "The Plantagenet Ancestry" by W.H. Turton, published 1928

Please tell me about ANY errors, as this data base is in constantly changingmurdered Dead1 NAME William /De Normandy/, Of Normandy 2Nd
2 SOUR S033769
3 DATA
4 TEXT Date of Import: Oct 7, 2001

1 NAME William Longsword [Long Sword] /Normandy/
2 SOUR S033320
3 DATA
4TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT. 891
2 PLAC ,Normandy, France
2 SOUR S033320
3 DATA
4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001
1DEAT
2 DATE 17 DEC 942
2 PLAC ,France
2 SOUR S033320
3 DATA
4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001

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Sources: A. Roots 121E;RC 166; Norr, p60; Coe; Guizot; Pfafman; AF;
Kraentzler 1156, 1194, 1443, 1453; Davis; Ashley.
William Longsword (Longaspatha), second Duke of Normandy, 917-943, and Duke
of Aquitaine. He captured Britanny, Cotentin, the Channel Islands and the
Avranchin, annexing them to his kingdom. He was slain by Arnulf ofFlanders.
RC: William I "Longsword," Duke of Normandy; murdered 17 Dec. 943
in France.
K: Guilaume I Longue Epee, Duke of Normandy.
Roots: William I, "Longsword," born ca. 930, probably Rouen. Succeeded to
Duchy of Normandy about 927. In about 930 the Bretons rebelled. He subdued
them, taking Brittany, the Channel Islands, Contentin and the Averanchin.
Killed in a treacherous ambush 17 Dec. 942 by servants of Theobald of Blois and
Arnulf of Flanders.
Norr: William Longsword (Guillaume Longue-espee); son of Poppa; 2nd duke,
927-942; murdered.
Ashley: William "Longsword", Count of Normandy.
Davis: William I Longsword, ruled Normandy 931-942 [Chancellor.FTW]

He was assinated.OCCU 2nd Duke of Normandy...
SOUR GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve);
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says c900;
HAWKINS.GED says ABT 900 & place;members.aol.com/sargen3 says ABT 893 & place
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says 17 Dec 943;
HAWKINS.GED says 17 Dec 943;
The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28 says 17 Dec 942
SOUR Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 408;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124
William the Longsword - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 25
William Longue-epee - p. 30; Longespada - COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve Roots), p. 5;
COMYNI.GED shows mother as Gisela de France. NORM.TAF shows Poppa. I suspect
these are the same people and one of the parents is incorrect - NLP; Guillaume
"Longaspada" de Normandie - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve);The Norman Conquest also
gives his mother as Poppa - NLP;GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) gives Gisela - NLP
WILLIAM I, son of ROLLO the DANE and POPPA DE BAYEUX: Before he added the Cotentin or Cherbourg, peninsula to his domain, he may have had to suppress a Breton rising there, and then a revolt of
recalcitrant Danes. It is possible that he invited new
Danish settlers to the Cotentin. He is said to have been a just and vigorous man, and in 942 he was murdered, at Picquigny on the Somme, by order of Arnulf of Flanders, who had forced a quarrel on
him in consequence of personal insult or some dispute
about an
intervening property - The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28
Aceded 932 - http://gendex.com/us ers/daver/rigney/D0002/G0000093.html#I1245

OCCU 2nd Duke of Normandy...
SOUR GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve);
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says c900;
HAWKINS.GED says ABT 900 & place;members.aol.com/sargen3 says ABT 893 & place
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says 17 Dec 943;
HAWKINS.GED says 17 Dec 943;
The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28 says 17 Dec 942
SOUR Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 408;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124
William the Longsword - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 25
William Longue-epee - p. 30; Longespada - COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve Roots), p. 5;
COMYNI.GED shows mother as Gisela de France. NORM.TAF shows Poppa. I suspect
these are the same people and one of the parents is incorrect - NLP; Guillaume
"Longaspada" de Normandie - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve);The Norman Conquest also
gives his mother as Poppa - NLP;GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) gives Gisela - NLP
WILLIAM I, son of ROLLO the DANE and POPPA DE BAYEUX: Before he added the Cotentin or Cherbourg, peninsula to his domain, he may have had to suppress a Breton rising there, and then a revolt of
recalcitrant Danes. It is possible that he invited new
Danish settlers to the Cotentin. He is said to have been a just and vigorous man, and in 942 he was murdered, at Picquigny on the Somme, by order of Arnulf of Flanders, who had forced a quarrel on
him in consequence of personal insult or some dispute
about an
intervening property - The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28
Aceded 932 - http://gendex.com/us ers/daver/rigney/D0002/G0000093.html#I1245

OCCU 2nd Duke of Normandy...
SOUR GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve);
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says c900;
HAWKINS.GED says ABT 900 & place;members.aol.com/sargen3 says ABT 893 & place
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says 17 Dec 943;
HAWKINS.GED says 17 Dec 943;
The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28 says 17 Dec 942
SOUR Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 408;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124
William the Longsword - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 25
William Longue-epee - p. 30; Longespada - COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve Roots), p. 5;
COMYNI.GED shows mother as Gisela de France. NORM.TAF shows Poppa. I suspect
these are the same people and one of the parents is incorrect - NLP; Guillaume
"Longaspada" de Normandie - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve);The Norman Conquest also
gives his mother as Poppa - NLP;GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) gives Gisela - NLP
WILLIAM I, son of ROLLO the DANE and POPPA DE BAYEUX: Before he added the Cotentin or Cherbourg, peninsula to his domain, he may have had to suppress a Breton rising there, and then a revolt of
recalcitrant Danes. It is possible that he invited new
Danish settlers to the Cotentin. He is said to have been a just and vigorous man, and in 942 he was murdered, at Picquigny on the Somme, by order of Arnulf of Flanders, who had forced a quarrel on
him in consequence of personal insult or some dispute
about an
intervening property - The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28
Aceded 932 - http://gendex.com/us ers/daver/rigney/D0002/G0000093.html#I1245

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William Longsword was killed in a rebellion of Rioulf of St. Savour in 933. He was supported by Anslech Turstain one of three barons who alone remained faithful and rendered military assistance to
the Duke, both descendants of Eisten Glumru by different wives. When William was assassinated the guardianship of his new-born son, Duke Robert,was given to three men, one of whom was Anslech
Turstain. See notes under Anslech.

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I wish I was sure of every name in this file & that I didnt
need to know what you think :) hey, but always refining this,
So if you spot a place where Im just flat wrong please tell
me or someone I didnt go on out with, I do this file out of fun and wanting to know, but do not
respond to the 'know it alls' , that dont have manners.I dont
consider them Kin!
Thanks and Happy Hunting!

b. ca. 891 probably Rouen, c. 927 succeeded to Duchy of Normandy, c. 930 the Bretons rebelled, he subdued them, taking Brittany, the Channel Islands, the Contentin, and the Averanchin; killed in treacherous ambush 17 Dec 942 by servants of Theobald of Blois and Arnulf of Flanders. He m. (1) (Danish wife) Sprota, a Breton; m. (2) Luitgarde de Vermandois, n.i. [no issue], killed 942 by Louis, son of Charles III "the Simple", daughter of Herbert II, Count of Vermandois and Troyes. [Ancestral Roots]

!Name is; Guillaume I, "Long Sword" Duke Of /NORMANDY/

Guillaume (William) "Longsword" Duke NORMANDY (876-942)

Guillaume I 'Longsword', 2nd Duc de Normandie was born circa 900 at Normandy, France.3 He was the son of Rollo Ragnvaldsson, 1st Duc de Normandie and Poppa of Normandy de Valois.2 He married Sprota (?) circa 932 in a Normandy marriage.3 He married Luitgarda de Vermandois, daughter of Heribert II, Comte de Vermandois and Liégarde de France, in 935.2 He died on 17 December 942 at Normandy, France, murdered.3
Guillaume I 'Longsword', 2nd Duc de Normandie succeeded to the title of 2nd Duc de Normandie in 925.1
Children of Guillaume I 'Longsword', 2nd Duc de Normandie and Sprota (?)
Raoul d'Ivry+ 2
Richard I, 3rd Duc de Normandie+ b. 28 Aug 933, d. 20 Nov 9961
Citations
[S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 86. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
[S106] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online ftp://ftp.cac.psu.edu/genealogy/public_html/royal/index.html. Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website.
[S125] Richard Glanville-Brown, online , Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005.

William Longsword (died December 17, 942) was jarl (ruler) of Normandy. Little is known about his early years. He was born overseas in one of the many Viking territories before his father Rollo settled in northern France. William`s mother was named Poppa; all that is known of her is that she was a Christian, and the daughter of a Count Berengar. According to the Planctus, he was baptized a Christian. William succeeded Rollo sometime around 928. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Frankified. The following years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts of the reign of Louis IV of France. He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard I of Normandy succeeded him.

A Scandinavian Warrior

Scandinavian prince who was a companion of Duke Rollo the Dane; ancester of the
Malet family; his name gives the name to their fief of Gerardville or Graville,
near Havre. [Falaise Roll, p. 43]

Kilde: Wurts, John S., Magna Charta: The Pedigrees of the Barons,
Philadelphia, PA: Brookfield Publishing Co, 1942.
Kilde: parents: [Ref: Wurts p421] Kilde: names: [Ref: Wurts p422]
Kilde: date: [Ref: Wurts p422]

[Jeremiah Brown.FTW]

[from Ancestry.com 134070.GED]

Killed by servants of Theobald of Blois and Arnulf of Flanders in ambush on island of Picquigny in the Somme.

#Générale##Générale#Décès : assassiné par Arnould de Flandres.
Profession : Duc de Normandie de 933 à 942.

note décès : assassiné

#Générale#1ʻ mari de Sprote

{geni:occupation} Leader of the Normans, 2nd Patrician of Normandy, Jarl, Duke of Normandy (927 - Dec. 17, 942), AKA "William Longsword", Duke of Normandy, kallade sig Greve av Normandie, Reigned 927-943, 2nd Duke of Normandy, Duke of Normandy aka Longsword, Count of Rouen

{geni:about_me} '''Vilhjalm 'Langaspjót' Hrólfsson''' (Old Norse)
Guillaume 'Longue-Épée' de Normandie (French)

* Parents: Rollo (Gange-Hrolfr) & Poppa
* 1. Wife: Sprota de Senlis
* Child: Richard 'Sans-Peur'
* 2. Wife: Luitgardis de Vermandois

===NOTE===
Vilhjalm 'Langaspjót' Hrólfsson is the most correct name as it is known that William here spoke Old Norse. French name is the alternative: Guillaume 'Longue-Épée' de Normandie. He was NOT a duke, his son Richard was the first to use that title.

===LINKS===
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMANDY.htm#RobertIdied928
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Ier_de_Normandie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_Normandy

MEDIEVAL LANDS
GUILLAUME (Rouen [900/05]-murdered Pequigny 17 Dec 942, bur ---, transferred [1064] to Rouen Cathedral[47]). Guillaume de Jumièges names "Guillaume et…Gerloc" as children of Rollo and Poppa[48]. However, the Planctus for William Longsword[49], composed shortly after the murder of Guillaume, states that he had a Christian mother of overseas origin.

Dudo of Saint-Quentin states that he was born in Rouen and, in a later passage, describes him as a "young man" one year before his father's death[50]. His father chose him as heir one year before his death[51]. Guillaume de Jumièges records that he was born before his father's marriage to Gisela and his remarriage with Popa after Gisela's death[52]. Flodoard records that "filius Rollonis" did homage to ex-king Charles III "le Simple" at "castellum…Auga" in 927[53]. He succeeded his father in [928/33] as GUILLAUME I "Longuespee" Comte [de Normandie].

Flodoard names "Willelmus princeps Nortmannorum" in 933[54]. He quelled a rebellion by the Viking chief Riulf after the latter besieged Rouen[55]. In return for swearing allegiance to Raoul King of France, he appears to have been granted rights to further territory along the coast in 933, maybe the Cotentin and Avranchin. If this is correct, it would have created rivalry with the dukes of Brittany.

