The Normans
Normandy was born in 911 out of the concession made by King Charles the Simple to the Viking Rollo of the lands located at the mouth of the Seine with the town of Rouen as its capital. Between 911 and 933, Rollo and his son William Long Sword extended their power over the whole of the territory of the ancient ecclesiastical province of Rouen which was to incorporate within its almost unchanging borders one of the most powerful principalities of the Kingdom of France and one which still had links with the Nordic world.
The pillaging of Portland in c. 789/802 and the sack of Lindisfarne in the north of the British Isles in 793 have traditionally marked the entry of the Vikings into Western Europe. The coast of what was to become Normandy was soon breached by these maritime raids. A number of pirate vessels were recorded in the lower Seine around 820, but from 841, Rouen was torched and the rich abbeys of the Seine, Jumicges and Saint-Wandrille, were pillaged or held to ransom. In 845 a Viking fleet sailed up the Seine to Paris and King Charles I (the Bald) agreed to pay a ransom. ...norman-world.com .... more
William the "Bastard" The Battle of Hastings Bayeux Tapestry
William the Conqueror
- A1 = Svidri Heytsson;
- B1 = Sveidi 'the Sea King' Sviadrasson;
- C1 = Halfden 'the Aged', d:800;
- D1 = Ivar, Jarl of the Uplands;
- E1 = Einstein 'the Noisy' Glumra, Jarl of More, m. Ascriba;
==> Vikings
- F1 ~ Haldrich of More;
- G1 ~ Ranulph, Count of Bayeux; <== COUNTS OF BAYEUX
- G2 ~ Hugo de Cavalcamp; <== TOENI OF CONCHES
- G3 ~ Richard of Saint Sauveur;
- H1 ~ Neil I, Vicomte de St. Saveur;
- I1 ~ Roger, Vicomte de St. Saveur;
- J1 ~ Neil II, Vicomte de St. Saveur;
- K1 ~ Ivo, Vicomte de Cotenin, m. Emma of Brittany;
- L1 ~ Odard of Dutton; <== Dutton family
- K2 ~ Neil III, Vicomte de St. Saveur, m. Adele of Eu;
- L1 ~ William d'Aubigny, m. N. de Plessis;
- M1 ~ Roger d'Aubigny, m. Amice de Montbray; <== Mowbray family
- L1 ~ William d'Aubigny, m. N. de Plessis;
- K1 ~ Ivo, Vicomte de Cotenin, m. Emma of Brittany;
- J1 ~ Neil II, Vicomte de St. Saveur;
- I1 ~ Roger, Vicomte de St. Saveur;
- H1 ~ Neil I, Vicomte de St. Saveur;
- F2 = Ragnvald I 'the Wise', Jarl of More, m. Ragnhild;
- G1 ~ Hrollaug of Iceland;
- H1 ~ Rollo Thurstan Brico, m. Gerlotte de Blois;
- I1 ~ Rollo Rollosson;
- J1 ~ Mainfred de Percy; <== Percy family
- I2 ~ Ansfred I le Goz, Count of Hiermer, lvd:973;
- J1 ~ Ansfred II le Goz;
- K1 ~ Toustien le Goz, m. Judith de Montalier;
- L1 ~ Richard of Goz, lvd:1025/1066, m. Emma de Conteville; <== de Burgh
- K1 ~ Toustien le Goz, m. Judith de Montalier;
- J1 ~ Ansfred II le Goz;
- I1 ~ Rollo Rollosson;
- H1 ~ Rollo Thurstan Brico, m. Gerlotte de Blois;
- G2 = Rollo Ragnvaldsson, Duke of Normandy, lvd:846/932, m. Papia of Senlis;
==> Franks
- H1 = Adela, m. Duke Guillaume I of Aquitaine; <== House of Poitou
- H2 = William 'Longsword', Duke of Normandy, d:942, m. Sprota de Bretagne;
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- G1 ~ Hrollaug of Iceland;
- F1 ~ Haldrich of More;
- E1 = Einstein 'the Noisy' Glumra, Jarl of More, m. Ascriba;
==> Vikings
- D1 = Ivar, Jarl of the Uplands;
- C1 = Halfden 'the Aged', d:800;
- I1 = Richard I 'the Fearless', Count of Rouen, lvd:933/996, m1. Gunnor de Crepon, m2. Emma of France;
- J1 = [m1]: Fressenda, m. Tancred de Hauteville; <== House of Hauteville
- J2 ~ [m1]: Emma, d:1052, m. King Ethelred II of England; <== House of Wessex
- J3 = [m1]: Richard II 'the Good', Count of Rouen, d:1026, m. Judith de Bretagne;
- K1 = Adelaide, m. Count Renaud I de Bourgogne; <== House of Trastamara
- K2 ~ Richard III, Duke of Normandy, lvd:1027/1028, m. Aelis Capet;
==> Capetien Dynasty
- L1 ~ Margaret, m. Walderne de Sancto Claro; <== Clan Sinclair
- K2 = Robert 'the Devil', Duke of Normandy, d:1035, m. Herlette de Falaise;
==> Gray family
- L1 ~ Adelaide, m. Lambert de Boulogne-sur-Mer; <== Counts of Boulogne
- L2 = King William I 'The Conqueror' of England, lvd:1027/1087, m1. Mathilda of Flanders, p1. Maud Peverel;
==> Counts of Flanders
- M1 = [m1]: Princess Adela, lvd:1062/1138, m. Count Etienne de Blois; <== Counts of Champagne
- M2 .. [m1]: King William I "Rufus", lvd:1056/1100;
- M3 = [m1]: King Henry I "Beauclerc", lvd:1068/1135, m1. Mathilda of Scotland, m2. Sybilla Corbet;
==> House of Dunkeld
- N1 = [m1]: Queen Mathilda, b:1102, m. King Geoffry IV of Anjou; <== House of Plantagenet
- N2 ~ [m2]: William de Tracy;
- O1 ~ Grace de Tracy, m. John de Sudeley; <== Tracy family
- M4 = [m1]: Princess Gundred, d:1085, m. William de Warrenne; <== de Warrenne family
- M5 ~ [p1]: William Peverel, d:1133;
- N1 ~ Adelise Peverel, d:1062/1138, m. Richard de Reviers; <== Vernon family
- J4 ~ [m2]: William, Count d'Hiemois et d'Eu, d:1058, m. Lanceline de Turqueville;
- K1 ~ Ponce; <== Clifford family
- J5 ~ [m2]: Godfrey, Count of Brionne, m. Heloise of Guisnes;
- K1 ~ Giselbert "Crispin", Count of Brionne, m. Gunnora d'Aunou;
- L1 ~ Richard Fitz Gilbert, Lord of Clare and Tonbridge, lvd:1035/1090, m. Rohese Giffard; <== de Clare family
- K1 ~ Giselbert "Crispin", Count of Brionne, m. Gunnora d'Aunou;
- B1 = Sveidi 'the Sea King' Sviadrasson;
