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A statue of Rollo in Ålesund, Norway. Rollo was born in the mid-9th century as his tomb states he was in his eighties when he died in 933; his place of birth is almost definitely located in the region of Scandinavia, although it is uncertain whether he was Danish or Norwegian.
Poppa of Bayeux (French: [pɔpa d(ə) bɛjø]; born c. 880) was the wife more danico [2] [3] of the Viking leader Rollo.She was the mother of William I Longsword, Gerloc [4] [5] and grandmother of Richard the Fearless, who forged the Duchy of Normandy into a great fief of medieval France. [6]
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Rollo is a given name and surname derived from a Latinized form of the Old Norse Hrólfr or Rolfr (Rolf, Rudolf) meaning "famed wolf". [ 1 ] The name was first attested to with Viking warlord Rollo of Normandy , ancestor of William the Conqueror .
At least three statues of Rollo exist: in the town park in Ålesund, in the city of Rouen, France, and in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. By 1835, Ålesund had grown to a population of 482, [7] and in 1848 it was given the status of a town. [16] By 1900, the population had increased to 11,777. [17]
A large statue of Major General Sir Robert Rollo Gillespie was constructed under the oversight of John Fraser, the first county surveyor of Down, and was unveiled on 24 June 1845 (St. John's Day) in the Town Square of Comber. Fifty lodges of the Masonic Order were present, in what is believed to be the biggest Masonic gathering in Irish history.
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English: Effigy of Rollo of Normandy, Notre-Dame de Rouen Français : Gisant de Rollon, Notre-Dame de Rouen This object is classé Monument Historique in the base Palissy , database of the French furniture patrimony of the French ministry of culture , under the reference PM76002027 .