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Also Known As Rollon • Rou • Hrólfr • Rolf • Hrolf
Born c.860
Died c.932
Founder Normandy
Notable Family Members son William I

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Rollo
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Engraved portrait of William I, also known as William the Conqueror, shown wearing a crown and medieval robes, facing forward.
William I
king of England
Philip II.
Philip II
king of France
The Gentleman Pirate
Stede Bonnet
British aristocrat and pirate
Zheng Chenggong
Zheng Chenggong
Chinese pirate
Mary Read
Mary Read
English pirate
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Anne Bonny
Irish American pirate
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William Kidd
English pirate
Blackbeard
Blackbeard
English pirate
Barbarossa
Barbarossa
Ottoman admiral
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Orderic Vitalis
Norman history
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William FitzOsbern, 1st earl of Hereford
French noble
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Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shropshire or Shrewsbury
Norman magnate and soldier
Avery, John
John Avery
British pirate
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Charles Homer Haskins
American educator
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Zheng Zhilong
Chinese pirate
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Anne, duc de Joyeuse
French noble
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Roger de Montgomery, 1st earl of Shrewsbury
Norman noble
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Bartholomew Roberts
Welsh pirate
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Fujiwara Sumitomo
Japanese pirate
Matilda Of Flanders
Matilda Of Flanders
queen consort of England