Appendix: Rouen
Around a thousand years ago, some of our most interesting prominent ancestors, through a quarter of a millennium, owned the city of Rouen and/or lived in it. Their history and genealogy are involved and confused. Some of the old dukes issued from marriages we’d recognize as such, whereas the mothers of others are described as “mistresses” (known or unknown) or from liaisons sometimes called marriage “Danish-style”.

Normandy as a political entity seems to have started with the Viking Rolf or Rollo who accepted Christian baptism and became Robert I, reigning in Rouen as the first Duke of Normandy 911-931 A. D.1 Our direct ancestors appear in boldface, in the table; the others qualify as uncles or as aunts by marriage or other liaison.
Reignedas Sobriquet BornConsort
911-931Robert I“Göngu-Hrolf” abt 855 Poppa of Bayeux
931-942William I“Long Sword” abt 891Sprota
942-996Richard I“Sans Peur” 28 Aug 933 Gunnora
996-1026Richard II“Le Bon” abt 962 Judith of Brittany
1026-1027Richard III
(brother of…) 		abt 990 Unknown Mistress
1027-1035Robert II “The Magnificent”
or “The Devil” 		abt 993 Arlette/Herleve of Falaise (mistress)
1035-1087William II “The Bastard ” or
“The Conqueror” 		14 Oct 1028 Matilda of Flanders
1087-1106Robert III
(brother of…)		 “Curthose”abt 1051Sybilla of Brindisi
1106-1135Henry I “Beauclerc” abt Sep 1068 Matilda of Scotland
1144-1150Geoffrey V
of Anjou 		“Le Beau”
“Plantagenet” 		14 Oct 1028The Empress Maud
1151-1189Henry II “Fitz-Empress
Plantagenet”		5 Mar 1133Eleanor of Aquitaine
1189-1199Richard IV
of Normandy
(I of England) 		“Coeur de Lion”5 Mar 1157Berengaria of Navarre
1The Norwegians and the Danes both claim him, but his life history’s pretty foggy. It appears that he was too big to ride a horse: they called him “Göngu-Hrolf,” on that account.
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