0 @IHL3490@ INDI
1 SUBM @SIHL1@
1 NAME William /of Normandy/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 0891
2 PLAC prob. Rouen
1 DEAT
2 DATE 17 DEC 0942
1 NOTE William I, Longsword, Duke of Normandy. Succeeded to the Duchy of Normandy ca 927. Ca 930 the Bretons rebelled; he subdued them, taking Brittany, the Channel Islands, the Contentin, and the Averanchin. He was killed in a treacherous ambush by
2 CONC servants of Theobald of Blois and Arnulf of Flanders.
1 SOUR Weis. 121e-19.
1 FAMS @FHL1875@
1 FAMC @FHL1876@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 1993

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