Rogenwald Count of Maer
830 - 890 (60 years)1. Rogenwald Count of Maer was born in 830 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway; died in 890 in Orkney, Scotland. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: Earl of More
Notes:
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Also known as Count Regnvald ("the Rich") and as "The Wise", Earl of North
and South More, of Raumsdale in Norway.{"Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta
Barons," Carr P. Collins, Jr., Dallas, 1959, p.201-02, states that he died
about 894. (Rogenwald = Regnvald = Rognald)}married Hildir, Dau. of RolfNefio on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Rollo Duke of Normandy was born in 846 in Norway; was christened in 912 in Rouen Cathedral; died in 931 in Rouen, France.
- 3. Turf Einar, Earl of Orkney I was born about 852.
married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Maer, "natural son" Hrollager of died after 896.
Generation: 2
2. Rollo Duke of Normandy (1.1) was born in 846 in Norway; was christened in 912 in Rouen Cathedral; died in 931 in Rouen, France. Notes:
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Rollo (Robert) was first Duke of Normandy about 911, and abdicated in 927. He was baptised in
912 in the Cathedral of Rouen. A correspondent on Prodigy states he was born about 870 in
Maer, Norway, died 927-32. "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 121E-18: "Ganger Rolf, 'the
Viking' (or Rollo), banished from Norway to the Hebrides ca. 876, 890 participated in Viking
attack on Bayeux, where Count Berenger of Bayeux was killed, and his dau. Poppa captured and
taken, 886, by Rollo (now called Count of Rouen) as his 'Danish' wife. Under Treaty of St.
Claire, 911, rec'd the Duchy of Normandy from Charles III, 'the Simple'; d. ca. 927 (Isenburg
says 931), bur. Notre Dame, Rouen." "The Normans in European History," Charles Homer Haskins
(NY: Frederick Ungar Pub. Co., 1959), p. 28: Rollo was granted Normandy in 911 by King Charles
the Simple of the Franks. Rollo "...was known in the North as Hrolf the Ganger, because he
was so huge that no horse could carry him and he must needs gang afoot. A pirate at home, he
was driven into exile by the anger of King Harold, whereupon he followed his trade in the
Western Isles and in Gaul, and rose to be a great Jarl among his people."married Valois, Lady Poppa de on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Longsword, Duke of Normandy William died on 17 Dec 943.
married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Adele died on 14 Oct 962.
3. Turf Einar, Earl of Orkney I (1.1) was born about 852. Notes:
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A proposed wife for Turf Einar I is Grelod, dau. of Duncan (Mormaer
Caithness) and wife Gro; Duncan = son of Thorstein "the Red" who is son of
Olaf "the White King" who is son of King Helgi (m. Thora, a Dane) who is
son of King Olaf who is son of Godfrey (King of Heidemark).I married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. Thorfinn, I died in 977.
4. Maer, "natural son" Hrollager of (1.1) died after 896. Notes:
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{This line of descent to Matilda d'Avranches who m. Ranulf, Viscount of
Bayeux, is from "Falaise Roll...," M. Jackson Crispin & Leonce Macary
(London: Butler & Tanner, 1938, Table III).}Hrollager married Emina on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 8. Turstan, Hrolf died after 920.
Generation: 3
5. Longsword, Duke of Normandy William (2.2, 1.1) died on 17 Dec 943. Notes:
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For William and his ancestry see "Falaise Roll...," M. Jackson Crispin and
Leonce Macary (London: Butler & Tanner, 1938, Table IV at end of volume).
He was murdered on the island of Picquigny in the Somme.William married Sprota on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 9. Richard, Duke of Normandy I of Normandy died in 996.
Family/Spouse: Vaudreuil, Asperleng of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
6. Adele (2.2, 1.1) died on 14 Oct 962. married William Count Of Poitou in 935. (son of Mancer, Count of Poitou Elbes and Emliane) was born about 925; died on 3 Apr 963. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 11. Poitou, Adelaide of was born in 945; died in 1004.
7. Thorfinn, I (3.I2, 1.1) died in 977. I married Gaithness, Grelod of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 12. Hlodve Earl of Orkney died in 988.
8. Turstan, Hrolf (4.Hrollager2, 1.1) died after 920. Hrolf married Blois, Gerlotte of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
Generation: 4
9. Richard, Duke of Normandy I of Normandy (5.William3, 2.2, 1.1) died in 996. I married Crepon, Gonnor de on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 14. Normandy, Beatrice of
- 15. Richard, Duke of Normandy II died on 28 Aug 1026.
- 16. Robert, Count ofEvreaux died in 1037.
I married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
10. Raoul Count of Bayeux & Count Of Ivry (5.William3, 2.2, 1.1) Notes:
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{"The Plantagenet Ancestry,"W.H.Turton (Balt.:Gen.Pub.Co.,1968),p.100 gives
Raoul's parents as Asperling de Vaudreuil and wife Sporta de Senlis;
Sporta also m. William Longsword, Duke of Normandy, cf. p.6. - see ID1804.}married Caux, Erneburge de on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
11. Poitou, Adelaide of (6.3, 2.2, 1.1) was born in 945; died in 1004. Notes:
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"Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 53-20: she "b. ca. 945, d. ca. 1004."
Birth:
desc. of CharlemagneAdelaide married Capet, King of France Hugh on Yes, date unknown. Hugh (son of Hugh, Duke of France Prince and Hatwide Princess of Saxony) was born in 941 in Chartres; died on 24 Oct 996 in Les Juifs, Chartres. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 21. Hedwig, of France died after 1013.
- 22. Robert, King of France II was born on 27 Mar 970 in Orleans; died on 20 Jul 1031 in Meulan; was buried in St. Denis.
12. Hlodve Earl of Orkney (7.I3, 3.I2, 1.1) died in 988. married Audna on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 23. Sigurd Earl of Orkney died on 23 Apr 1014 in Battle of Clortarf.
13. Goz, Ansfrid de Viscount (8.Hrolf3, 4.Hrollager2, 1.1) Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: 978; 1st Viscount
Ansfrid married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 24. Goz, Osmont de