NORMANDIE Gerloc

Abt 0912 - Aft 0962  (> 50 years)

• Name	NORMANDIE Gerloc
  Birth	Abt 0912	Normandie, Neustria
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 14 Oct 0962	Nevers, Nievre, Bourgogne, France
  Notes	Birth and Parents Gerloc was the daughter of Rollo and Poppa. "Guillaume de Jumièges records that Rollo captured “Baiocasensem urbem” [Bayeux] along with "nobilissimam puellam...Popam filiam...Berengarii illustris viri" whom he married “more Danico” and by whom he had “Willelmum...filiamque...Gerloc”. Robert of Torigny also names "Willermum Longum Spatam et Gerloch" as children of "Rollo dux Northmannorum" and Poppa." [1] Rollo[1] and Poppa[2][3] Gerloc (Geirlaugh)[4] 912 Baptized in Rouen She adopted the name ADELA when baptised. [1] Alias: Adela (after marriage)[5][6] bap. 912 Rouen[7] 935 Marriage to William Guillaume of Jumièges records the marriage of “dux...sororem eius...Gerlco” and "Willelmus Pictavensis comes”. [1] In 935 she married Guillaume I, "Tête d'Etoupe" Comte de Poitou, son of EBLES "Mancer" Comte de Poitou, Duke of Aquitaine & his first wife Aremburga ([900]-3 Apr 963). He succeeded in 959 as Guillaume III Duke of Aquitaine. [1] * Adelaide m. Hugh Capet[8] William Fierabras, Count of Poitiers and Duke of Aquitaine[9][10][2] m. (abt 935 Rouen)[11][12] William Towhead or Tête d'étoupe, later Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine (c.935-963).[13][14] Issue: 2[15] 962 Rights in Poitiers Lothaire King of France granted her 14 Oct 962 the right to dispose of extensive property in Poitiers, la Cour de Faye, this grant effectively putting an end to the long dispute between her husband and the family of Hugues "Capet". She used the property to found the Monastery of Sainte-Trinité. [1] 963 Donation to Cluny "Guillelmi comitis, Adeleidis comitisse" subscribed a charter recording a donation to Cluny dated [963][74]. [1] 969 Death Gerloc died after 969. [1] d. after 14 Oct 962 or 969[16][17] Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, Online at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Website. Entry for Gerloc Accessed 6 October 2020 jhd ↑ successor in Aquitaine. He abdicated to the abbey of Saint-Cyprien in Poitiers and left the government to his son.[citation needed] ... am not sure that William II is the son of Gerloc (N.a., n.d.). See also: Boaz, A. (2014). "William I (III) Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou." Specific Ancestral Lines of the Boaz, Paul, Welty & Fishel Families, (pp.725). Otter Bay Books, LLC. Books. N.a. Some Descendants of Charlemagne. N.p. Palgrave, F. (1857). The History of Normandy and of England: The three first dukes of Normandy: Rollo, Guillaume-Longue-Epée, and Richard-Sans-Peur. The Carlovingian line supplanted by the Capets. J.W. Parker and Son. Google Books. Van-Houts, E. (2000). "The Normans and their neighbors." The Normans in Europe, (pp.182). Manchester University Press. Google Books. Weis, F.L. (2004). Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Other Historical Individuals. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Google Books Wikipedia: Gerloc; Wikipedia: Rollo#Family; Wikipedia: William IV, Duke of Aquitaine
  Person ID	I58869	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	POITIERS Guillaume,   b. Abt 0900, Poitiers, France d. 03 Apr 0963, Poitiers, France (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	0935
  Children	1. POITOU Guillaume,   b. Abt 0937, France d. Abt 03 Feb 0994, France (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. POITOU Adelais,   b. Abt 0945, Poitou, France d. Abt 15 Jun 1004, France (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26189	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026