Dudo of Saint-Quentin describes Comte Guillaume's invasion of Brittany shortly after his accession to quell a rebellion against him, and his defeat of the rebels at Bayeux[56]. Responding to raids by Comte Guillaume, Arnoul I Count of Flanders invaded Ponthieu and in 939 captured Montreuil from Herluin Comte de Ponthieu, although it was recaptured by Comte Guillaume's forces. In 939, Guillaume joined the alliance against Louis IV King of France which was led by Otto I "der Große" King of Germany who raided Frankish territory. Comte Guillaume, however, met King Louis at Amiens, receiving a confirmation of the grant of his lands in Normandy. Guillaume de Jumièges records that Guillaume was tricked into a meeting on the river Seine at Pecquigny by Arnoul Count of Flanders to settle their dispute over the castle of Montreuil, but was murdered on Count Arnoul's orders, recording his death on 17 Dec[57].

The Annalibus Rotomagensibus record that "Willermus dux Normannorum filius Rollonis" was killed "943 XVI Kal Jan"[58]. Orderic Vitalis implies that the transfer of his body to Rouen Cathedral took place after the "the ninth year" in office of Archbishop Maurilius, who had succeeded Mauger de Normandie[59], which would date the event to [1064].

[m] firstly SPROTA, daughter of ---. Guillaume de Jumièges records that Guillaume married "une très-noble jeune fille Sprota…selon l'usage des Danois"[60]. From Brittany. It is possible that Sprota was Count Guillaume's concubine rather than wife, particularly as no reference has been found to a dissolution of any marriage before she married Esperleng. She married Esperleng de Pîtres, by whom she had Rodulf [Raoul] Comte d'Ivry.

m secondly ([940]) as her first husband, LUITGARDIS de Vermandois, daughter of HERIBERT II Comte de Vermandois & his wife Adela [Capet] (before 925-14 Nov after 985, bur Chartres, Abbaye de Saint-Père). Rodulfus Glauber refers to the wife of Comte Guillaume as "sororem [Heribertum Trecorum comitem]", specifying that she was childless by her first husband, when recording her second marriage to "Tetbaldus"[61]. Guillaume de Jumièges records the marriage of Guillaume and the daughter of Heribert, specifying that it was arranged by Hugues "le Grand"[62]. The source which confirms her name has not yet been identified. She married secondly Thibaut I Comte de Blois. "Hugonis ducis, Odonis comitis, Hugonis sanctæ Bituricensis archipræsulis, Letgardis comitissæ, Bertæ comitissæ, Gauzfridi vicecomitis…" subscribed the charter dated 985 under which "Robertus" donated property to "Sancti Petri Carnotensis", on the advice of "Odonem, simul cum sua matre Ledgarde, pariterque dominam meam Bertam, ipsius æque coniugem"[63]. The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "XVIII Kal Dec" of "Letgardis comitissa"[64].

Guillaume & his first wife had one child:

a) RICHARD (Fécamp [932]-20 Nov 996, bur Fécamp). Guillaume de Jumièges names Richard as son of Guillaume and Sprota, recording that news of his birth was brought to his father when he was returning from his victory against the rebels led by "Riulf"[65]. After the death of Richard's father, Louis IV "d'Outremer" King of the West Franks briefly controlled Rouen, and kept Richard prisoner, before the latter was able to escape, whereupon he succeeded as RICHARD I "Sans Peur" Comte [de Normandie].

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WIKIPEDIA (Eng)
William I Longsword (French: Guillaume Longue-Épée, Latin: Willermus Longa Spata, Scandinavian: Vilhjálmr Langaspjót; 893 – 17 December 942) was count of Normandy from his father's death until his own assassination. The title dux (duke) was not in use at the time and has been applied to early Norman rulers retroactively; William actually used the title comes (count).

Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen to Rollo and his wife Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of Brittania Nova, which eventually became western Normandy. According to the William's planctus, he was baptised a Christian.

William succeeded Rollo sometime around 927. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Gallicised. Subsequent years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts troubling the reign of Louis IV. He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard the Fearless, child of his first wife, Sprota, succeeded him. William also left a widow, Liègard (Liutgard), who died in 985.

WIKIPEDIA (fr.)
Guillaume Ier de Normandie (av. 910-942), dit Guillaume « Longue-Épée »[1], est le fils naturel de Rollon et de Poppa de Bayeux. Il est considéré comme étant le deuxième duc de Normandie, bien que ce titre n'existe pas encore à cette époque. Il est avant tout jarl des Normands de la Seine.

Le successeur de Rollon
Un poème[2] écrit peu après la mort de Guillaume Longue-Épée révèle qu'il est né outre-mer, d'une mère chrétienne et d'un père encore païen. Ce dernier, Rollon, n'était pas à ce moment le jarl de la future Normandie. C'était encore un chef viking qui parcourait les mers à la recherche de quelque terre à piller.

Une fois Rollon installé par le roi Charles le Simple en Normandie (911), Guillaume devenait l'héritier naturel de ce territoire. Dudon de Saint-Quentin explique que vers 927 Rollon n'était plus en état de gouverner[3]. Une assemblée de Normands et de Bretons élit Guillaume à leur tête. À peine élu, il se recommande au roi Charles le Simple.

Il est assez difficile de brosser un portrait du nouveau jarl des Normands de la Seine. En effet, le récit de Dudon de Saint-Quentin, notre principal informateur, tend parfois à l'hagiographie. Néanmoins, il est indiscutable que Guillaume fut un vrai chrétien à la différence de son père. Après 935, il épousa chrétiennement Liégarde, fille d'Herbert II, comte de Vermandois. Le jarl fit différentes donations aux chanoines du Mont-Saint-Michel et restaura l'abbaye de Jumièges dans laquelle il songea à se retirer.

Le principat de Guillaume correspond à une consolidation de la jeune Normandie. Dudon présente le jarl comme un restaurateur de la paix et de l'ordre. Beaucoup plus récemment, Lucien Musset le décrit comme le « principal artisan de la réussite normande. C'est à lui qu'on doit attribuer le succès définitif de la greffe scandinave sur le tronc romano-franc, qui permit à l'État fondé en 911 de traverser victorieusement la crise générale que connut dans les années 940 le monde scandinave d'Occident »[4].
Guillaume et les Bretons [modifier]

Vers 931, la Bretagne, occupée par les Normands de la Loire, traversait une période délicate. Les Bretons se révoltèrent contre les occupants. Guillaume Longue Épée (appuyé par les Normands de la Loire ?) envahit la Bretagne. Les chefs bretons Alain « Barbe-Torte » et Juhel Bérenger de Rennes furent battus. Le premier fuit outre-Manche ; l'autre se réconcilia avec le Normand.

Mais quelles sont les conséquences de la victoire de Guillaume ? Dudon de Saint-Quentin répète à l'envi que Guillaume Longue Épée était « duc des Normands et des Bretons ». D'ailleurs, on a retrouvé au Mont-Saint-Michel une pièce qui le désigne comme duc des Bretons. Ces derniers apparaissent à plusieurs reprises dans l'entourage du jarl[5]. Comme si la Bretagne faisait désormais partie des terres sous la domination de Guillaume. Plutôt qu'une conquête, Musset suggère un protectorat de la Normandie sur la Bretagne.

En 933, Guillaume rendit hommage au roi Raoul pour « la terre des Bretons située sur le rivage de la mer ». Il ne s'agit pas de la Bretagne car le souverain n'avait plus aucun droit sur ce territoire. Les historiens traduisent habituellement cette concession par le Cotentin et l'Avranchin, régions cédées aux Bretons par un roi carolingien soixante-six ans plus tôt. En 933, la Normandie avait ainsi quasiment atteint son extension définitive.

Toutefois, Karl-Ferdinand Werner[6] prévient que nous n'avons aucune preuve que le deuxième jarl de Rouen maîtrisait effectivement ces confins occidentaux. La concession du roi Raoul - formelle car il ne contrôlait pas lui-même cette partie de la Normandie - invitait surtout Guillaume à soumettre les Bretons du Cotentin et ainsi à les intégrer à son royaume par l'intermédiaire de l'hommage du jarl.

La révolte de Rioulf
Vers 934, Guillaume se trouva confronté à une révolte de Normands commandés par Rioulf (Herjólfr). L'origine géographique de la rébellion reste incertaine. Guillaume de Jumièges parle de « l'intérieur de la Normandie »[7]. Le chroniqueur du XIIe siècle Orderic Vital écrit que Rioulf venait de l'Évrecin alors que Lucien Musset pense que les Normands révoltés partaient de l'ouest[8]. Étaient reprochés au jarl son origine franque (par sa mère) et sa politique trop favorable aux Francs. Rioulf conduisit les révoltés jusque sous les murs de Rouen mais Guillaume sortit de la ville et écrasa les adversaires.

L'épisode n'a pas manqué d'être interprété par les historiens. Ils y voient la révolte de Vikings établis dans l'ouest ou au milieu de la Normandie et peu soumis à l'autorité des jarls de Rouen. Bref, cet événement conforterait la thèse d'une Normandie imparfaitement contrôlée par le descendant de Rollon. Rioulf serait l'exemple d'un de ces chefs de bande viking, indépendant du pouvoir de Rouen[9].

Le guet-apens de Picquigny
Avec Arnoul de Flandre, Herbert II de Vermandois et Hugues le Grand, Guillaume faisait partie du petit groupe de princes qui joua un rôle prépondérant dans le nord du royaume. Tantôt alliés, tantôt ennemis, ils soutinrent ou s'opposèrent au roi.

Dans les années 935/40, le jarl épousa chrétiennement Liutgarde de Vermandois, fille d'Herbert II, comte de Vermandois. En 936, selon Dudon de Saint-Quentin, le soutien normand se révèla décisif pour rétablir sur le trône de Francie le prétendant carolingien Louis d'Outremer. Par contre, en 940, Guillaume prit le parti du duc des Francs Hugues le Grand et de Herbert II de Vermandois contre le roi et Arnoul de Flandre. Ils les assista aux sièges de Reims et de Laon, jusqu'à l'obtention d'un accord avec Louis d'Outremer.

L'état des relations entre la Normandie et la Flandre était changeant. En 925, alors que Rollon était encore le jarl des Normands, Arnoul Ier avait pris la forteresse d'Eu mais en 939, Guillaume et lui prêtèrent serment ensemble au roi Otton de Germanie contre le roi des Francs. En 938/939, Herluin, comte de Montreuil, ayant perdu sa ville de Montreuil-sur-Mer, prise par Arnoul Ier, comte de Flandre (et d'Artois), en appela à Guillaume Longue-Épée. Les Normands finirent par intervenir. Selon Richer et Dudon de Saint-Quentin, le jarl de Rouen y combattit personnellement. Montreuil fut reprise en 939. Ayant récupéré son bien, Herluin rendit hommage de fidélité à Guillaume pour le Ponthieu. Les Normands contrôlèrent ainsi la Picardie maritime et contrarièrent de cette façon l'expansion de la principauté flamande vers le sud.
La statue funéraire de Guillaume Longue Épée, dans la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen

L'affaire de Montreuil explique peut-être la fin tragique de Guillaume Longue Épée. Le 17 décembre 942, ce dernier est invité par Arnoul de Flandre à une entrevue, manigancée par les principaux princes francs, hostiles à la montée en puissance de la Normandie, au prétexte d'un accord, dans un lieu nommé Picquigny. À peine la paix signée par les deux princes, sur une île de la Somme, il est traîtreusement assassiné, vraisemblablement par Baudoin, fils du comte de Cambrai, sur ordre d'Arnoul Ier.

Ses fidèles récupérèrent son corps. On retrouva sur lui une clef, clef ouvrant un coffre renfermant une bure, la bure des moines. Son tombeau se trouve en la cathédrale de Rouen.

Famille et descendance
Parents :
* Rollon, premier jarl des Normands de Rouen
* Popa, fille de Bérenger II de Neustrie ou de Guy de Senlis

Femmes :
* Liégarde, fille Herbert II, comte de Vermandois. Mariage chrétien, sans descendance. Veuve, elle se remarie avec Thibaud le Tricheur, comte de Blois
* Sprota, bretonne épousée more danico ("à la manière danoise"), mariée ensuite à Esperlenc.

Sœur :
* Gerloc (Adèle), épouse de Guillaume Tête d'Étoupe, comte de Poitou.

