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William I "Longsword" 2nd Duke of Normandy (son of Robert (Rollo) Rognvaldsson 1st Duke of Normandy and Poppa Duchess of Normandy)6064, 6065 was born Abt. 900 in Of, Normandie, Neustria6065, and died December 17, 942 in France6065.He married Sprote De Bretagne on Abt. 932 in Of, Normandy, France6065, daughter of Count Of SENLIS Hubert and Mrs-Hubert Count Of SENLIS.
 Includes NotesNotes for William I "Longsword" 2nd Duke of Normandy:
William expanded his territory but was murdered in 942.
Married Luitgarda, dtr of Herbert, Count of Vermandois.
Mistress was Adela Sprota, who was mother of Richard. (Taut‚)
"He is said to have been a just and vigorous man, and in 943 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." (Linklater, p28)
References: Cabell, p113
More About William I "Longsword" 2nd Duke of Normandy:
Ancestral File Number: 9HMF-2F.6065, 6066
Date born 2: Abt. 900, Of, , Normandie, Neustria.6067
Died 2: December 17, 942, , , , France.6067
Died 3: 9436068
Record Change: June 14, 20026069
More About William I "Longsword" 2nd Duke of Normandy and Sprote De Bretagne:
Marriage: Abt. 932, Of, Normandy, France.6069
Children of William I "Longsword" 2nd Duke of Normandy and Sprote De Bretagne are:
  1. +Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke Of NORMANDY, b. August 28, 933, Of, Fbecamp, Normandie6069, d. November 20, 996, Of, Fbecamp, Normandie6069.