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William I "Longsword"

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  • Name William I "Longsword"  
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Dec 942  Picguigny, Sommes, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7300  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Rollo of Normandy,   d. From 928 to 933, of Rouen, Haute-Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Poppa of Bayeau,   b. Abt 880, of Bayeux, Calvados, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2877  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sprota 
    Children 
     1. Richard I "the Fearless",   b. 28 Aug 932, Fécamp, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 996, Fécamp, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F3173  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Ligard de Vermandois 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F3226  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “HERIBERT II, Count of Meaux, Soissons, and Vermandois and lay-abbot of Saint-Crépin and Saint-Médard of Soissons, 900/907-943, born about 880. He married ___ OF FRANCE, daughter of Robert I, King of France, by his wife, Aelis. They had five sons, Eudes [Count of Vienne and Amiens], Heribert [Count of Omois and Troyes], Robert [Count of Troyes and Meaux], Albert (I) [Count of Vermandois], and Hugues [Archbishop of Reims], and two daughters, Adèle and Ligard (or Luitgard, Ledgarde) (wife of Guillaume I, Duke of Normandy, and Thibaut I, Count of Blois and Chartres). HERIBERT II, Count of Vermandois, etc., died 23 Feb. 943, and was buried at Saint-Quentin.
      Martin & Jacob Histoire de Soissons 1 (1837): 370-371. Étienne-Gallois La Champagne et les derniers Carlovingiens (1853): 139-145. Halphen & Poupardin Chroniques des Comtes d'Anjou et des Seigneurs d'Amboise (1913): 247-250 (Genealogiæ Comitum Andegavensium). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) VI 3, VII 5. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 3(1) (1984): 49 (sub Vermandois). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): VI.3, VII.1-VII.7. Settipani & von Kerrebrouck La Préhistoire des Capetians (1993). Schwager Graf Heribert II (1994). Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 308 (Vermandois ped).
      Children of Heribert II de Vermandois, by ___ of France:
      i. ROBERT, Count of Troyes and Meaux [see next].
      ii. ADELE DE VERMANDOIS, married ARNULF (or ARNOUL) I the Great or the Old, Count/Marquis of Flanders, Count of Artois, Count of Boulogne and Temois [see Line B, Gen. 6 below].”