Enfants :
* Richard Ier de Normandie

Notes et références
1. ↑ nommé Viljâlmr Langaspjôt dans les sagas scandinaves
2. ↑ La Complainte de Guillaume Longue Épée
3. ↑ Pour l'historien anglais D. C. Douglas, Rollon était probablement mort. C. D. Douglas, « Rollo of Normandy », The English Historical Review, vol. 57, n°228, oct. 1942, p434-435.
4. ↑ Lucien Musset, « Naissance de la Normandie », Michel de Bouärd (dir.), Histoire de la Normandie, Privat, Toulouse, 1970, p.109
5. ↑ Pour faire reconnaître son fils Richard Ier de Normandie, Guillaume « appela auprès de lui tous les chefs normands et bretons ». Guillaume de Jumièges, Histoire des Normands, Livre III, éd. Guizot, 1826, p.71. Lorsque Guillaume fut assassiné, les chefs bretons Alain « Barbe-Torte » et Juhel Bérenger de Rennes l'accompagnaient
6. ↑ Karl-Ferdinand Werner, « Quelques observations au sujet des débuts du duché de Normandie. Droits privés et institutions régionales », in Droit privé et Institutions régionales. Études historiques offertes à Jean Yver, Paris, PUF, 1976, p.701
7. ↑ Guillaume de Jumièges, ibid, p.62
8. ↑ Lucien Musset, ibid, p.109
9. ↑ Pierre Bauduin, la Première Normandie (Xe-XIe siècle), Presses Universitaires de Caen, 2002, p.80
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Vilhelm I av Normandie, også kalt for Vilhelm Langsverd, fransk Guillaume Longue Épée (død 17. desember 942), var jarl av Normandie og sønn av vikinghøvdingen Rollo.

Det er få opplysninger om Vilhelms første år. Den noe tvilsomme kilden Dudo av Saint-Quentin, som skrev Gesta Normannorum (Normannernes historie), forteller at hans mor het «Poppa», at hun var av frankisk opprinnelse, og datter av en ellers ukjent hertug Bérenger. Et Planctus (sørgedikt) skrevet kort tid etter at Vilhelm Langsverd døde nevner ikke morens navn, men at hun var kristen og ble mor av en hedning, til Vilhelm som ble født oversjøisk. En annen kilde bestrider at moren var datter av Bérenger, men isteden var en Papia (Poppa) av Senlis, født i 848.

De noe uklare kildene mener at Vilhelm ikke ble født i Normandie, og da er mulighetene mange: de britiske øyer, Irland, og Norge, eller på en av norrøne øyene som Orknøyene, Hebridene, og Man. Selv om det ikke er urimelig er det ikke sannsynlig om opplysningen om en frankisk mor er riktig. Gange-Rolf var i Normandie på slutten av 880-tallet, og selv om han fortsatt var ute og seilte, synes det som om han har bosatt seg for godt i Normandie etter år 900, omtrent på den tiden som Vilhelm kanskje ble født.

I henhold til sørgediktet ble han døpt som kristen, og han fikk også et frankisk navn, noe som ville ha vært usannsynlig i de norrøne områdene, men tillegget om dåpen kan være en anakronistisk antagelse av poeten.

Vilhelm Langsverd var sønn av Rollo som grunnla et dynasti som skulle ende opp med å erobre England i 1066. På Vilhelms dager var det lite som tydet på dette. Hans jarldømme, som han arvet fra faren rundt 928 (Rollo dør ca 932), besto av et skjørt område sentrert rundt Rouen og neppe lengre vest elven Seine.

Vilhelm kommer inn fra historiens mørke på slutten av 930-tallet. Tilsynelatende hadde han i følge Dudo klart å slå ned et opprør fra normanniske og norrøne bosetningen som mislikte hans føydale tilnærming: En norrøn leder ved navn Riulf (Rolf?) gjør opprør ved å hevde at Vilhelm er blitt for frankisk, at hans hensikt er å berike seg selv og sin ætt og frankiske venner på bekostning av andre. Riulf sender bud om at han krever «alt land opp til Risle». Vilhelm svarer at han ikke kan gi Riulf landet, men tilbyr Riulf medstyre, om enn i navnet. Riulf svarer med å flytte hæren mot Rouen, krysser Seine og slår leir utenfor byen. Vilhelm tilbyr da Riulf land, «ikke bare opp til Risle, men alt hele vegen til Seine». Riulf lukter feighet og avslår tilbudet. Istedenfor for å møte Riulf i åpen kamp overfaller Vilhelm leirplassen i et regelrett snikangrep, dreper for fote og driver Riulf og resten på flukt.

I 939 er Vilhelm involvert i en krig med Arnulf I av Flandern som angikk det frankiske kongedømmet. Vilhelm støttet den frankiske kong Ludvig IV (936-954), sønn av Karl den enfoldige, på en tid da Ludvig var i vanskeligheter. I desember 942 da Vilhelms forhold til kongen var på sitt beste kalte Arnulf på en fredskonferanse med Vilhelm. Under fredssamtalene ble Vilhelm drept av tilhengere av Arnulf, kanskje på befaling av Arnulf selv.

Det forræderiske mordet må ha vært et sjokk på Vilhelms tilhengere. Sørgediktet ble diktet kort tid etter hans død av en ukjent poet, og selv om diktet har overlevd i to utgaver, begge ødelagte og usammenhengende, preget av hagiografi i sitt innhold, men er uansett en viktig kilde for tidlig normannisk historie. Det er det aller første, kjente skrift skrevet om normannere fra deres egen synsvinkel.

Vilhelms sønn Rikard I av Normandie etterfulgte ham som jarl i Normandie.
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William, surnamed Longa Spatha, Long sword, Duke of Normandy, had been carefully educated by the priests. His height was majestic, his features beautiful, his complexion being pure and delicate as a maiden's, his strength gigantic. He married Adela, daughter of Hubert. Count of Senlis.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 278)
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Notes for William "Longsword" Of Normandy Duke Of Normandy
Per Weis' "Ancestral Roots . . ." (121E:19): "WILLIAM I, "Longsword", b. ca. 891, prob. Rouen, ca. 927 succ. to Duchy of Normandy, ca. 930 the Bretons rebelled, he subdued them, taking Brittany, the Channel Islands, the Contentin, and the Averanchin; killed in treacherous ambush 17 Dec. 942 by servants of THEOBALD OF BLOIS (RIN 1645) and ARNULF OF FLANDERS (RIN 2173) 17 dec 942. ...
He m. (1) (Danish wife) SPROTA, a Breton;
m. (2) LUITGARDE DE VERMANDOIS ..., n.i., killed 942 by LOUIS, s. of CHARLES III "the Simple:, dau. HERBERT II, Count of Vermandois and Troyes. " Also mentioned (49:19).

Stuart's "Royalty For Commoners" (166:34).

It is interesting to note that THEOBALD later married William's widow, LUITGARDE and that ARNULF married LUITGARDE's sister, ALIX.

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.
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Quoted from the book, "Life in a Medieval Castle" by Joseph and Frances Gies.
"William Longsword, ancestor of William the Conqueror, on succeeding his father as Duke of Normandy in 927, "committed him self into the King's hands," according to the chronicler Richer, and "promised him fealty and confirmed it with an oath."
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http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/William_Longsword,_2nd_Duke_of_Normandy_(893-942)
http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/documents/planctus/planctus/Sources.html

[S03660] thePeerage.com.
William I 'Longsword' de Normandie, 2nd Duc de Normandie1 (M) b. circa 900, d. 17 December 942, #104762 Pedigree Last Edited=15 Jun 2003 William I 'Longsword' de Normandie, 2nd Duc de Normandie was the son of Robert of Norway Ragnvaldsson, 1st Duc de Normandie and Poppa of Normandy de Valois.1 He was born circa 900. He married Luitgarda de Vermandois in 935.1 He died on 17 December 942 murdered.1 He gained the title of 2nd Duc de Normandie in 932.1 Children of William I 'Longsword' de Normandie, 2nd Duc de Normandie and Sprota of Senlis: Raoul d'Ivry Richard I de Normandie, 3rd Duc de Normandie+ b. 933, d. 20 Nov 996 Citations [S106] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online . Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website.

http://jliptrap.us/gen/Charlemagne.htm
Sprota de Vermandois married Duke Guillaume "Longue Epee" (William Longsword) (900-942) son of Duke Rollo Rognvaldsson and Duchess Poppa de Valois

http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/documents/planctus/planctus/index.html
The Planctus
William Longsword was the son of Rollo, founder of the Rollonid dynasty that would become dukes of Normandy and after 1066, kings of England. In William's day, however, the Rollonid principality was still a fragile entity centered around Rouen and, in terms of Realpolitik, not extending far west of the Seine. Most of William's career was spent in relative obscurity, but in the late 930s he suddenly emerged onto the stage of Frankish royal politics, first because of his war with Arnulf of Flanders, and then because of his support for King Louis IV (d'Outremer) at a time when Louis' star seemed to be fading. In December 942, at the peak of his good relations with Louis, Arnulf called for a peace conference with William; there, William was murdered (traditionally, Arnulf is said to have arranged the murder; some day I will argue that he did not). A Planctus (mourning poem) was composed probably shortly after; Jules Lair suggests plausibly if not definitively that it was in 943. (Catalog references: Chevalier 10576; Walther 10205; Schaller & Ewald Könsgen 8813; Yearley L81.) This poem, although it survives only in corrupt and incomplete versions and is largely hagiographic in content, nevertheless is a critical source for early Norman history. It is by far the earliest work written about the Normans from a Norman point of view, and some historical nuggets can be gleaned from it.
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Jarl de los normandos del Sena.
Un poema escrito poco después de que muriera Guillermo I pone de manifiesto que éste nació en ultramar, de una madre cristiana y de un padre que era, todavía, pagano. Éste último Rollon no era, en aquel momento el Jarl de la futura Normandía. Era todavía un jefe vikingo que recorría los mares a la búsqueda de algunas tierras susceptibles de ser saqueadas.

Una vez instalado por Carlos el Simple en Normandía (911), Guillermo pasó a ser el heredero natural de este territorio.
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(French Wikipedia states: A poem written shortly after the death of William Longsword revealed him to have been born overseas to a Christian mother and a father who was still a pagan. The latter was Rollo, who was not at the time yet the Jarl of future Normandy. He was still a Viking chief who traveled the seas in search of lands to plunder.)

William succeeded Rollo sometime around 927.

(French Wikipedia states: Once King Rollo had been installed in Normandy by Charles the simple in 911, Guillaume became the natural heir of the territory. Duda of St-Quentin said that Rollo was no longer able to govern in 927. A meeting of Normans and Bretons elected William as their head. At his election he was recommended by King Charles the Simple.)

It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Gallicised. Subsequent years are obscure.

(French Wikipedia states: It is quite difficult to paint a portrait of the new Jarl of the Normans of the Seine. Indeed, the story painted by Dudo of St-Quentin, our main informant, sometimes has a tendency to be a hagiography. However, it is undeniable that William was a real Christian, unlike his father. After 935 he married Liegard Christian, daughter of Herbert II, Comte de Vermandois. The Jarl made various donations to the canons of Mont-St-Michel and restored the Abbey Jumieges, in which he thought of retiring.)

(William as prince represented the consolidation of the newly-created Normandy. Dudo called this Jarl a restorer of peace and order. Much more recently, Lucien Musset described him as a "principal architect of the success of Normandy. To him we must attribute the ultimate success of this Scandinavian graft on the trunk of Roman France, which allowed the state to be founded in 911 that successfully crossed the general crisis that gripped in 940 both Scandinavia and the world of the West.")

(Around 931, Brittany was occupied by Normans from the Loire, and going through a difficult period. The Bretons rebelled against their occupiers. William Longsword, perhaps supported by the Normans of the Loire, invaded Brittany. The Breton chiefs Alan Barbetorte and Juhel Berenger of Rennes were defeated. Alan fled across the Channel while Juhel Berenger reconciled with the Normans.)

(But what were the consequences of William's victory? Dudo of St-Quentin repeated that William Longsword was the "Duke of the Normans and the Bretons." Moreover, Mont-Saint-Michel wrote a peace that described him as the Duke of Brittany. The entourage of the Jarl appears repeatedly as if Brittany were already a part of the lands under William's rule. Rather than a conquest, Musset suggests that Brittany was a Norman protectorate.)

(In 933, William paid tribute to King Raoul for "the land of the Bretons located on the shore of the sea." This was not Brittany, because the sovereign had no further claim on that territory. Historians usually consider this the concession by Cotentin and Avranches, areas ceded to the Bretons by a Carolingian king 66 years earlier. In 933, Normandy had almost reached its maximum extension.)

