2nd Duke of Normandy William I Longsword

893 - 942  (49 years)

• Name	William I Longsword  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Title	2nd Duke of Normandy
  Birth	893	Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France   [5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	942	Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France   [6]
  	Cathedrale Notre-dame de Rouen
  Death	17 Dec 942	Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France   [1, 5, 6]
  	Murdered
  Person ID	I6978	Presidents and Royalty
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	1st Duke of Normandy Rollo (Rolf) Normandy Ragnvaldsson,   b. 846, Norway d. 931, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Duchess of Normandy Poppa de Valois Berenguer,   b. 872, Évreux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France d. 930, Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	891	Haute-Normandie, France   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F4489	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sprote de Bretagne,   b. 911, Bretagne, France d. 960, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	932	Haute-Normandie, France   [5]
  Children	> 1. 3rd Duke of Normandy Richard I Normandy,   b. 28 Aug 933, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France d. 20 Nov 996, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4526	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 893 - Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Burial - 942 - Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Death - 17 Dec 942 - Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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