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Rollo is the subject of the 17th-century play Rollo Duke of Normandy, also known as The Bloody Brother, written by John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Ben Jonson, and George Chapman. The similarities to Rollo are slim, as the play draws inspiration from Herodian's account of the rivalry between Emperor Severus's sons, Geta and Antonine.
These are the tombs of Rollo, a Viking and the first Duke of Normandy; William Longsword, the son of Rollo (died 942); Henry the Young King (died 1183); and a tomb with the heart of Richard the Lionheart, Duke of Normandy and King of England (died 1199); his body was buried at Fontevraud Abbey in Anjou. The original tomb of Rollo was destroyed ...
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The first text about an abbey is the 9th-century Latin text Revelatio ecclesiae sancti Michaelis in monte Tumba [4] written by a chanoine living at Mont-Saint-Michel or at the Cathédrale Saint-André d'Avranches.
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Several of the Lords Rollo lie buried in the kirkyard. Rollo Park is named after the family. Rev Paton James Gloag was minister of Dunning from 1848 to 1857 and became Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1889. [6] Prof James Robert Matthews FRSE FLS (1889–1978) an eminent 20th century botanist was born and raised in ...
The House of Normandy (Norman: Maison de Nouormandie [mɛ.zɔ̃ d̪e nɔʁ.mɛnde]) was a noble family originating from the Duchy of Normandy.The House of Normandy's lineage began with the Scandinavian Rollo who founded the Duchy of Normandy in 911.
After being defeated by the Franks (led by Robert I of France) [2] at the Battle of Chartres in 911, the Viking leader Rollo and the Frankish King Charles the Simple signed the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, under which Charles gave Rouen and the area of present-day Upper Normandy to Rollo, establishing the Duchy of Normandy.