47th Generation (Continued)
Family of Herbert II Count of Vermandois (340) & Adela\Hildebrante de France

367. Sprota\Adela de Senlis, 32G Grandmother, F. Born abt 0911 in Brittany, France. Sprota\Adela died bef 0945, she was 34. Born abt 0911.

Per Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (121E:19), a Breton.
Stuart's "Royalty For Commoners" (166:35) adds that Sprota was a
"Breton captive".


aft 0943 when Sprota\Adela was 32, she first married Nigel de St. Sauveur Vct de Contentin (154) , 32G Grandfather, M, son of Richard de St. Sauveur Vct de Contentin (139), M (-0933).

They had one child:
168 i. Roger de, M

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abt 0932 when Sprota\Adela was 21, she second married William I Longsword Duke of Normandy (151) , 32G Grandfather, M, son of Rolf\Rollo Wend-a-Foot Duke of Normandy (137), M (0854-0927) & Poppa de Valois Duchess of Normandy, F (0872-). Born in 0893 in Normady, France. William I Longsword Duke of died in France on 17 Dec 0942, he was 49.

Per Rosamond McKitterick's, "The Frankish Kingdoms under the
Carolingians 751-987", London & NY (Longman) 1983, p 238:
"William Longsword, ROLLO's son and successor, was the principal
architect of Normandy's development. He married the daughter of
HERBERT OF VERMANDOIS but his children were born of a Breton
concubine. William had supported LOUIS IV (RIN 1617) and attempted to
establish his protection over Brittany, gaining at least the Cotentin and
Avranchin in 933. There remains some doubt about William's claim to
the whole Breton peninsula. When in 942 William was murdered at the
instigation of COUNT ARNULF OF FLANDERS, his son Richard, still a
minor, succeeded him."

[source unrecorded]: ROLLO died in 927, and was succeeded by his son
William "Long Sword" born of his union 'more danico' with POPPA,
daughter of COUNT BERENGER; he showed some attachment to the
Scandinavian language, for he sent his son William to Bayeux to learn
Norse. The first two dukes also displayed a certain fidelity to the
Carolingian dynasty of France, and in 936 William "Long-Sword" did
homage to LOUIS IV d'Outremer. He died on 17th of December 942,
assassinated by the COUNT OF FLANDERS.






They had one child:
165 i. Richard I the Fearless Duke of, M (0933-0996)

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368. Luitgarda of Vermandois, 32G Grandmother, F. Born abt 0915. Luitgarda of died Aft. 9 Feb 977/78, she was 62.

Weis" "Ancestral Roots. . ." (49:19), (121E:19), (136:19)., says she was
killed in 942 by LOUIS [KING LOUIS IV OF FRANCE (RIN 1617)].

In 0943 when Luitgarda of was 28, she first married Theobald I Count de Blois (345) , 32G Grandfather, M, son of Theobald of Troyes, M (-0904) & Richilde of Maine (314), F. Born in 0913. Theobald I Count de died on 16 Jan 974/75, he was 61.

Known as "the trickster" or "the cheat".



They had the following children:
i. Emmeline, 34G Grandmother, F. Born Bet. 947 - 950 in Blois, France. Emmeline died aft 27 Dec 1003, she was 56.

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abt 0968 when Emmeline was 21, she married Guillaume IV Ironarm de Duc de Aquitaine (166) , 34G Grandfather, M, son of Guillaume I Towhead de Poitou Ct de Poitou, M (abt 0915-3 Apr 0963) & Adele de Normandy (152), F (abt 0917-aft 14 Oct 0962). Born abt 0937 in Aquitaine, France. Guillaume IV Ironarm de Duc died on 3 Apr 0995, he was 58.

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373 ii. Odo (Eudes) I Count of, M (0950-0995)

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In 0935 when Luitgarda of was 20, she second married William I Longsword Duke of Normandy (151) , 32G Grandfather, M, son of Rolf\Rollo Wend-a-Foot Duke of Normandy (137), M (0854-0927) & Poppa de Valois Duchess of Normandy, F (0872-). Born in 0893 in Normady, France. William I Longsword Duke of died in France on 17 Dec 0942, he was 49.

Per Rosamond McKitterick's, "The Frankish Kingdoms under the
Carolingians 751-987", London & NY (Longman) 1983, p 238:
"William Longsword, ROLLO's son and successor, was the principal
architect of Normandy's development. He married the daughter of
HERBERT OF VERMANDOIS but his children were born of a Breton
concubine. William had supported LOUIS IV (RIN 1617) and attempted to
establish his protection over Brittany, gaining at least the Cotentin and
Avranchin in 933. There remains some doubt about William's claim to
the whole Breton peninsula. When in 942 William was murdered at the
instigation of COUNT ARNULF OF FLANDERS, his son Richard, still a
minor, succeeded him."

[source unrecorded]: ROLLO died in 927, and was succeeded by his son
William "Long Sword" born of his union 'more danico' with POPPA,
daughter of COUNT BERENGER; he showed some attachment to the
Scandinavian language, for he sent his son William to Bayeux to learn
Norse. The first two dukes also displayed a certain fidelity to the
Carolingian dynasty of France, and in 936 William "Long-Sword" did
homage to LOUIS IV d'Outremer. He died on 17th of December 942,
assassinated by the COUNT OF FLANDERS.






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