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Rollo
(c. 860—931)
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(c. 860–931)
Leader of a band of Vikings that invaded north-western France. In 912 as Duke Robert he accepted Normandy as a duchy from the French king Charles III and was baptized, but remained quite independent of French authority. He married a French princess, gave parcels of land in Normandy to his followers, and began the long chapter of Norman influence on Europe.
From: Rollo in A Dictionary of World History »
