Gerloc
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Gerloc (or Geirlaug), baptised in Rouen as Adela (or Adèle) in 912, was the daughter of Rollo, of Normandy, Count of Rouen, and his wife, Poppa of Bayeux. She was the sister of William I Longsword of Normandy.
Key facts
- Noble.name
- Adela of Normandy
- Noble.noble family
- House of Normandy
- Noble.father
- Rollo of Normandy
- Noble.mother
- Poppa of Bayeux
- Noble.spouse
- William Towhead
- Noble.birth_date
- 912
- Noble.birth_name
- Gerloc
- Noble.issue
- William IV, Duke of AquitaineAdelaide of Aquitaine
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Adèle
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Rouen
- Father
- Rollo
- Mother
- Poppa of Bayeux
- Sibling
- William Longsword
- Occupation
- feudatory
- Family
- House of Normandy
- Noble title
- duchess
Show 4 more facts
- date of death
- 0962-00-00
- date of birth
- 0912-00-00
- different from
- Adela of Normandy
- birth name
- Geirlaug
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Gerloc (or Geirlaug), baptised in Rouen as Adela (or Adèle) in 912, was the daughter of Rollo, of Normandy, Count of Rouen, and his wife, Poppa of Bayeux. She was the sister of William I Longsword of Normandy.
In 935, she married William Towhead, the future Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine. They had two children together before she died on 14 October 962: William IV of Aquitaine Adelaide of Aquitaine, wife of Hugh Capet.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gerloc” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.