William Longsword
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Person
- Born
- 0905-00-00
- Died
- 0942-12-17
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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· 1983 · cited 38,975x
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· 2010 · cited 30,735x
- Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,525x
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Key facts
- Reign
- 927–942
- Predecessor
- Rollo
- Successor
- Richard I
- Born
- c. 893, possibly England
- Died
- 17 December 942 (aged 48 – 49), Picquigny on the Somme
- Burial
- Rouen Cathedral
- Spouses
- Luitgarde of Vermandois , Sprota
- Issue
- Richard I of Normandy
- House
- Normandy
- Father
- Rollo, Count of Rouen
- Mother
- Poppa of Bayeux
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Key dates
- Born
- 905
- Died
- 17 December 942
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Guillaume
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Bayeux
- Place of death
- Picquigny
- Spouse
- Sprota
- Child
- Rodulf of Ivry
- Father
- Rollo
- Mother
- Poppa of Bayeux
- Sibling
- Gerloc
Article
William Longsword (French: Guillaume Longue-Épée, Old Norman: Williame de lon Espee, Latin: Willermus Longa Spata, Old Norse: Vilhjálmr Langaspjót; c. 893 – 17 December 942) was the second ruler of Normandy, from 927 until his assassination in 942.
He is sometimes referred to as a "duke of Normandy", though the title duke (dux) did not come into common usage until the 11th century. Longsword was known at the time as count (Latin comes) of Rouen. Flodoard—always detailed about titles—consistently referred to both Rollo and his son William as principes (chieftains) of the Normans. There are no contemporary accounts of William's byname, 'Longsword', either; it appears first in later eleventh-century sources.