Rollo of Normandy - The Real Story of One of the Greatest Vikings of History - See U in History
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- Viking History - Rollo of Normandy: The Real Story of One of the Greatest Vikings of History
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Rollo's descendant were William the Conqueror, and William the Conqueror is the ancestor of Richard the Lionheart
That's 400 years of baddasses
I’m a direct bloodline descendant of Rollo and William. I have my family history and it’s very much written in it.
@@arielgleffe9794 sure you are
You also had les badasses in that bloodline.
@@arielgleffe9794 if you are that is awesome
I'm a greatest grandson of Rollo, & of course by proxy William the Conqueror who was his great grandfather. Their blood is in more Royal European families than any other ancestors. Discovering this has explained a lot about myself to myself.
"Earls" were Anglo Saxon. "Jarl" is the word you were looking for.
Also Rollo was the moniker given to him by the French. His name was Hrolfr.
Cynwraeth.
The Anglo Saxon word for lord was',Theyn.'
@@silversurfer7079 A "thegn" was a low ranking lord, equivalent to a Baron. He would have owed his allegiance to an Earl.
@@cynwraeth1943 . Thanks for the correction my friend, my education was long ago.
@@silversurfer7079 Of course. Education never ceases.
@@cynwraeth1943 . True, amen to that.
Fun Fact: Queen Elizabeth II is a descendant of Rollo 😁
Additional fun fact: Most current high ranking politicians and celebrities also are descendants of Rollo.
Ps. Fact: 100 percent of American presidents descend from Rollo. Go figure......
@@AdamsFamTCG so were many first ladies, Marilyn Monroe and even Kyra Sedgwick
@@areiaaphrodite absolutely.
@@AdamsFamTCG Even Obama?
@@seanjoseph8637 yah, 100% means him too.
Rollo is my 34th Great Grandfather, through the House of Normandy to King Henry I, King of England (29thGGF) and the Ferguson Dynasty, House of Galloway to Fergus. After tracing my Great Grandmothers lineage to Rollo, I'm like a sponge learning the history of my ancestors in this line. It's mind boggling! Thank you for this video.
Me too. I'm also a descendent of Henry 1, but it's through Alice FitzRoy, his illegitimate daughter who he married to the Montmorency family of Normandy.
I also just traced my lineage back to Rollo very exciting stuff. I think he may be the great grandfather to a good part of the world. 😂
Same lol, does that mean we’re related?
same as me
@@xfvwz such a tiny ammount it dont even matter but for the sake of it hello cusion LOL
In the tv series Vikings.....Rollo is Ragnar’s brother but in fact lived about 100 years apart.
Rollo The Viking is one of my Great Great Great...Grandfathers. Along with the Kings of England that were his descendants.
@@harryvanderveen773 This is Jebbs Dad. Not nice seeing a grown Man picking on a 6 year old kid. Maybe I should contact Nuiteq and let them know their CEO has nothing better to do in his Spare Time than Bully Children. You definitely don't Represent them in a Positive Way. What's wrong with You Harry? Grow Up!
@@jebbthetrainkid1281 Jebb, my joke was not meant as "bullying", but as a joke. I'm sorry you or your dad felt bad about it. Hope you have a nice week.
It's also important to remember that, while Rollo/Rolf/Rolv/Hrolfr/Gange Rolv/Rolf definately existed, it's uncertain if Ragnar actually existed as the single figure and icon as we know him as. It is generally believed that a great person named Ragnar Lodbrok absolutely existed at one point, but we know that alot of his saga, like with many other legendary Viking icons, are definately a good portion of fairy tales. But the important part to also remember is that it is uncertain if Ragnar's deeds was done by one person, or if his story is actually the deeds of several different great Viking men and their stories have over time been woven into Ragnar's story. This even infact happens today too, if you look at the Viking TV show, alot of what is portrayed there done by Ragnar, was infact done by other great Vikings in reality, such as Harald Hardrada, Björn Ironside and Halvdan Ragnarsson.
