491. WILLIAM I34 DUKE OF NORMANDY (Rollo, #494)6128,6129 died on 17 Dec 942 at France.6130
His nick name was William Longsword.6131 He sought continually to expand his territories either by conquest or by exacting new lands from the French king for the price of homage. In 939 he allied himself with Hugh the Great in the revolt against King Louis IV. Through the mediation of the pope, the war ended, and Louis renewed William's investiture of Normandy (940). William, however, continued his territorial ambitions, especially northward. He was lured into a conference on an island in the Somme River in 942 and was assassinated on the orders of the count of Flanders, Arnulf I.6132
Children of William I34 Duke of Normandy include:
492. RICHARD I34 DUKE OF NORMANDY (William, #491) (see #486)
493. MALCOLM II34 KING OF SCOTLAND 1005-1034 (see #487)
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