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<p> A Norwegian, who became the chief of a band of Norse pirates who one day sailed up the [[Seine]] to [[Rouen]] and took it, and so ravaged the country that [[Charles]] the | Rollo <ref name="term_79204" /> | ||
==References == | <p> A Norwegian, who became the chief of a band of Norse pirates who one day sailed up the [[Seine]] to [[Rouen]] and took it, and so ravaged the country that [[Charles]] the Simple was glad to come to terms with them by surrendering to them part of Neustria, which thereafter bore from them the name of Normandy; after this [[Rollo]] embraced Christianity, was baptized by the [[Bishop]] of Rouen, and was the first Duke of [[Normandy]] (860-932). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_79204"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/rollo Rollo from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_79204"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/rollo Rollo from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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