(However, Karl Ferdinand Werner warned that we have no evidence that the second Duke of Normandy actually mastered his western borders. The charter of King Raoul - for a land not under his formal control in Normandy - William especially invited to submit Cotentin and Brittany, and to integrate them into his kingdom through the tribute of the Jarl.)

(In 934, William faced a revolt led by a Norman named Rioulf, or Herjolfr. The geographic start of this rebellion remains uncertain. William Jumieges spoke of it being "inside Normandy." A writer of the12th century Orderic Vitalis wrote of Rioulf's rebellion that it began in Evrecin, while Lucien Musset thinks the rebels were from beyond the Norman west. The Jarl appeared to have gone over too much to his Frankish origins through his mother and his policy seemed too favorable to the Franks. Rioulf led rebels under the walls of Rouen, but William left the city and crushed his opponents.)

(The episode did not fail to be interpreted by historians. They saw the revolt of the Vikings settled in the west or middle of Normandy, and considered them resistant to the authority of the Jarls of Rouen. In short, this event would consolidate the position of Normandy, imperfectly controlled by the descendants of Rollo. Rioulf was an example of one of the Viking ringleaders that were independent of Rouen.)

In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts troubling the reign of Louis IV.

He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard the Fearless, child of his first wife, Sprota, succeeded him. William also left a widow, Liègard (Liutgard), who died in 985.

French Wikipedia section on the Ambush of Picquigny

Along with Arnulf of Flanders, Herbert II of Vermandois, and Hugh the Great, William was among the small group of princes who played a leading role in the northern kingdom. Sometimes as allies, sometimes as enemies, they supported and opposed the King.

In the year 935/940, the Jarl married Christian Liutgard of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert II, Comte de Vermandois. In 936, according to Dudo of St-Quentin, this support proved decisive for Normandy during the reign of the Carolingian pretender to Francia Louis d'Outremer. In 940, William joined the Duke of Franks Hugh the Great and Herbert II of Vermandois against the King and Arnulf of Flanders. They occupied Rheims and Laon until they could get an agreement with Louis d'Outremer.

The state of relations between Normandy and Flanders was changing. In 925, while Rollo was still the Jarl of Normandy, Arnulf I had taken the fortress of Eu, but in 939, William took an oath to Otto, King of All Germany, against the King of the Franks. In 938/939, Herluin, Comte de Montreuil, having lost the city of Montreuil-sur-Mer to Arnulf I, Comte de Flandres (and Artois) appealed to William Longsword. The Normans finally intervened. According to Richer and Dudo of St-Quentin, the Duke of Normandy fought there personally. Montreuil was restored in 939. Having recovered his property, Herluin praised the loyalty of William de Ponthieu. The Normans controlled maritime Picardie and thwarted the expansion of Flandres to the south.

The situation in Montreuil serves as the background of the tragic death of William Longsword. On December 17, 942, he was requested by Arnulf of Flanders, the main Frankish prince hostile to the rise of Normandy, to meet on the pretext of working out a peace treaty in a place called Picquigny. Just as the treaty was signed by the two princes on an island in the Somme River, he was treacherously murdered, presumably by Baldwin, son of the Comte de Cambrai, on orders from Arnold I.

His followers recovered his body. They found on him a key for opening a chest containing a hair-shirt, a garment for monnks. His tomb is in the Cathedral of Rouen.

Family and Children:

His parents were Rollo, first Norman Jarl of Rouen, and Poppa, daughter of Berengar II of Neustria or Guy of Senlis

Wives

Liegard, daughter of Herbert II, Comte de Vermandois. Christian marriage, childless. Widowed, she married Theobold the Cheater, Comte de Blois

Sprot of Brittany, married "more danico" (in the Danish style). Later she married Esperlenc.

Sister

Gerloc (Adele), wife of William the Towhead, Comte de Poitou (OUR ANCESTOR)

Children

Richard I of Normandy
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*William Longsword Duke of Normandy
born 0876 Normandie, Neustria
died 0942 France

father:
*Rollo "the Dane"(Hrolf the Ganger) Rognaldsson Duke of Normandy
born 0846
died 0932

mother:
*Papia de Senlis
born 0848

siblings:
*Adáele (Gerloc) of Normandy
born Abt 0897 Of, Normandie, Neustria
died Aft 14 Oct 0942

children:
*Raoul Count of Bayeux & Ivry

spouse (2nd):
*Espriota de Bretagne
born abt 0910
married Abt 932 Of, Normandy, France

children:
*Richard I Duke of Normandy
born 0933
died 0996

biographical and/or anecdotal:
2nd Duke of Normandy from 927 to 943`, was also Duke of Aquitaine and died in 942,
slain by Arnulf of Flanders with whom he had in good faith gone to confer.
First wife *Ledgarde Duchess of Normandy
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William I* (2nd Duke de Normandy)
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ABT 0893 - 17 Dec 0942

* TITLE: 2nd Duke de Normandy
* BIRTH: ABT 0893, Normandy,France
* DEATH: 17 Dec 0942, France

Father: Rolf* RAGNVALDSSON
Mother: Poppa* DE VALOIS

Family 1 : Espriota* DE ST. LIZ BALL

http://www.afn.org/~lawson/d0004/g0000070.html#I1954

1. +Richard I** DE NORMANDY
2. Rodulf D'Ivry, Count of IVRY
3. +Adela* OF NORMANDY

Family 2 : Ledgarde* OF VERMANDOIS

* MARRIAGE: ABT 0935

1. +Odo Eudes I* BLOIS
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

William I Longsword (French: Guillaume Longue-Épée, Latin: Willermus Longa Spata, Scandinavian: Vilhjálmr Langaspjót) (893 – 17 December 942) was the second Duke of Normandy from his father's death until his own assassination. The title dux (duke) was not in use at the time and has been applied to early Norman rulers retroactively; William actually used the title comes (count).

Biography
Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen to Rollo and his wife Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of Brittania Nova, which eventually became western Normandy. According to the William's planctus, he was baptised a Christian.

William succeeded Rollo sometime around 927. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Gallicised. Subsequent years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts troubling the reign of Louis IV.

He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard the Fearless, child of his first wife, Sprota, succeeded him. William also left a widow, Liègard (Liutgard), who died in 985.

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William Longsword
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William Longsword (in French, Guillaume Longue-Épée, in old scandinavian languages, Viljâlmr Langaspjôt) (born 893, in Normandy, France died December 17, 942, in Normandy) was jarl (ruler) of Normandy. He is considered as the second duke of Normandy, even if this title did not exist at the time.
Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen. His parents were Rollo and Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of what (Brittania Nova) became Normandy. According to the Planctus, he was baptized a Christian.
William succeeded Rollo sometime around 928. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Frankified. The following years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts of the reign of Louis IV of France. He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard I of Normandy succeeded him.

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William I Longsword (French : Guillaume Longue-Épée, Latin : Willermus Longa Spata, Scandinavian : Vilhjálmr Langaspjót; 893 – 17 December 942) was the second Duke of Normandy from his father's death until his own assassination. The title dux (duke) was not in use at the time and has been applied to early Norman rulers retroactively; William actually used the title comes (count).
Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen to Rollo and his wife Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes , the previous lord of Brittania Nova , which eventually became western Normandy. According to the William's planctus , he was baptised a Christian.
William succeeded Rollo sometime around 927. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Gallicised . Subsequent years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders , which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts troubling the reign of Louis IV . He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard the Fearless , child of his first wife, Sprota, succeeded him. William also left a widow, Liègard (Liutgard), who died in 985.
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William I Longsword (French : Guillaume Longue-Épée, Latin : Willermus Longa Spata, Scandinavian : Vilhjálmr Langaspjót; 893 – 17 December 942) was the second Duke of Normandy from his father's death until his own assassination. The title dux (duke) was not in use at the time and has been applied to early Norman rulers retroactively; William actually used the title comes (count).
Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen to Rollo and his wife Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes , the previous lord of Brittania Nova , which eventually became western Normandy. According to the William's planctus , he was baptised a Christian.
William succeeded Rollo sometime around 927. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Gallicised . Subsequent years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders , which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts troubling the reign of Louis IV . He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard the Fearless , child of his first wife, Sprota, succeeded him. William also left a widow, Liègard (Liutgard), who died in 985.
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William I Longsword (French: Guillaume Longue-Épée, Latin: Willermus Longa Spata, Scandinavian: Viljâlmr Langaspjôt; 893 – 17 December 942) was the second Duke of Normandy from his father's death until his own assassination. The title dux (duke) was not in use at the time and has been applied to early Norman rulers retrospectively; William actually used the title comes (count).

Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen to Rollo and his wife Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of Brittania Nova, which eventually became western Normandy. According to the William's planctus, he was baptised a Christian.

William succeeded Rollo sometime around 927. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Gallicised. Subsequent years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts troubling the reign of Louis IV. He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard the Fearless, child of his first wife, Sprota, succeeded him. William also left a widow, Liègard (Liutgard), who died in 985.
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William "Long Sword," was also known as Guillaume "Longue-Épée," Princeps Nortmannorum.

He was born say 892, "overseas" (not on the European mainland, and therefore possibly in Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia, or one of the islands held by Vikings, such as the Orkneys, Hebrides, Man, etc.--all plausible places for the son of a Viking to be born.

He subdued a rebellion by the Bretons, which gained him Brittany, the Channel Islands, the Contentin, and the Averanchin, in 930.

He is often given the anachronistic title of "duke of Normandy" though no contemporary source gives him even the title of count.

He was killed on 17 December 942 in France in a treacherous ambush by Theodore of Blois and Arnulf of Flanders.

See "My Lines"
( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p320.htm#i5199 )
from Compiler: R. B. Stewart, Evans, GA
( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/index.htm )
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William I, Duke of Normandy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Statue of William Longsword, part of the "Six Dukes of Normandy" series in Falaise.
This article is about the Norman duke. For others of the same name, see William Longsword.

William I Longsword (French: Guillaume Longue-Épée, Latin: Willermus Longa Spata, Scandinavian: Viljâlmr Langaspjôt; 893 – 17 December 942) was the second Duke of Normandy from his father's death until his own assassination. The title dux (duke) was not in use at the time and has been applied to early Norman rulers retrospectively; William actually used the title comes (count).

Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen to Rollo and his wife Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of Brittania Nova, which eventually became western Normandy. According to the William's planctus, he was baptised a Christian.

William succeeded Rollo sometime around 928. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Gallicised. Subsequent years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts troubling the reign of Louis IV. He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard the Fearless, child child of his first wife, Sprota, succeeded him. William also left a widow, Liègard (Liutgard), who died in 985.

--http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_Normandy
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William I Longsword (French: Guillaume Longue-Épée, Latin: Willermus Longa Spata, Scandinavian: Vilhjálmr Langaspjót; 893 – 17 December 942) was the second Duke of Normandy from his father's death until his own assassination. The title dux (duke) was not in use at the time and has been applied to early Norman rulers retroactively; William actually used the title comes (count).

Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen to Rollo and his wife Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of Brittania Nova, which eventually became western Normandy. According to the William's planctus, he was baptised a Christian.

William succeeded Rollo sometime around 927. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Gallicised. Subsequent years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts troubling the reign of Louis IV. He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard the Fearless, child of his first wife, Sprota, succeeded him. William also left a widow, Liègard (Liutgard), who died in 985.

REF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_Normandy
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More info at http://www.stepneyrobarts.co.uk/15196.htm
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William I Longsword was born in 893 and was the second Duke of Normandy from his father's death until his own assassination. The title dux (duke) was not in use at the time and has been applied to early Norman rulers retroactively; William actually used the title comes (count). Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen to Rollo and his wife Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of Brittania Nova, which eventually became western Normandy. According to the William's planctus, he was baptised a Christian.
William succeeded Rollo sometime around 927. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Gallicised. Subsequent years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts troubling the reign of Louis IV. He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard the Fearless, child of his first wife, Sprota, succeeded him. William also left a widow, Liègard (Liutgard), who died in 985.
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William I Longsword (French: Guillaume Longue-Épée, Latin: Willermus Longa Spata, Scandinavian: Vilhjálmr Langaspjót; 893 – 17 December 942) was the second Duke of Normandy from his father's death until his own assassination. The title dux (duke) was not in use at the time and has been applied to early Norman rulers retroactively; William actually used the title comes (count).

Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen to Rollo and his wife Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of Brittania Nova, which eventually became western Normandy. According to the William's planctus, he was baptised a Christian.

William succeeded Rollo sometime around 927. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign, from Normans who felt he had become too Gallicised. Subsequent years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts troubling the reign of Louis IV. He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard the Fearless, child of his first wife, Sprota, succeeded him. William also left a widow, Liègard (Liutgard), who died in 985.

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DEATH: A treacherous ambush by servants of Theobald of Blois and Arnulf of Flanders.
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Occupation: Count of Normandy
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William I, "Longsword", b. ca. 891 probably Rouen, c. 927 succeeded to Duchy of Normandy, c. 930 the Bretons rebelled, he subdued them, taking Brittany, the Channel Islands, the Contentin, and the Averanchin; killed in treacherous ambush 17 Dec 942 by servants of Theobald of Blois and Arnulf of Flanders. He m. (1) (Danish wife) Sprota, a Breton; m. (2) Luitgarde de Vermandois, n.i. [no issue], killed 942 by Louis, son of Charles III "the Simple", daughter of Herbert II, Count of Vermandois and Troyes. [Ancestral Roots]

Note: There is an apparent error in Luitgarde's death date of 942. See notes under her. I think the clause ",killed 942 by Louis, son of Charles III "the simple" belongs to William's death and not to Luitgarde's, even though she is the subject of the sentence before & after the clause. I am going to remove the death date as a sourced alternative. It is an obvious error.

# Note: Assassinated by Arnulf/Arnulph/Arnoul "The Old", Count of Flanders, in 942, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 16, pg. 493, Article: NORMANDY
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William I Longsword (French: Guillaume Longue-Épée, Latin: Willermus Longa Spata, Scandinavian: Vilhjálmr Langaspjót) (893 – 17 December 942) was the second Duke of Normandy from his father's death until his own assassination. The title dux (duke) was not in use at the time and has been applied to early Norman rulers retroactively; William actually used the title comes (count).

Biography

Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen to Rollo and his wife Poppa. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of Brittania Nova, which eventually became western Normandy. According to the William's planctus, he was baptised a Christian.

William succeeded Rollo sometime around 927 and, early in his reign, faced a rebellion from Normans who felt he had become too Gallicised and also from Bretons. According to Orderic Vitalis, the leader was Riouf of Evreux[1].

After putting down the rebellion, William attacked Breton and ravaged the territory. Resistance to the Normans was led by Alan Wrybeard and Beranger but shortly ended with the Wrybeard fleeing to England and Beranger seeking reconciliation. However, it was not through invasion that he gained Breton territory but by politics, receiving Contentin and Avranchin as a gift from the Rudolph, King of France.

In 935, William married Luitgarde, daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois whose dowry gave him the lands of Longueville, Coudres and Illiers l'Eveque. His expansion northwards, including the fortress of Montreuil brought him into conflict with Arnulf I of Flanders.

In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts troubling the reign of Louis IV. It began with Herluin appealing to William for help to regain the castle of Montreuil from Arnulf. Losing the castle was a major setback in Arnulf's ambitions and William's part in it gained him a deadly enemy. He was ambushed and killed by followers of Arnulf on 17 December 942 at Picquigny on the Somme while at a meeting to settle their differences.

His son Richard the Fearless, child of his first wife, Sprota, succeeded him.
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William Longsword was a Duke of Normandie. More here: http://bit.ly/gRKOZ0.
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2nd Duke of Normandy. Born in Rouen, died in Picardy, France.
He succeeded to the duchy about 927. About 930 the Bretons rebelled. He subdued them, taking Brittany, the Channel Islands, the Cotentin, and the Avranchin. He was killed in a treacherous ambush by servants of Theobald of Blois and Arnulf of Flanders.
Also called William Longsword (in English), Guillaume Longue-épée (in French). He sought continually to expand his territories either by conquest or by exacting new lands from the French king for the price of homage. In 939 he allied himself with Hugh the Great in the revolt against King Louis IV; through the mediation of the pope, the war ended, and Louis renewed William's investiture of Normandie (940). William, however, continued his territorial ambitions, especially northward. Drawn to a conference on an island in the Somme River, he was assassinated on the orders of the count of Flanders, Arnulf I.

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Also known as Guillaume I "Longue Epbee" or "Longue-Épée" Duke Of NORMANDY
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2nd Duke de Normandie

"The territory handed over to the authority of Count Robert (Rollo) was not to have a destiny of any certainty. It could have been the same as that of the Normans installed on the Loire in the same period, who were finally eliminated from the area between 937 and 939. Rollo's successors managed, however, to establish themselves as the dominant princes of this kingdom.
William Longsword succeeded Rollo in 933. He was the son of one of Rollo's Frankish Christian concubines, Popa, the daughter of the vanquished Count of Bayeux, and was himself, therefore, an example of the rapid assimilation of the conquerors.
In 933, William managed to take back Cotentin and Avranchin from the Bretons. King Ralph (923-936) helped him in this enterprise and in exchange received the homage due from a vassal. However, it was the Count of Rouen who actually held the power in the vanquished territories.
At the same time William needed to confirm his control over the Irish-Norwegian elements established in Cotentin and Bessin. It would appear that the rebels were keen to retain their peaceful roots, and the Scandinavian traditions of organisation based on a land holding free of the control of a political authority. They were thus ill-disposed to enter into the bonds of dependency which were developing in Frankish society and which the new count did not hesitate to turn to his own advantage.
In the Frankish kingdom William became involved in the conflicts facing the leaders of the aristocracy and the Carolingian King Louis IV (936-954) under the gaze of the powerful king of Germany, Otto. The Count of Rouen played on the competition between the two authorities to which, in theory, he was answerable, the King of France, and his direct overlord Hugh the Great, heir to the prerogatives of the Marquis of Neustria, Duke of the Franks. In general William allied himself with Hugh the Great, but in 940 he provisionally changed sides and obtained from Louis IV the renewal of the concession granted to Rollo. In 942 he was killed in an ambush set by the Count of Flanders who was hostile to the rise in Norman power.
From the second generation, William Longsword had been the first authentically Christian Norman prince, notably supporting the restoration of the abbey of Jumièges. He won the hand in marriage of the daughter of the Count of Vermandois and thus entered into the society of the most powerful lords of the kingdom."

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Ref: http://ancestoranecdotes.blogspot.com/2010/07/rollo-rolf-aka-robert-i-duke-of.html

William I Longsword (French: Guillaume Longue-Épée, Latin: Willermus Longa Spata, Scandinavian: Vilhjálmr Langaspjót; 893 – 17 December 942) was the second Duke of Normandy from his father's death until his own assassination. The title dux (duke) was not in use at the time and has been applied to early Norman rulers retroactively; William actually used the title comes (count).

Little is known about his early years. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen. According to the William's planctus, he was baptized a Christian.

William succeeded Rollo sometime around 927. It appears that he faced a rebellion early in his reign; from Normans who felt he had become too Gallicised. Subsequent years are obscure. In 939 William became involved in a war with Arnulf I of Flanders, which soon became intertwined with the other conflicts troubling the reign of Louis IV. He was killed by followers of Arnulf while at a meeting to settle their conflict. His son Richard the Fearless, child of his first wife, Sprota, succeeded him. William also left a widow, Liègard (Liutgard), who died in 985.http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Ier_de_Normandie

From THE RUFUS PARKS PEDIGREE by Brian J.L. Berry, chart pg 55.

Page 59:

2. William I Longsword, assassinated 17 Dec. 942 on the Island of Picquingy in the Somme; Duke of Normandy; steadfastly Christian; did homage to King Raoul 933 for Cotentin and Avranches, and after Raoul's death, came to terms with King Louis IV of the restore Carolingian dynasty. He mar. Adela, dau. of Hubert, Count of Senlis.

William I of Normandy
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=5245faef-1546-4613-834f-fb42eecda2af&tid=8764362&pid=-864017491

Duke of Normandy

OCCU 2nd Duke of Normandy...
SOUR GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve);
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says c900;
HAWKINS.GED says ABT 900 & place;members.aol.com/sargen3 says ABT 893 & place
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says 17 Dec 943;
HAWKINS.GED says 17 Dec 943;
The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28 says 17 Dec 942
SOUR Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 408;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124
William the Longsword - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 25
William Longue-epee - p. 30; Longespada - COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve Roots), p. 5;
COMYNI.GED shows mother as Gisela de France. NORM.TAF shows Poppa. I suspect
these are the same people and one of the parents is incorrect - NLP; Guillaume
"Longaspada" de Normandie - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve);The Norman Conquest also
gives his mother as Poppa - NLP;GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) gives Gisela - NLP
WILLIAM I, son of ROLLO the DANE and POPPA DE BAYEUX: Before he added the Cotentin or Cherbourg, peninsula to his domain, he may have had to suppress a Breton rising there, and then a revolt of
recalcitrant Danes. It is possible that he invited new
Danish settlers to the Cotentin. He is said to have been a just and vigorous man, and in 942 he was murdered, at Picquigny on the Somme, by order of Arnulf of Flanders, who had forced a quarrel on
him in consequence of personal insult or some dispute
about an
intervening property - The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28
Aceded 932 - http://gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0002/G0000093.html#I1245

OCCU 2nd Duke of Normandy...
SOUR GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve);
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says c900;
HAWKINS.GED says ABT 900 & place;members.aol.com/sargen3 says ABT 893 & place
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says 17 Dec 943;
HAWKINS.GED says 17 Dec 943;
The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28 says 17 Dec 942
SOUR Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 408;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124
William the Longsword - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 25
William Longue-epee - p. 30; Longespada - COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve Roots), p. 5;
COMYNI.GED shows mother as Gisela de France. NORM.TAF shows Poppa. I suspect
these are the same people and one of the parents is incorrect - NLP; Guillaume
"Longaspada" de Normandie - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve);The Norman Conquest also
gives his mother as Poppa - NLP;GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) gives Gisela - NLP
WILLIAM I, son of ROLLO the DANE and POPPA DE BAYEUX: Before he added the Cotentin or Cherbourg, peninsula to his domain, he may have had to suppress a Breton rising there, and then a revolt of
recalcitrant Danes. It is possible that he invited new
Danish settlers to the Cotentin. He is said to have been a just and vigorous man, and in 942 he was murdered, at Picquigny on the Somme, by order of Arnulf of Flanders, who had forced a quarrel on
him in consequence of personal insult or some dispute
about an
intervening property - The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28
Aceded 932 - http://gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0002/G0000093.html#I1245

OCCU 2nd Duke of Normandy...
SOUR GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve);
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says c900;
HAWKINS.GED says ABT 900 & place;members.aol.com/sargen3 says ABT 893 & place
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says 17 Dec 943;
HAWKINS.GED says 17 Dec 943;
The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28 says 17 Dec 942
SOUR Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 408;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124
William the Longsword - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 25
William Longue-epee - p. 30; Longespada - COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve Roots), p. 5;
COMYNI.GED shows mother as Gisela de France. NORM.TAF shows Poppa. I suspect
these are the same people and one of the parents is incorrect - NLP; Guillaume
"Longaspada" de Normandie - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve);The Norman Conquest also
gives his mother as Poppa - NLP;GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) gives Gisela - NLP
WILLIAM I, son of ROLLO the DANE and POPPA DE BAYEUX: Before he added the Cotentin or Cherbourg, peninsula to his domain, he may have had to suppress a Breton rising there, and then a revolt of
recalcitrant Danes. It is possible that he invited new
Danish settlers to the Cotentin. He is said to have been a just and vigorous man, and in 942 he was murdered, at Picquigny on the Somme, by order of Arnulf of Flanders, who had forced a quarrel on
him in consequence of personal insult or some dispute
about an
intervening property - The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28
Aceded 932 - http://gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0002/G0000093.html#I1245

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DATE ABT 0927
Duchy of Normandie
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"Longue Epâee"
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EVEN
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OCCU 2nd Duke of Normandy

GIVN William I "Longsword" of
SURN NORMANDY
NSFX 2ed Duke of Normandy
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TITL Via a gedcom from Compuserve by Jack McDonald which gave the rather
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AUTH Gary Boyd Roberts
EVEN Recieved title of the 2ed Duke of Normandy
TYPE Misc
DATE 927
ABBR History Of England
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PAGE pp 59
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ABBR History Of England
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William Longsword was killed in a rebellion of Rioulf of St. Savour in 933. He was supported by Anslech Turstain one of three barons who alone remained faithful and rendered military assistance to
the Duke, both descendants of Eisten Glumru by different wives. When William was assassinated the guardianship of his new-born son, Duke Robert,was given to three men, one of whom was Anslech
Turstain. See notes under Anslech.

