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This Thread is Dedicated to my Dear friend, @col_96 from @ACFirstCiv! Happy B-day Bud! 
Y'all might know @HistoryVikings, Col certainly does & he wanted the Real Bio of the #Viking Chieftain turned Christian Ruler of Normandy: ROLLO!
Table of Content below, Let's Start!
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Y'all might know @HistoryVikings, Col certainly does & he wanted the Real Bio of the #Viking Chieftain turned Christian Ruler of Normandy: ROLLO!
Table of Content below, Let's Start!
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No one knows where Rollo is from, but main sources say he's a Royal Dane from Denmark who raided West Francia in 876.The obscurity is due to him converting to Christianity
. Writers praised his life > Pagan life.Here's what writers said of Rollo's past life
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Rollo's contact w/ Francia starts in 876, chronicler Flodard, "describes a Viking raid c.876 which devastated the region around Rouen (also matching story of Norman historian, Dudo)."(Ancient) #Viking raids in Francia began 820, but 876, Rollo gave them hell!3/12
820, #Vikings were clueless about Francia. Big wall of Francia was hard to pass by. So, they lost.841, 45, 58, came back stronger & won, but were paid off by Charles the Bald
to leave.876, Rollo came w/ 100 ships 
up the Seine!
885, Siege of Paris happened!4/12
By the time of Siege of Paris, Charles The Simple was the Ruler of Francia. He knew Francia's defence wouldn't hold up to #Viking raids so Like his Predecessors, he paid off #Vikings, but this time was different, bc it was Rollo.How & Why was Rollo different?5/12
Francia already paid off 120k pounds of Silver to Vikings to GTFO, but they didn't.Charles The Simple & advisers 
let's get Rollo to join us by giving him land in FranciaRollo was no greedy Viking Ruler (*cough* Guthrum), he was 50 & wanted to set a legacy..(YT)6/12
After much talk w/ his advisers, Rollo accepted deal in 911, the foundation of Normandy, the Normans!!!In Exchange, Rollo had to be& defend Francia against #Vikings.He married Princess Gisla, Charles' daughter to seal deal.
Rollo became fair & just ruler!7/12
He had Law codes in his land, here's one!Scholar Robert Ferguson says,"Rollo.. introduced a decree ordering that farm implements be left out in the field & not taken into the house at the end of the day."(Ancient)A woman & man went against this & they were hung
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Another ex. has Rollo punishing men for lowering his & his wife's Reputation, he killed them in Capital at Rouen as an ex. to not spread false rumors.In his 
Rollo was both Viking & Christian.1 thing's for sure, after 911, no Viking raided Francia prob bc of him.9/12
Rollo's Legacy spread, all the way to his great-great-great-great grandson, William.William the Conqueror would come to rule England in 1066, when he won Battle of HastingsThe European world would change when it came under the Norman Ruler, William The Conqueror!10/12
#AssassinsCreedValhalla 
Theories:
Unlikely that Rollo shows up in-game, he's said to raid Francia during 876..
Though,sources say that Rollo had a "friend and comrade of one king Alstem of East Anglia whom scholars (say is Guthrum)."(Ancient)
He might be mentioned
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Theories:Unlikely that Rollo shows up in-game, he's said to raid Francia during 876..Though,sources say that Rollo had a "friend and comrade of one king Alstem of East Anglia whom scholars (say is Guthrum)."(Ancient)He might be mentioned11/12
Sources:
https://www.ancient.eu/Rollo_of_Normandy/
This Thread was REAL FUN to work on for @col_96's B-day!
Col, I'll never forget you being my 1st follower Bro & believing in me!
Hope Y'all liked it! Wish Col a Happy B-day!
Skal to Col & Rollo!
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https://www.ancient.eu/Rollo_of_Normandy/
This Thread was REAL FUN to work on for @col_96's B-day!
Col, I'll never forget you being my 1st follower Bro & believing in me!
Hope Y'all liked it!
Wish Col a Happy B-day!Skal to Col & Rollo!
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