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1419:(1465–1469)
1413:(1355–1364)
1407:(1332–1350)
1292:Richard III
542:, 178–179 .
508:more danico
438:Longueville
376:more danico
301:more danico
82:Predecessor
1480:942 deaths
1469:Categories
1372:Richard IV
1302:William II
1287:Richard II
1200: 927
804:. Oxford:
762:. London:
583:References
532:Jules Lair
405:including
390:was born.
360:Gallicised
222:Old Norman
1459:Biography
1384:Henry III
1349:1144–1259
1332:1135–1144
1308:Robert II
1281:Richard I
1275:William I
1208:Richard I
488:Picquigny
430:Luitgarde
407:Avranches
314:panegyric
281:principes
238:Old Norse
128:Picquigny
96:Richard I
92:Successor
1361:Henry II
1356:Geoffrey
1297:Robert I
1262:911–1135
1251:Normandy
1076:, p. xxi
924:Planctus
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462:Louis IV
413:and the
326:planctus
273:Flodoard
246:Normandy
182:Normandy
1417:Charles
1411:Charles
1337:Stephen
1313:Henry I
1149:, p. 47
1125:, p. 32
1113:, p. 31
1064:, p. 81
575:, p. 57
504:Richard
442:Coudres
403:Bretons
388:Richard
356:Normans
312:in his
130:on the
77:927–942
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409:, the
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380:Sprota
368:Evreux
293:Viking
214:French
198:Mother
188:Father
158:Sprota
150:Spouse
138:Burial
112:Bayeux
109:c. 893
1428:* As
1269:Rollo
1247:Dukes
1202:–942
1185:Rollo
729:JSTOR
623:JSTOR
514:Notes
492:Somme
395:Raoul
382:, to
372:Rouen
296:Rollo
287:Birth
277:Rollo
269:Rouen
267:) of
265:comes
230:Latin
177:House
165:Issue
132:Somme
116:Rouen
86:Rollo
74:Reign
1405:John
1378:John
810:ISBN
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740:2023
444:and
340:Life
257:duke
122:Died
106:Born
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