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GIVN Guillaume I, "Long Hair"
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GEDCOM line 17343 not recognizable or too long:
() 2 GIVN William Longsword

GEDCOM line 17344 not recognizable or too long:
() 2 SURN of Normandy

GEDCOM line 17345 not recognizable or too long:
() 2 NSFX Duke/Normandy

Second Duke of NOrmandy. Acceded: 932.
Assassinated by the Count of Flanders.

see notes on WWW genealogy disk

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need to know what you think :) hey, but always refining this,
So if you spot a place where Im just flat wrong please tell
me or someone I didnt go on out with, I do this file out of fun and wanting to know, but do not
respond to the 'know it alls' , that dont have manners.I dont
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Ancestral File Number: 9HMF-2F
?? Line 9229: (New PAF RIN=17720)
1 NAME Guillaume I, "Long Sword" Duke Of /NORMANDY/

Name Suffix: Duke *
REFN: 1216348208
1 NAME Guillaume (William) Duke Of/NORMANDY/

According to Stuart--Royalty for Commoners 1-3 & Weis Ancestral Roots 4-10

Guillaume I "Long Sword" Duke of Normandy

Sources: A. Roots 121E; RC 166; Norr, p60; Coe; Guizot; Pfafman; AF;
Kraentzler 1156, 1194, 1443, 1453; Davis; Ashley.
William Longsword (Longaspatha), second Duke of Normandy, 917-943, andDuke
of Aquitaine. He captured Britanny, Cotentin, the Channel Islands and the
Avranchin, annexing them to his kingdom. He was slain by Arnulf ofFlanders.
RC: William I "Longsword," Duke of Normandy; murdered 17 Dec. 943
in France.
K: Guilaume I Longue Epee, Duke of Normandy.
Roots: William I, "Longsword," born ca. 930, probably Rouen. Succeededto
Duchy of Normandy about 927. In about 930 the Bretons rebelled. Hesubdued
them, taking Brittany, the Channel Islands, Contentin and the Averanchin.
Killed in a treacherous ambush 17 Dec. 942 by servants of Theobald ofBlois and
Arnulf of Flanders.
Norr: William Longsword (Guillaume Longue-espee); son of Poppa; 2ndduke,
927-942; murdered.
Ashley: William "Longsword", Count of Normandy.
Davis: William I Longsword, ruled Normandy 931-942

The vast majority of the information presented is obtained from online sources. While I believe it to be accurate, caution must be taken to always be careful of its validity.
Please do contact me if you find errors or have questions.

OCCU 2nd Duke of Normandy...
SOUR GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve);
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says c900;
HAWKINS.GED says ABT 900 & place;members.aol.com/sargen3 says ABT 893 & place
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says 17 Dec 943;
HAWKINS.GED says 17 Dec 943;
The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28 says 17 Dec 942
SOUR Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 408;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124
William the Longsword - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 25
William Longue-epee - p. 30; Longespada - COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve Roots), p. 5;
COMYNI.GED shows mother as Gisela de France. NORM.TAF shows Poppa. I suspect
these are the same people and one of the parents is incorrect - NLP; Guillaume
"Longaspada" de Normandie - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve);The Norman Conquest also
gives his mother as Poppa - NLP;GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) gives Gisela - NLP
WILLIAM I, son of ROLLO the DANE and POPPA DE BAYEUX: Before he added the Cotentin or Cherbourg, peninsula to his domain, he may have had to suppress a Breton rising there, and then a revolt of
recalcitrant Danes. It is possible that he invited new
Danish settlers to the Cotentin. He is said to have been a just and vigorous man, and in 942 he was murdered, at Picquigny on the Somme, by order of Arnulf of Flanders, who had forced a quarrel on
him in consequence of personal insult or some dispute
about an
intervening property - The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28
Aceded 932 - http://gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0002/G0000093.html#I1245

OCCU 2nd Duke of Normandy...
SOUR GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve);
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says c900;
HAWKINS.GED says ABT 900 & place;members.aol.com/sargen3 says ABT 893 & place
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says 17 Dec 943;
HAWKINS.GED says 17 Dec 943;
The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28 says 17 Dec 942
SOUR Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 408;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124
William the Longsword - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 25
William Longue-epee - p. 30; Longespada - COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve Roots), p. 5;
COMYNI.GED shows mother as Gisela de France. NORM.TAF shows Poppa. I suspect
these are the same people and one of the parents is incorrect - NLP; Guillaume
"Longaspada" de Normandie - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve);The Norman Conquest also
gives his mother as Poppa - NLP;GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) gives Gisela - NLP
WILLIAM I, son of ROLLO the DANE and POPPA DE BAYEUX: Before he added the Cotentin or Cherbourg, peninsula to his domain, he may have had to suppress a Breton rising there, and then a revolt of
recalcitrant Danes. It is possible that he invited new
Danish settlers to the Cotentin. He is said to have been a just and vigorous man, and in 942 he was murdered, at Picquigny on the Somme, by order of Arnulf of Flanders, who had forced a quarrel on
him in consequence of personal insult or some dispute
about an
intervening property - The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28
Aceded 932 - http://gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0002/G0000093.html#I1245

OCCU 2nd Duke of Normandy...
SOUR GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve);
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says c900;
HAWKINS.GED says ABT 900 & place;members.aol.com/sargen3 says ABT 893 & place
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124 says 17 Dec 943;
HAWKINS.GED says 17 Dec 943;
The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28 says 17 Dec 942
SOUR Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 408;
Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124
William the Longsword - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 25
William Longue-epee - p. 30; Longespada - COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve Roots), p. 5;
COMYNI.GED shows mother as Gisela de France. NORM.TAF shows Poppa. I suspect
these are the same people and one of the parents is incorrect - NLP; Guillaume
"Longaspada" de Normandie - COMYNI.GED (Compuserve);The Norman Conquest also
gives his mother as Poppa - NLP;GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) gives Gisela - NLP
WILLIAM I, son of ROLLO the DANE and POPPA DE BAYEUX: Before he added the Cotentin or Cherbourg, peninsula to his domain, he may have had to suppress a Breton rising there, and then a revolt of
recalcitrant Danes. It is possible that he invited new
Danish settlers to the Cotentin. He is said to have been a just and vigorous man, and in 942 he was murdered, at Picquigny on the Somme, by order of Arnulf of Flanders, who had forced a quarrel on
him in consequence of personal insult or some dispute
about an
intervening property - The Conquest of England, Eric Linklater, p. 28
Aceded 932 - http://gendex.com/users/daver/rigney/D0002/G0000093.html#I1245

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Duchy of Normandie
murdered in ambush by servants of Theobald de Blois and Arnulf de Flandresaka William LONGESPEE.
"Longue Epâee"
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OCCU 2nd Duke of Normandy

GIVN William I "Longsword" of
SURN NORMANDY
NSFX 2ed Duke of Normandy
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AUTH Gary Boyd Roberts
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PAGE pp 59
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ABBR History Of England
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AUTH Katharine Coman & Elizabeth Kimball Kendall
PUBL The Macmillian Co, 1905
PAGE pp 59
QUAY 2

William Longsword was killed in a rebellion of Rioulf of St. Savour in 933. He was supported by Anslech Turstain one of three barons who alone remained faithful and rendered military assistance to
the Duke, both descendants of Eisten Glumru by different wives. When William was assassinated the guardianship of his new-born son, Duke Robert,was given to three men, one of whom was Anslech
Turstain. See notes under Anslech.

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GIVN Guillaume I, "Long Hair"
SURN Normandy
AFN 9HMF-2F
DATE 27 AUG 2000
TIME 22:26:48

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I wish I was sure of every name in this file & that I didnt
need to know what you think :) hey, but always refining this,
So if you spot a place where Im just flat wrong please tell
me or someone I didnt go on out with, I do this file out of fun and wanting to know, but do not
respond to the 'know it alls' , that dont have manners.I dont
consider them Kin!
Thanks and Happy Hunting!

GEDCOM line 17343 not recognizable or too long:
() 2 GIVN William Longsword

GEDCOM line 17344 not recognizable or too long:
() 2 SURN of Normandy

GEDCOM line 17345 not recognizable or too long:
() 2 NSFX Duke/Normandy

Second Duke of NOrmandy. Acceded: 932.
Assassinated by the Count of Flanders.

see notes on WWW genealogy disk

I wish I was sure of every name in this file & that I didnt
need to know what you think :) hey, but always refining this,
So if you spot a place where Im just flat wrong please tell
me or someone I didnt go on out with, I do this file out of fun and wanting to know, but do not
respond to the 'know it alls' , that dont have manners.I dont
consider them Kin!
Thanks and Happy Hunting!

Ancestral File Number: 9HMF-2F
?? Line 9229: (New PAF RIN=17720)
1 NAME Guillaume I, "Long Sword" Duke Of /NORMANDY/

Name Suffix: Duke *
REFN: 1216348208
1 NAME Guillaume (William) Duke Of/NORMANDY/

According to Stuart--Royalty for Commoners 1-3 & Weis Ancestral Roots 4-10

Guillaume I "Long Sword" Duke of Normandy

Sources: A. Roots 121E; RC 166; Norr, p60; Coe; Guizot; Pfafman; AF;
Kraentzler 1156, 1194, 1443, 1453; Davis; Ashley.
William Longsword (Longaspatha), second Duke of Normandy, 917-943, andDuke
of Aquitaine. He captured Britanny, Cotentin, the Channel Islands and the
Avranchin, annexing them to his kingdom. He was slain by Arnulf ofFlanders.
RC: William I "Longsword," Duke of Normandy; murdered 17 Dec. 943
in France.
K: Guilaume I Longue Epee, Duke of Normandy.
Roots: William I, "Longsword," born ca. 930, probably Rouen. Succeededto
Duchy of Normandy about 927. In about 930 the Bretons rebelled. Hesubdued
them, taking Brittany, the Channel Islands, Contentin and the Averanchin.
Killed in a treacherous ambush 17 Dec. 942 by servants of Theobald ofBlois and
Arnulf of Flanders.
Norr: William Longsword (Guillaume Longue-espee); son of Poppa; 2ndduke,
927-942; murdered.
Ashley: William "Longsword", Count of Normandy.
Davis: William I Longsword, ruled Normandy 931-942

The vast majority of the information presented is obtained from online sources. While I believe it to be accurate, caution must be taken to always be careful of its validity.
Please do contact me if you find errors or have questions.

b. 900 or 876
Legitimised by his fathers eventual marriage to Papie, his (father's) ex-mistress.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~agkxtra/terms.html

_P_CCINFO 1-2782

[FAVthomas.FTW]

Also called William Longsword, French Guillaume Longue-épée son ofRollo and second duke of Normandie (927/942). He sought continually toexpand his territories either by conquest or by exacting new lands fromthe French king for the price of homage. In 939 he allied himself withHugh the Great in the revolt against King Louis IV; through the mediationof the pope, the war ended, and Louis renewed William's investiture ofNormandie (940). William, however, continued his territorial ambitions,
especially northward. Drawn to a conference on an island in the SommeRiver, he was assassinated on the orders of the count of Flanders, ArnulfI.

To cite this page: "William I" Encyclopædia Britannica
<http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=79100&tocid=0&query=william%20i%2C%20longsword>
Assassinated by Arnulf/Arnulph/Arnoul "The Old", Count of Flanders, in942, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 16, pg. 493,Article: Normandie.

Mördad

William Longsword background
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=cba304aa-e6a0-497a-a0c5-96ac97195bb1&tid=6959821&pid=-1152574788

Wikipedia entry
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=db6d3974-40ae-4cc1-84dc-80c9f301412c&tid=6650027&pid=-1176128672

William I "Longsword" of Normandy
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=e8ad64b3-958c-45e6-8181-f6da6e8e44ff&tid=6650027&pid=-1176128672

Mördad

Same person as RIN 1-1482

from "Our Folk" by Albert D Hart, Jr.

