born с 860
died с 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 (с 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.