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Rollo
10th-century Viking and Count of Rouen / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rollo (c. 846–c. 928), also called Rolf (Hrolf) was a Viking leader.[lower-alpha 1] In 911 he was given lands around Rouen by the Frankish king Charles the Simple. He passed on his ever growing fief to his descendants, known as the counts and later dukes of Normandy. He was the first of the dynasty known as the House of Normandy.
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