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Family
 Poppa Unknown 1) 2)Notes: The only contemporary source identifying Poppa's name, is Dudo, whose work is often unreliable - Dudo identifies Poppa as a daughter of the Count Berengar. The only contemporary mention of Rollo's wife describes her as a Christian but does not provide her name. Married/ Related to:  Rollo of Normandy, Leader of the Normans of Rouen 3) 4) 2) 5) 6)Died between 928 and 933 3) 7) Notes: Rollo's parents are unknown. Dudo identifies him as having a brother Gurim, and being of Danish (Dacian) origin. Dudo probably had access to individuals with first-hand knowledge of Rollo so unlike most origin tales, this may be true. This might explain Rollo's friendship with Alstem of the East Angles in England - Alstem was the Danish King Guthrum, baptised by Alfred the Great as Athelstan. Children: 1. Adele of NormandyDied 14 Oct 962 Notes: While Dudo does not name Adele, he confirms that William of Poitou married a daughter of Rollo. | |||
Sources
1) Source: The Henry Project . External Linkhttps://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/poppa000.htm. Reference: "Poppa" (Questionable reliability of evidence)
2) Source: Gesta Normannorum "Glad, he has at one time even brought with him the daughter of prince Berengar, the maiden Popa, beautiful in appearance, grown strong from the arrogant blood of a very powerful man, and has joined her to himself in sexual union. And he has sired by her a son named William.". Reference: 11 (Data from secondary evidence)
3) Source: The Henry Project . External Link
https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/rollo000.htm. Reference: Rollo "of Normandy" (Questionable reliability of evidence)
4) Source: Gesta Normannorum "Two years before his death. as frequently was my habit I was with the exceptional duke RICHARD. son of MARQUIS WILLIAM...yea indeed the rights which [Richard's son Richard] asserted in the realm of his great-grandfather ROLLO... son the still surviving patrician RICHARD. Reference: 1 (Data from secondary evidence)
5) Source: Gesta Normannorum "Having heard about this count herbert. and hugh duke and prince of the whole realm. and also count William of poitou; came hastily to him there... I have come. both so that you might give your sister to me as a wife... on the advice of counts hugh the great. and herbert and of his own fideles; he gave his sister to duke William of poitou... Moreover herbert seeing that William of rouen was strong and was gaining strength. and gleamed affluently in christ through both spiritual and bodily virtue and through very great deeds; on the advice of duke hugh the great. gave his own daughter to that man.". Reference: 22 (Data from secondary evidence)
6) Source: The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy: Volume III "After Rollo, a succession of valiant dukes commanded the warlike Normans ; namely, William Longsword, Richard the elder, Richard II., son of Gunnor, and his two sons, Richard the younger and Eobert of Jerusalem, and then "William the Bastard" (Data from secondary evidence)
7) Source: Ademari Chronicon "Tunc Roso defuncto, filius ejus Willelmus locoejus praefuit". Reference: 932 (Data from direct source)
8) Source: The Henry Project . External Link
https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/willi000.htm. Reference: Guillaume "Longue Épée" of Normandy [William "Longsword"] (Questionable reliability of evidence)
9) Source: Gesta Normannorum "Thus did William, most sacred duke and most glorious martyr of Christ, complete the course of his combat in the nine hundred and forty third year after the incarnation of the Lord, sixteen days before the kalends of January". Reference: 27 (Data from secondary evidence)