(nommé Viljâlmr Langaspjôt dans les sagas scandinaves), est le fils naturel de Rollon et de Poppa de Bayeux. Il est considéré comme étant le deuxième duc de Normandie, bien que ce titre n'existe pas encore à cette époque. Il est avant tout jarl des Normands, et comte de Rouen. Il est né à Rouen (?) ou à Bayeux, vers 907 et meurt assassiné par traîtrise en décembre 942, après une entrevue avec Arnoul, comte de Flandre.

Dans sa jeunesse, Rollon le fait éduquer surtout dans l'ouest du « duché », dans la région de Bayeux, où il apprend la langue paternelle, le norrois. Il est associé au pouvoir à partir de l'an 927 et succède naturellement à son père à la mort de ce dernier. En 930, il épouse « more danico », Sprota, une Bretonne, dont il a Richard, son successeur.

Vers 930, la Bretagne traversant une période d'anarchie, il tente d'imposer son autorité aux Bretons et aux Normands indépendants du Cotentin et du Bessin. Il bat ces derniers en 931 et annexe la péninsule du Cotentin à ses possessions normandes. En 933, Guillaume rend alors hommage au roi Raoul pour « la terre des Bretons située sur le rivage de la mer », c'est-à-dire le Cotentin qui avait été cédé aux Bretons en 868 par le traité de Compiègne. Certaines monnaies sont alors frappées où il porte le titre de « duc des Bretons ».

En 934, il se trouve confronté à une révolte des Normands de l'Ouest principalement (rébellion du chef normand Riouf), révolte dénonçant la francisation de la Normandie, et il est un temps assiégé dans Rouen.

En 936, le soutien normand se révèle décisif pour rétablir sur le trône de Francie le prétendant carolingien Louis d'Outremer.

De 936 à 939, Alain « Barbe-Torte », appuyé par le roi saxon du Wessex, Athelstan (puis plus tard par Hugues II, comte du Maine), parvient, au cours d'une campagne marquée par la bataille de Trans, à libérer la Bretagne des dernières bandes vikings.

Dans les années 935/40, il épouse chrétiennement Liutgarde de Vermandois, fille d'Herbert II, comte de Vermandois. Ils n'ont pas d'enfants. D'une concubine, Eperlenc, il a Raoul, comte d'Ivry.

En 940, il prend le parti du duc des Francs Hugues le Grand et de Herbert II de Vermandois, les assistant aux sièges de Reims et de Laon, jusqu'à l'obtention d'un accord avec le roi.

Herluin II, comte de Ponthieu, ayant été vaincu dans une guerre privée contre Herbert II de Vermandois, allié à Arnoul Ier, comte de Flandre (et d'Artois) en appelle à Guillaume Longue-Épée. Ayant récupéré son bien, Herluin rend hommage de fidélité à la Normandie pour le Ponthieu.

Ses prises de position lui aliènent les principaux princes francs qui, à l'instigation d'Arnoul Ier de Flandre, lui tendent une embuscade : une entrevue sous prétexte d'un accord à Picquigny, sur une île de la Somme. La conférence à lieu le 18 décembre 942, mais aussitôt l'accord signé, il est assassiné par traîtrise, par Baudoin, fils du comte de Cambrai.

Selon la légende, il songe à devenir moine, ou plus certainement, à finir ses jours dans un monastère. Lorsqu'il est assassiné, on retrouve sur lui une clef, clef ouvrant un coffre renfermant une bure, la bure des moines. Son tombeau se trouve en la cathédrale de Rouen.

À l'instar de sa sœur aînée Gerloc, Guillaume, né avant 911, a peut-être obtenu ce nom après son baptême en 912.

Book of Rememberence-Meacham

Wicapedia
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=9de32189-210f-4d92-8677-c6c01e4f2219&tid=6959821&pid=-1152595199

!SOURCES:
1. Tab. Gen. Souv., France 22, Tab. 48
2. The Dukes of Normandy, France 5, p. 46-94
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!SOURCES:
1. Tab. Gen. Souv., France 22, Tab. 48
2. The Dukes of Normandy, France 5, p. 46-94

Murdered - ambushed trecherously by servants of Theobald of Blois & Arnulf of Flanders

Alias: 2nd Duke of /Normandy/

Vilhelm I av Normandie, også kalt for Vilhelm Langsverd, fransk Guillaume Longue Épée (død 17. desember 942), var jarl av Normandie og sønn av vikinghøvdingen Rollo.

[rediger] Vilhelms ukjente opprinnelse
Det er få opplysninger om Vilhelms første år. Den noe tvilsomme kilden Dudo av Saint-Quentin, som skrev Gesta Normannorum (Normannernes historie), forteller at hans mor het ±Poppa», at hun var av frankisk opprinnelse, og datter av en ellers ukjent hertug Bérenger. Et Planctus (sørgedikt) skrevet kort tid etter at Vilhelm Langsverd døde nevner ikke morens navn, men at hun var kristen og ble mor av en hedning, til Vilhelm som ble født oversjøisk. En annen kilde bestrider at moren var datter av Bérenger, men isteden var en Papia (Poppa) av Senlis, født i 848. [1]

De noe uklare kildene mener at Vilhelm ikke ble født i Normandie, og da er mulighetene mange: de britiske øyer, Irland, og Norge, eller på en av norrøne øyene som Orknøyene, Hebridene, og Man. Selv om det ikke er urimelig er det ikke sannsynlig om opplysningen om en frankisk mor er riktig. Gange-Rolf var i Normandie på slutten av 880-tallet, og selv om han fortsatt var ute og seilte, synes det som om han har bosatt seg for godt i Normandie etter år 900, omtrent på den tiden som Vilhelm kanskje ble født.

I henhold til sørgediktet ble han døpt som kristen, og han fikk også et frankisk navn, noe som ville ha vært usannsynlig i de norrøne områdene, men tillegget om dåpen kan være en anakronistisk antagelse av poeten.

[rediger] Fra historiens mørke
Vilhelm Langsverd var sønn av Rollo som grunnla et dynasti som skulle ende opp med erobre England i 1066. På Vilhelms dager var det lite som tydet på dette. Hans jarldømme, som han arvet fra faren rundt 928 (Rollo dør ca 932), besto av et skjørt område sentrert rundt Rouen og neppe lengre vest elven Seine.

Vilhelm kommer inn fra historiens mørke på slutten av 930-tallet. Tilsynelatende hadde han i følge Dudo klart å slå ned et opprør fra normanniske og norrøne bosetningen som mislikte hans føydale tilnærming: En norrøn leder ved navn Riulf (Rolf?) gjør opprør ved å hevde at Vilhelm er blitt for frankisk, at hans hensikt er å berike seg selv og sin ætt og frankiske venner på bekostning av andre. Riulf sender bud om at han krever ±alt land opp til Risle». Vilhelm svarer at han ikke kan gi Riulf landet, men tilbyr Riulf medstyre, om enn i navnet. Riulf svarer med å flytte hæren mot Rouen, krysser Seine og slår leir utenfor byen. Vilhelm tilbyr da Riulf land, ±ikke bare opp til Risle, men alt hele vegen til Seine». Riulf lukter feighet og avslår tilbudet. Istedenfor for å møte Riulf i åpen kamp overfaller Vilhelm leirplassen i et regelrett snikangrep, dreper for fote og driver Riulf og resten på flukt.

I 939 er Vilhelm involvert i en krig med Arnulf I av Flandern som angikk det frankiske kongedømmet. Vilhelm støttet den frankiske kong Ludvig IV (936-954), sønn av Karl den enfoldige, på en tid da Ludvig var i vanskeligheter. I desember 942 da Vilhelms forhold til kongen var på sitt beste kalte Arnulf på en fredskonferanse med Vilhelm. Under fredssamtalene ble Vilhelm drept av tilhengere av Arnulf, kanskje på befaling av Arnulf selv.

Det forræderiske mordet må ha vært et sjokk på Vilhelms tilhengere. Sørgediktet ble diktet kort tid etter hans død av en ukjent poet, og selv om diktet har overlevd i to utgaver, begge ødelagte og usammenhengende, preget av hagiografi i sitt innhold, men er uansett en viktig kilde for tidlig normannisk historie. Det er det aller første, kjente skrift skrevet om normannere fra deres egen synsvinkel.

Vilhelms sønn Rikard I av Normandie etterfulgte ham som jarl i Normandie.

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NAME Guillaume I "Long Sword" Duke Of /NORMANDY/

William was Duke of Normandy from his father's death until his own assassination. He was born in Bayeux or Rouen. A poem about his death entitled Planctus means that he was not born in continental Europe. which is probably true as his Dad was a Vik
William and his wife Sprota had 1 son,
Richard, b 28 Aug 933 at Rouen, Seine-Infrerieure Normandy. William was WilliamI, 2nd Duke of Normandy. He was buried 18 Dec 0942 at Rouen Cathedral and later moved to the Abbey of Jumieges, Normandy

SOURCE NOTES:
www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal

RESEARCH NOTES:
2nd Duke of Normandy
Murdered under en sammenkomst with grev Arnulf of Flanders.
!FAMILY MARRIAGE RESEARCH NOTES:
concubine

_P_CCINFO 1-20792

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NAME Guillaume I "Long Sword" /Normandy/
!SOURCES:
1. Tab. Gen. Souv., France 22, Tab. 48
2. The Dukes of Normandy, France 5, p. 46-94

He was murdered

RESEARCH-FOR-MERGE: This individual might be the same as Guillaume I "Longue Epbee" Duke Of /NORMANDY/, RIN 4121.

William the I longsword in falaise
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=2541817c-b248-495d-b82a-664855ca7657&tid=8764362&pid=-864017491

Same person as RIN 1-1482

Book of Rememberence-Meacham

1 NAME Longue Epee //
2 GIVN Longue Epee
2 SURN
2 NICK Longue Epee

1 NAME William Longsword [Long Sword] /Normandy/ 2 SOUR S033320 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001 1 BIRT 2 DATE ABT. 891 2 PLAC ,Normandy, France 2 SOUR S033320 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001 1 DEAT 2 DATE 17 DEC 942 2 PLAC ,France 2 SOUR S033320 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001

[De La Pole.FTW]
Sources: A. Roots 121E; RC 166; Norr, p60; Coe; Guizot; Pfafman; AF; Kraentzler 1156, 1194, 1443, 1453; Davis; Ashley. William Longsword (Longaspatha), second Duke of Normandy, 917-943, and Duke of Aquitaine. He captured Britanny, Cotentin, the Channel Islands and the Avranchin, annexing them to his kingdom. He was slain by Arnulf of Flanders. RC: William I "Longsword," Duke of Normandy; murdered 17 Dec. 943 in France.
K: Guilaume I Longue Epee, Duke of Normandy. Roots: William I, "Longsword," born ca. 930, probably Rouen. Succeeded to Duchy of Normandy about 927. In about 930 the Bretons rebelled. He subdued them, taking Brittany, the Channel Islands, Contentin and the Averanchin. Killed in a treacherous ambush 17 Dec. 942 by servants of Theobald of Blois and Arnulf of Flanders. Norr: William Longsword (Guillaume Longue-espee); son of Poppa; 2nd duke, 927-942; murdered.
Ashley: William "Longsword", Count of Normandy.
Davis: William I Longsword, ruled Normandy 931-942

William I Duke of Normandy
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=c7ed5fb9-8de9-4adb-960a-ea355e84f6a0&tid=10524335&pid=-605861356

110897832. Hertug Wilhelm I. Langsverd ROLVSON av Normandie was born in 900. He was born about 912 in Rouen.(9488) He was a Hertug between 931 and 942 in Normandie (F). He died on 17 Dec 942 in Myrdet. (9489) He died on 17 Dec 942. (9490) Myrdet under en sammenkomst med grev Arnulf av Flandern, bisatt i katedralen i Rouen He was a Hertug in Normandie (F). (9491) He was married to Sprota N.NSDTR av Bratagne.

Duke William I Longsword of Normandy

Vilhelm I av Normandie, også kalt for Vilhelm Langsverd, fransk Guillaume Longue Épée (død 17. desember 942), var jarl av Normandie og sønn av vikinghøvdingen Rollo.

