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  1. Poppa of Bayeux ( French: [pɔpa d (ə) bɛjø]; born c. 880) was the wife more danico [2] [3] of the Viking leader Rollo. She was the mother of William I Longsword, Gerloc [4] [5] and grandmother of Richard the Fearless, who forged the Duchy of Normandy into a great fief of medieval France. [6] Dudo of Saint-Quentin, in his panegyric of the ...

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  2. Nov 20, 2023 · Place de la Cathédrale, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, 76000, France. Immediate Family: Wife of Gange-Hrólfr 'Rollo' Ragnvaldsson. Mother of William "Longsword" and Adèle of Normandy. Occupation: Duchesse de Normandie, Dutchess of Normandy, Duchess, Lady, Duchess Consort of Normandy, Duchess of Normandy, daughter of Berengar, Count of ...

    • Évreux, Normandie
    • Gange-Hrólfr 'Rollo' Ragnvaldsson
    • Normandie
    • circa 880
  3. Jan 18, 2022 · It is suggested that Poppa was a daughter of Gui, Count of Senlis, and not a daughter of Count Bérenger of Bayeux. This would make Poppa, through her mother, a great granddaughter of King Bernard of Italy (b. 797, d. 818; King of Italy 813 - 817). King Bernard was a grandson of Charlemagne.'. Due to the uncertainty of her father, she has been ...

    • Female
    • Rollo (Normandie) of Normandy
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  5. Poppa of Bayeux was the wife more danico of the Viking leader Rollo. She was the mother of William I Longsword, Gerloc and grandmother of Richard the Fearless, who forged the Duchy of Normandy into a great fief of medieval France. Dudo of Saint-Quentin, in his panegyric of the Norman dukes, describes her as the daughter of a "Count Berengar", the dominant prince of that region, who was ...

  6. Poppa of Bayeux was born about 0872, in Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France. She married Rollo de Normandy in 0886. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 11 August 0930, in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France, at the age of 59, and was buried in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France. Photos and Memories (46) +41.

    • Female
    • Rollo de Normandy
  7. Poppa of Normandy (fl. 880)Duchess of Normandy. Name variations: Papie; Popa of Bayeux; Poppa of Valois. Flourished around 880; daughter of Berenger, count of Bayeux; became first wife of Rollo or Rolf or Hrolf also known as Robert (870–932), Norse conqueror of Normandy and 1st duke of Normandy (r. 911–932), in 886; children: William I Longsword, 2nd duke of Normandy (r. 932–942); Robert ...

  8. Sep 11, 2022 · Poppa’s statue in Bayeux. Whatever the truth was, it was Poppa, and no Frankish princess, who is the matriarch of the house of Normandy. She and Rollo created a dynasty whose influence and power grew with each subsequent generation. I believe Poppa must have been a formidable woman, one caught between two worlds: the Christian Franks and ...

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