ROLLO


Meaning of ROLLO in English

born 0441; 860

died 0441; 932

Scandinavian rover who founded the duchy of Normandy .

After raiding Scotland, England, Flanders, and France on pirating expeditions, he took lands along the Seine River as his base ( 0441; 911). He battled Charles III of France, who gave him, in return for Rollo's promise to stop pillaging, the part of Neustria that came to be called Normandy.

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