Rollo

Rollo (, Rolloun; ; ; – 933), also known with his epithet, Rollo "the Walker", was a Viking who, as Count of Rouen, became the first ruler of Normandy, a region in today's northern France. He emerged as a war leader among the Norsemen who had secured a permanent foothold on Frankish soil in the valley of the lower Seine. He was a prominent figure among the Vikings who besieged Paris in 885 and led the ill-fated Siege of Chartres in 911. The latter was nonetheless the catalyst for the consequential Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, which saw Charles the Simple, king of West Francia, grant Rollo l

former European sovereign state, then dukedom of France

885 raid on the Seine in the Kingdom of West Franks

peace treaty

Legendary 10th-century French princess

French mistress or wife of Viking conqueror Rollo

911 Viking invasion in Burgundy – repelled by Frankish forces