Vilhelms ukjente opprinnelse
Det er få opplysninger om Vilhelms første år. Den noe tvilsomme kilden Dudo av Saint-Quentin, som skrev Gesta Normannorum (Normannernes historie), forteller at hans mor het ?Poppa?, at hun var av frankisk opprinnelse, og datter av en ellers ukjent hertug Bérenger. Et Planctus (sørgedikt) skrevet kort tid etter at Vilhelm Langsverd døde nevner ikke morens navn, men at hun var kristen og ble mor av en hedning, til Vilhelm som ble født oversjøisk. En annen kilde bestrider at moren var datter av Bérenger, men isteden var en Papia (Poppa) av Senlis, født i 848. [1]

De noe uklare kildene mener at Vilhelm ikke ble født i Normandie, og da er mulighetene mange: de britiske øyer, Irland, og Norge, eller på en av norrøne øyene som Orknøyene, Hebridene, og Man. Selv om det ikke er urimelig er det ikke sannsynlig om opplysningen om en frankisk mor er riktig. Gange-Rolf var i Normandie på slutten av 880-tallet, og selv om han fortsatt var ute og seilte, synes det som om han har bosatt seg for godt i Normandie etter år 900, omtrent på den tiden som Vilhelm kanskje ble født.

I henhold til sørgediktet ble han døpt som kristen, og han fikk også et frankisk navn, noe som ville ha vært usannsynlig i de norrøne områdene, men tillegget om dåpen kan være en anakronistisk antagelse av poeten.

Fra historiens mørke
Vilhelm Langsverd var sønn av Rollo som grunnla et dynasti som skulle ende opp med å erobre England i 1066. På Vilhelms dager var det lite som tydet på dette. Hans jarldømme, som han arvet fra faren rundt 928 (Rollo dør ca 932), besto av et skjørt område sentrert rundt Rouen og neppe lengre vest elven Seine.

Vilhelm kommer inn fra historiens mørke på slutten av 930-tallet. Tilsynelatende hadde han i følge Dudo klart å slå ned et opprør fra normanniske og norrøne bosetningen som mislikte hans føydale tilnærming: En norrøn leder ved navn Riulf (Rolf?) gjør opprør ved å hevde at Vilhelm er blitt for frankisk, at hans hensikt er å berike seg selv og sin ætt og frankiske venner på bekostning av andre. Riulf sender bud om at han krever ?alt land opp til Risle?. Vilhelm svarer at han ikke kan gi Riulf landet, men tilbyr Riulf medstyre, om enn i navnet. Riulf svarer med å flytte hæren mot Rouen, krysser Seine og slår leir utenfor byen. Vilhelm tilbyr da Riulf land, ?ikke bare opp til Risle, men alt hele vegen til Seine?. Riulf lukter feighet og avslår tilbudet. Istedenfor for å møte Riulf i åpen kamp overfaller Vilhelm leirplassen i et regelrett snikangrep, dreper for fote og driver Riulf og resten på flukt.

I 939 er Vilhelm involvert i en krig med Arnulf I av Flandern som angikk det frankiske kongedømmet. Vilhelm støttet den frankiske kong Ludvig IV (936-954), sønn av Karl den enfoldige, på en tid da Ludvig var i vanskeligheter. I desember 942 da Vilhelms forhold til kongen var på sitt beste kalte Arnulf på en fredskonferanse med Vilhelm. Under fredssamtalene ble Vilhelm drept av tilhengere av Arnulf, kanskje på befaling av Arnulf selv.

Det forræderiske mordet må ha vært et sjokk på Vilhelms tilhengere. Sørgediktet ble diktet kort tid etter hans død av en ukjent poet, og selv om diktet har overlevd i to utgaver, begge ødelagte og usammenhengende, preget av hagiografi i sitt innhold, men er uansett en viktig kilde for tidlig normannisk historie. Det er det aller første, kjente skrift skrevet om normannere fra deres egen synsvinkel.

Vilhelms sønn Rikard I av Normandie etterfulgte ham som jarl i Normandie.

Eksterne lenker
Guillaume ?Longue Épée? of Normandy - diskusjon om Vilhelms opprinnelse
The Rollonid Principality
The Planctus for William Longsword

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Murdered

Also known as William I Longsword
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=b4d4cab8-4036-4f5e-9263-a445fae8ae7f&tid=9784512&pid=-494620374

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Original individual @P2689360841@ (@MS_NHFETTERLYFAMIL0@) merged with @P2689280810@ (@MS_NHFETTERLYFAMIL0@)

KNOWN AS "LONGSWORD""LONGSPATHA""LONGUE EYPEE"; POSSIBLY BORN FROM PREVIOUS
MARRIAGE; 2ND DUKE OF NORMANDY; MURDERED

William Longsword
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William Longsword background
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270px-William_longsword_statue_in_falaise
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Wicapedia
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=9de32189-210f-4d92-8677-c6c01e4f2219&tid=6959821&pid=-1152595199

Duke William was assassinated. {Burke's Peerage} [GADD.GED]

Also have birth as ca 893 in Normandy, France. [Betz Homepage http://info.lu.farmingdale.edu/~betzja/gene]

33rd great grandfather

William Longsword statue in Falaise
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_P_CCINFO 1-20792
According to Stuart--Royalty for Commoners 1-3 & Weis Ancestral Roots 4-10

Guillaume I "Long Sword" Duke of Normandy

Sources: A. Roots 121E; RC 166; Norr, p60; Coe; Guizot; Pfafman; AF; Kraentzler 1156, 1194, 1443, 1453; Davis; Ashley.
William Longsword (Longaspatha), second Duke of Normandy, 917-943, andDuke of Aquitaine. He captured Britanny, Cotentin, the Channel Islands and the Avranchin, annexing them to his kingdom. He was slain by Arnulf ofFlanders.
RC: William I "Longsword," Duke of Normandy; murdered 17 Dec. 943 in France.
K: Guilaume I Longue Epee, Duke of Normandy.
Roots: William I, "Longsword," born ca. 930, probably Rouen. Succeededto Duchy of Normandy about 927. In about 930 the Bretons rebelled. Hesubdued them, taking Brittany, the Channel Islands, Contentin and the Averanchin. Killed in a treacherous ambush 17 Dec. 942 by servants of Theobald ofBlois and Arnulf of Flanders.
Norr: William Longsword (Guillaume Longue-espee); son of Poppa; 2ndduke, 927-942; murdered.
Ashley: William "Longsword", Count of Normandy.
Davis: William I Longsword, ruled Normandy 931-942

Name Suffix: Duke of Normandy Ancestral File Number: 9HMF-2F
!"France in the Middle Ages,987-1460" by George Duby,1987, chart 6. "Royal Ancestors" by Michel Call, 1989, Chart # 11504, # 11546.

Name Suffix: Count Champagne Ancestral File Number: 9HMJ-J8
!"France in the Middle Ages,987-1460" by George Duby,1987, chart 6. "Royal Ancestors" by Michel Call, chart # 11580.
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2nd Duke of Normandy.

Line 2268 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
NAME Guillaume I "Long Sword" /Normandy/
!SOURCES:
1. Tab. Gen. Souv., France 22, Tab. 48
2. The Dukes of Normandy, France 5, p. 46-94

RESEARCH-FOR-MERGE: This individual might be the same as Duke William (Guillaume) I "Long Sword" of /Normandy/, RIN 4764.

Bio
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William Longsword statue in Falaise
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BIOGRAPHY: William_I "Longsword" 2nd Duke of Normandy (893-943) [Pedigree]
Son of Rollo the Dane 1st Duke of Normandy (-927) and Poppa de_Valois Duchess of Norway (872-)

BIOGRAPHY: Children from 1st wife.
b. ABT 893
r. Normandy, France
b. ABT 900, Normandy
d. 17 Dec 943, France
d. 17 Dec 942, France

BIOGRAPHY: Married first Luitgarde of Vermandois (915-978)

BIOGRAPHY: Married second Sprote de Bretagne (911-)

BIOGRAPHY: Children:

BIOGRAPHY: Herfastus the Dane (-1059)
Richard I "The Fearless" of Normandy 3rd Duke of Normandy (933-996) m(1) Papia
References: [GENSERV],[RFC],[MRL],[Weis1],[ES],[AR7], [RoyalAAF]

NOT-A-MATCH: This individual is not the same as Robert Gusicard Of /Normandy/ ?-?, PAF ID {dd9edd02-1d33-495a-aaea-3f018964baf7}

NOT-A-MATCH: This individual is not the same as Drago Of /Normandy/ ?-?, PAF ID {47c1539b-9ccb-4b77-90ad-c7ac9efb3db2}

William I Duke of Normandy
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William I "Longsword"
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William I Duke of Normandy
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William I "Longsword"
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He was Duke from 933 to 942.

Murdered - ambushed trecherously by servants of Theobald of Blois & Arnulf of Flanders

He was Duke from 933 to 942.

!BIRTH: "Royal Ancestors" by Michel Call - Based on Call Family Pedigrees FHL
film 844805 & 844806, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT. Copy of
"Royal Ancestors" owned by Lynn Bernhard, Orem, UT.
!NOTE called "William Longsword"

!Duke of Normandy

Data From Lynn Jeffrey Bernhard, 2445 W 450 South #4, Springville UT 84663-4950
email - (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)

William I the Longsword
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--Other Fields

Ref Number: 407

William I "Longsword"
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William the I longsword in falaise
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William I of Normandy
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1 NAME Longue Epee //
2 GIVN Longue Epee
2 SURN
2 NICK Longue Epee

1 NAME William Longsword [Long Sword] /Normandy/ 2 SOUR S033320 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001 1 BIRT 2 DATE ABT. 891 2 PLAC ,Normandy, France 2 SOUR S033320 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001 1 DEAT 2 DATE 17 DEC 942 2 PLAC ,France 2 SOUR S033320 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001

[De La Pole.FTW]
Sources: A. Roots 121E; RC 166; Norr, p60; Coe; Guizot; Pfafman; AF; Kraentzler 1156, 1194, 1443, 1453; Davis; Ashley. William Longsword (Longaspatha), second Duke of Normandy, 917-943, and Duke of Aquitaine. He captured Britanny, Cotentin, the Channel Islands and the Avranchin, annexing them to his kingdom. He was slain by Arnulf of Flanders. RC: William I "Longsword," Duke of Normandy; murdered 17 Dec. 943 in France.
K: Guilaume I Longue Epee, Duke of Normandy. Roots: William I, "Longsword," born ca. 930, probably Rouen. Succeeded to Duchy of Normandy about 927. In about 930 the Bretons rebelled. He subdued them, taking Brittany, the Channel Islands, Contentin and the Averanchin. Killed in a treacherous ambush 17 Dec. 942 by servants of Theobald of Blois and Arnulf of Flanders. Norr: William Longsword (Guillaume Longue-espee); son of Poppa; 2nd duke, 927-942; murdered.
Ashley: William "Longsword", Count of Normandy.
Davis: William I Longsword, ruled Normandy 931-942

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William_longsword_statue_in_falaise
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_P_CCINFO 1-3597

William_longsword_statue_in_falaise
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=1f59c61f-bb88-4dd0-9a90-1542d33f69ce&tid=5378431&pid=-1299718275

Randy Wilson, Overview Chart of Lineal Ancestors of King Edward
of England and Philippa of Hainault. Guillaume, Duke of Normandy.
Born 876.

B.S. Bachrach 1993, Fulk Nerra, the Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040,
Genealogy 7 and 10. William I Longsword, Count of Rouen.

Second Duke of Normandy.

Index to Royal Genealogical Data, University of Hull WEB database,
1995.

Guillaume I Longespee. Inheriting his father's lands, he expanded
their boundaries to those of present day Normandy.

LDS Ancestral File, 4 November 2001

Line 2268 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long:
NAME Guillaume I "Long Sword" /Normandy/

!SOURCES:
1. Tab. Gen. Souv., France 22, Tab. 48
2. The Dukes of Normandy, France 5, p. 46-94

Murdered - ambushed trecherously by servants of Theobald of Blois & Arnulf of Flanders

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Ragnvald Eysteinsson
± 830-± 894

Berenger
± 907-± 931

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Gangu-Hrólfr 'Rollo' Ragnvaldsson Mœrajarl
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Poppa de Bayeux
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Vilhjalm I 'Langaspjót' Hrolfsson de Normandie
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