Rollo

Supposedly therefore derived its name Rollo the Walker, because he was so big that no horse could carry him, and he, therefore, the entire land of Scandinavia had to go to France on foot. One can look confidently as exaggeration, should be explained by the, why Rollo was transferred to the field, even though he called himself only primus inter pares, and actually was not even chieftain.

He graduated with Charles the Simple 911 the Treaty of Saint- Clair -sur -Epte. Rollo was baptized, since he called himself Robert. After the baptism, he received a region on the lower reaches of the Seine as a fief. This was done out of necessity, because he had to worry about the utter destruction of his remaining quota after several heavy defeats. Flodoard of Reims, who was close in time to the events, does not mention him by name. Rather, there is only referred to as " princeps Normannorum " whose son Wilhelm Karl kommendiert Have.

His second wife was supposed to have married Gisela, daughter of Charles the Simple. After his death he was buried in the Cathedral of Rouen.

His followers called themselves dukes of Normandy and were integrated into the Christian feudal system of early France. Meanwhile guidelines provided then later the legal basis for the conquest of England by a successor blinds. Rollo is a direct ancestor of William the Conqueror ( 1027-1087 ).