@@jebbthetrainkid1281 ok karen
My ancestors fought with Rollo and in return were granted land which included the French village of Vernon in Normandy. Three brothers related to these Vikings, one named Richard de Vernon fought with William the Bastard at Hastings in 1066. Of course, they also received lands from King William.
My ancestors fought with odin and thor against christ and Allah. They totally smashed them
@@siddharth1200 doesn't make much sense since the Christian Church became ascendant in Europe and the Vikings adopted the Christian religion.
@@tomvernon2123 I am not talking about wars against Christian and Muslim people...they literally fought against the Christian and Islamic god and triumphed easily
@@siddharth1200 which ignored the point I made. Are Scandinavians in control of Europe. No, therefore the God of the Bible has won.
@@tomvernon2123 I mean both Allah and christ were killed in that battle so I guess they won the war in death just like bjorn ironside in the show
Rollo has lot of descendants ,
Genghis Khan : hold my bow
Its quality of descendants, not quantity.
@@codysaunders7348 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol right the Quality of Chinggis khaan descendants conquered half the world. What did Rollo do small dukedom in land of franks.
@@Temuulen.J any figure of history is great if he's white and European according too wests😂
@@kaushikakharadi8742 Lol, Genghis Khan's grandson conquered a large territory in the "Middle Ages", but in the modern era it was a shadow of its former self, and now exists only as "small" nations such as Central Asia and Mongolia lol. On the other hand, due to the influence of Rollo's grandsons, who sustained the nation of the Frankish Kingdom, France, England, and Germany have had a great influence in modern times and today. The quality of Genghis Khan's grandson was, after all, nothing more than the DNA of a nomadic tribe 👌🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
A lovely page of French history , and the Rollo from the Viking serial , is such a pleasant character
Series not serial m8
The normans who would later conquer England, Italy, and defeat Muslims in Sicily, and force the Emperor of Constantinople to pay tribute.
Normans conqured Antioch too in first crusade.....so their genes are in today's Turkey and Lebanon....
Rudra narayan Mukhopadhyay cool bro. There genes are in my line too. My last name is Norman origin.
@@rudman97 not sure about that - they were an elite imposed on the populace. There are probably more Nordic genes in Turkey & Lebanon from the Varangian Guard than from the Normans of Outremer
Sicilia e' in ITALIA ,normans conquer italy????Normans are in nord italy for impero romano !costantinopoli is instanbul to day
@@rudman97 Not only Normans, they were one of the crusaders and they were led by Robert II of Normandy, Bohemund of Tarente and Tancred. Other leaders of the first crusade were not Normans, like for ex Godfroid de Bouillon, which is now Belgium, and he was after the taking of Jerusalem named as the defender of the Holy Grave
My last name is Roles, I recently took a DNA test and it came up as French. From what little info I can gather: The name Roles dates back to the wave of migration that followed the Norman Conquest of England of 1066. The Roles family lived in Yorkshire. Their name, however, is a reference to Roullours, in Calvados, in the arrondissement of Dieppe, Normandy, the family's place of residence prior to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.” “The surname Roles was first found in Yorkshire where they were undertenants in the honor of Richmond being descended from the distinguished Norman family of Rollos of Roullours in Calvados, arrondisement of Dieppe, in Normandy. A century later it appears that William de Rollos, Lord of Bourne in the county of Lincoln to the south, was also a branch of this distinguished family.” Am I a direct descendant of Hrolfr the first duke of Normandy?
go conquer something =P
Depends what you mean by direct - he will have millions, probably tens or even hundreds of millions of descendents in the UK and elsewhere around the world.
Calvados is à depatment, dieppe is à town....nothing in common..
Rollo of Normandy was the greatest Viking of his time and he got the land of Normandy to rule over during his reign
So nice to see a documentary about old family..
Love hearing these stories and history lessons !
Rollo tops my list of top 5 greatest Vikings...
(1)Rollo
(2)Ragnar
(3)Canute
(4)Ivar the Boneless
(5)Harald Fairhair
Harald Hardråde was a badass too.
