NORMANDIE Guillaume

Abt 0900 - 0942  (42 years)

• Name	NORMANDIE Guillaume
  Birth	Abt 0900	Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Dec 0942	Picquigny, Somme, Picardie, France
  Notes	William (Longsword) Longu-Espee, 2nd Duke of Normandy d. c.942[1] bur. Rouen Cathedral Parents Rollo and ____ Marriage and Issue m.1 Sprota.[2][3] Issue: 1 RICHARD (Fécamp [932]-20 Nov 996, bur Fécamp)[4] m.2 935 LUITGARDIS de Vermandois. No issue.[2][5] Occupation 928 or after succeeded father[6] Late 930s: Frankish royal politics, first because of his war with Arnulf of Flanders, and then because of his support for Louis IV (d'Outremer) at a time when Louis' star seemed to be fading.[7] 933: first appears as the leader of the Normans in the year 933[8] Art History In December 942, at the peak of his good relations with Louis, Arnulf called for a peace conference with William; there, William was murdered (traditionally, Arnulf is said to have arranged the murder). A Planctus (mourning poem) was composed probably shortly after William's death; Jules Lair suggests plausibly if not definitively that it was in 943. (Catalog references: Chevalier 10576; Walther 10205; Schaller & Ewald Könsgen 8813; Yearley L81.) This poem, although it survives only in corrupt and incomplete versions and is largely hagiographic in content, nevertheless is a critical source for early Norman history. It is by far the earliest work written about the Normans from a Norman point of view, and some historical nuggets can be gleaned from it. There is a 13th-century bust which, according to tradition, is that of William Longsword. It is found in the Musâee de l'Abbaye, logis abbatiale de Jumiáeges. Sources ↑ killed at the instigation of Arnulf I of Flanders (Flodoard's Annals, s.a. 943: MGH SS 3, 389, van Houts 47) ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cawley, C. (2006). Medieval Lands v.3. [fmg.ac ↑ p. Unknown; m. Esperleng de Pîtres ↑ succeeded father as RICHARD I "Sans Peur" Comte de Normandie ↑ p. HERIBERT II Comte de Vermandois and Adela [Capet] (ante 925-14 Nov after 985. bur. Abbaye de Saint-Père; m.2 Thibaut I Comte de Blois (Cawley, 2006) ↑ Rollo's last known appearance in the records, see Flodoard's Annals, s.a. 928: MGH SS 3, 378, van Houts 45 ↑ When the Bretons rebelled c.930, he subdued them, taking Brittany, Channel Islands, Contentin, and Averanchin. ↑ Flodoard's Annals, s.a. 933: MGH SS 3, 381, van Houts 45 See also: Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. V. page 485 Wikipedia: William I of Normandy fmg.ac Space: Flodoardi Chronicon Reims : Regnier, 1855) Records his murder in 943, arranged by Count Arnulf of Flanders Ademari Historiarum III.33, MGH SS IV, p. 131. Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber III, II, p. 234. Flodoard 943, MGH SS III, p. 389. Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Chapter 27. Orderic Vitalis, Vol. II, Book III, p. 9. Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber III, XI, XII, p. 238. Kerrebrouck, P. Van (2000) Les Capétiens 987-1328 (Villeneuve d'Asq), p. 50 footnote 6. Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber IV, II, III, IV, pp. 239-40. Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Chapters 44-45. Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Chapter 43. Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 47. Chavanon, J. (ed.) (1897) Adémar de Chabannes, Chronique (Paris), Book III, 27, and Rodolfus Glauber, Life of William Volpiano, 7. Houts (2000), p. 102. Bonnin, T. (ed.) (1870) Cartulaire de Louviers (Evreux) ("Louviers"), Tome I, I, p. 1. Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber IV, XX, p. 249. Brevis Relatio de Origine Willelmi Conquestoris, p. 14. Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 5, MGH SS IX, p. 383. Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber IV, X, XII, pp. 243-4. Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber IV, XVIII, p. 247. Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber VIII, XXXVI, p. 311. Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber IV, XVIII, p. 247. Robert de Torigny, Book VIII c. 36. Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 998, MGH SS XXIII, p. 777. Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 121E-19. Cit. Date: 30 Jul 2009. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30273219
  Person ID	I58392	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	NORMANDIE Rollo,   b. Abt 0842   d. 0931, Rouen, Seine Inferieure, Normandie, France (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	BAYEUX Poppa,   b. Abt 0872, Bayeux, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France d. 0931, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F26037	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BRETAGNE Sprote,   b. 0911, Bretagne, France d. 1005, Ponteaudemer, Normandy, France (Age ~ 93 years)
  Children	1. NORMANDIE Richard,   b. 28 Aug 0933, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France d. 20 Nov 0996, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026