He was a mercenary for the Byzantine emperor and was imprisoned there and escaped and went back to Norway and became king of Norway and was killed at Stamford Bridge attacking England.
@@robinsinpost Oh yeah, he ranks right up there too. True Viking badass fo sho. 👊
Halvdan the Black was the greatest of them all. Harald Fairhair's father.
@@westerneurope1752
Definitely up there. 👍
Queen Elizabeth II is not only a descendant of the Viking Rollo, but also from the Anglo Saxon King, Alfred the Great .
Same here. 10th cousin once removed of QEII.
"Rollo of Normandy" is my 29th great grandfather
And Shivaji Maharaj is My 14th great grandfather
Johnny mills is my dad
funny how i have seen many more of these
Um, no. That's impossible. I'm also a greatest Grandson, & William the Conqueror is my 30th generation, so Rollo is four generations before him.... your math is wrong.
So shameful how the Vikings tv show portrayed him. He was no petulant little brother of Ragnar. They never even knew each other. They certainly weren't brothers. But so many people believe the show is historically accurate. It has soiled & diminished his legacy. He was one of the most successful of the Viking conquerors. His founding of the Norman Dynasty says it all. I really hope more people research his actual history. I hope more realize the tv show is just mostly Hollywood fantasy stuff.
As a norman "vikings "make me laugh.....rollo have 100years of difference with ragnar....
@@francoisjean1178
Ha, i know. They weren't related in any way. The show went crazy with historical inaccuracies. I mean i still liked the show, but the Rollo chit did annoy me. 😊
@@timothypacker4276 rollo or hrolfr or rollon is the father of all normans...we are proud of him and proud of our history
@@timothypacker4276 our True flag is my icon flag....
@@francoisjean1178
Greatest Viking of them all in my opinion. 👊
Always putting out good content keep it up bud
very educational, i just learned other facts about Rollo i didn't know
I just found out I’m related to Rollo through Richard III of Normandy
Ayyeee he's on my longship in AC Valhalla. My boy
How
Rollo was actually granted the title of count the title of Duke was won roughly 30 years after his death
I'm a decendent of king rollo..I started doing research with my dad recently
Same
But you are Indian?
Lol
Same. I found this out a few months ago, after my aging mother became obsessed with her ancestry. We should feel fortunate that we can even trace back that far. When she started finding Lady's, & Lords, about 300 prior to William, she got so excited. Besides William the Conqueror, 1st Viking King of England, do you have any other interesting people in your line? I'd love to talk to you sometime.
@@titanIIIC Me too. I'd love to hear about any introspective this has given you into your life. Lemme know if you'd like to share.
Great video thank you 👍🏻
I remember going way back on this family tree website with my dad, and a lot of our heritage peters out fairly quickly but my one grandmother who had deep colonial ties in America’s line kept going and going. Eventually we got to William the conquerer which was so sick. I imagine a ton of people are direct descendants after literally a thousand years but it was cool to see none the less
Same happened to me. Curious as to how far it went back, and it just kept going and going. Then Rollo (Rolf). I'm excited to learn more. Then I have my maiden name- nothing. Ugh.
They should have made a Hollywood blockbuster about Rollo starring Chuck Norris. Could see that as a wonderful film.
Chuck norris is not an actor
Rollo of Normandy was a Norwegian Viking chief and saga figure whose real name was Hrólfr Rögnvaldsson (ca. 860-932) and was the son of Ragnvald Mørejarl, known as the earl who cut Harald Fairhair (Harald Hårfagre) after Norway was united into one kingdom.
If I’m not mistaken that would be pronounced as “Rolf”
As a norman your right..there's only three statue of our first jarl of normandy .one in rouen, one in aeslund (his birth place in norway)and one in usa
@@francoisjean1178 you're not a Norman, you're just French. Dont pretend to be something you're not.
We don't know for certain whether the Göngu-Hrólfr who was banished by Fairhair was the same man as Rollo of Normandy. It is certainly plausible, though, as Snorri Sturluson certainly identifies him as such, as well as naming him as the ancestor of Willam the Conqueror.
No, he was born in Faxe in Denmark. The first accounts said he was Danish, and his own grand children said he was Danish.
this is actually really interesting i did not know he was basically the birth of normandy
Great content......keep going.....😊😊
I’m not sure how accurate I am, so I apologize if I’m wrong, but I heard about 90% of Europeans and Americans with European ancestry, have a trace of Rollo’s lineage in them! It’s truly fascinating how powerful and influential one man’s bloodline can be that his family conquered a HUGE portion of Europe for hundreds of years, excluding the reign of the Roman Empire
You are VERY wrong. Think about it. It's only 30ish generations, we would all have brain damage and Hapsburg jaw from intermarriage. What you've heard that you're confusing is that he's the most common ancestor to the Royal Families of Europe (And Russia). There are many of his ancestors here tho, which makes since considering the subject matter.
If you go far enough back - we are all related.
I've traced my lineage to Rollo through King Edward III. It's pretty common if you have Welsh ancestry.
Rollo was a Great Great Great....Grandfather of mine. Which led to his and my Ancestors which were Kings of England.
it is "Jarl" the Anglo-Saxons are the ones who called there Lords "Earls"
Edit: for those who said Norse are germanic thx i know now they are germanic
earls are captains that owns allegiances to jarls and jarls to kings and kings to emperors
@@TheWorldInsider nonono, Earl is an anglo saxon noble title, more or less the exact same as a Scandinavian jarl.
They are both germanic.
@@docvaliant721 The Anglo-Saxon are Germanic, the Vikings who are either the Danes, Swedes or Norse are not.
Jarl was a commonly title in the Viking world. It can be found in Norway, Sweden and Denmark! In Norway the most famous white cheese is named Jarlsberg! A Jarl was a more like a small king,not a captain as proposed!
I have recently tracked my heritage on my father’s side to King Rollo
likewise, what's up 39x removed cousin?
@@jasonkelly7951 well, a 39x removed cousin, would be a 39x removed cousin. I’ve spent years looking up my family tree. I just simply said that I’ve tracked my heritage back to King Rollo.
@@jasonkelly7951 Me too, I guess this would be the place to meet up. Were only 30th cousins removed, but so is the entire Royal family of Europe. All our cousins.. We should all talk sometime.
Me too, I guess this would be the place to meet up. I was actually more excited about Rollo (he wasn't a king) than William the Conqueror; Viking King of England. We should all talk sometime.
Oops, nope, I'm thinking about William the Conqueror, so we would be 34th removed, but you're very likely related to both, and many after him as well.
I never understood why the hordes of plundering barbarians were so popular, since they cowardly murdered countless of innocent, defenseless coast dwellers and ran away when reinforcements arrived, but Rollo is different.
This guy is actually one of my ancestors. So cool.
Rollo was not his Viking name. The French gave him that name because Old Norse rolled R's a lot and the french (even modern french) have pronouncing difficulties.
His real birth-name name was Hrólfr. A bit strange to not mention that.
Wasn't his Christen name changed to Robert?
Lots of mistakes in this one. He was Norwegian, not of "unknown origin" like this guy claims.
Ganga Hrolfr was his name. In modern Norwegian Gange Rolf.
Yes his name was Rollo.... It was neither Hrolfir or Rolf, and he was from Denmark, not Møre in Norway, just as all the other vikings who were in contact with Northern France.
So many descendants of rollo in comment section🤨
Not strange at all. This is were those people would go right? Since they probably have great interest in him, don't you think? I'd be happy to post my lineage if you really need that to believe people
@@JeighNeither no I dont need to but I don’t everyone that said there are really are. That’s all but again I really don’t care just quick comment Have a good one
William the Conqueror (aka 'the Bastard') was actually the 2nd William of Normandy.
I love it that some British historians want to re-title him 'William the Lucky Bastard'!
@@Ereldor that’s a fitting name, don’t you think? He was a bastard after all.
There were earlier Norman (Viking or Norsemen) kings of England than William de Conqueror, especially Canut the Great and his father.
Not Canut, Knud.
Knut
Queen Emma was close to 3/4 Nordic, she was Rollo's granddaughter. She was the 2nd wife to King Æthelred and their son Edward eventually became king. She also married King Knut, who was Nordic and one of their sons was also king. Honestly the Nordic bunch were all over the place among the island countries, England, Scotland and Ireland. King David of Scotland was probably 1/2 Nordic. The Bruce line was all intermixed with this and they were originally from Norwegian aristocratic lines. Honestly, this genealogy quest I've been on has kind of blown my mind.
Good video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Rollo was also a Dutch king. He became king of the Schelde Vikings. We know him as "Count" Gerolf or Herolfo.
Stop drug....
@@francoisjean1178 dude...? What?
@@francoisjean1178 stop France authoritatianism.
@@Mr.MarcusMario hrolf >rollo>ROLLON >robert...same Guy...thé first jarl of normandy...that's all
First.....hahaha. Great vid. This dude is one of my great-grandpappys.
Smart guy.....he's my great great great.......... ..... grandpa too!!!!
Are u from norway then ?
@Chris Rife true
@Chris Rife also French, and Frankish are not the same thing.
@Chris Rife no much more than .01% . But doth not matter bro. I am a Direct Grandson of that King.
Fun fact: Adam and Eve were descendants of Rollo!!!
Other way round lol
you mean Askr and Embla?
Rollo according to Richer of Reims was a Danish fair child from a king known as Ketil, the royal title for Rollo is Bear which is the title of Thor.
Wow Ragnar's brother did well!
i live in jersey, just over from normandy. my grandmothers maiden name was norman. that side of her family came from normandy.
i'm french and my history teacher is from Normandy, and he has Danish ancestry, i believieve he is maybe desendant of rollo
Your pronunciation of French-based names makes me think you went out of your way to pronounce them that funny :) LOVED IT!
Great great great xx….. Grandson of Rollo,
How I wish to have been alive in those times going Viking to distant lands for raids, trades, adventure, and a chance to earn a seat in Valhall
My ancestor, cool vid😊
He is my ancestor via Capt Henry fleet... this is great 😊
It wasnt the Franks who gave the Normans their name. Norwegians call themselves Normans to this day. En nordmann sounds just like Norman
Absolutely. Lots of problems with this video.
I descend from this guy through a side on my family who's name is Weir, Major Thomas Weir the infamous wizard of Edinburgh is a descendant of him. Long ago but cool history
Any chance you can do one on Shaka Zulu?
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Check out history with no chaser and hometeam history i think one of them have a video
My 33rd Great Grandfather!
Where are my Rollo descendants!? I know I'm not the only one, speak up!
Hey
Direct decendant here.
Great grandfather x30
Raises hand ✋
From which line do you all come from? Just curious.
Rolf ("Rollo") was Norwegian son of Ragnvald Mørejarl (Ragnvald Øysteinsson, Earl of Møre) who has a descendant of the old Finnish-Gotlandic dynasty through his father Øystein "Glumra" Ivarsson, going in a direct male line in 11 generations back to Finnish king Fornjot of Cwenland, Finland and Gotland (today's Swedish region) through various viking sea-kings (Kings and earls of the Isles), that is: Øystein "Glumra" Ivarsson, Ivar Halfdansson, Halfdan "The Old" Sveithisson, king Sveithi Heitirsson, king Heitir Górrsson, king Gorr Thorrissón, king Thorri (Tore) Snjosson of Cwenland, king Snjor "the Old" Jøkulsson of Cwenland, king "Frosti" Jøkul Kårisón, Kåri (Kåre) Fornjotsson and finally the origin of them all, king Fornjot, the giant king from who the Scandinavian kings and earls derive. Rolf Ragnvaldsson ("Rollo of Normandie") was brother of Tore "Teiande", who married the daughter of Norwegian king Harald "Fairhair" and Hordalandsprincess Gyda Eiriksdottir, and hence had very powerful family links to Scandinavian old-lineage royalty.
The Danish- Swedish colonization of Norway of 500 years and consequent royal family that is German-Swedish-Danish-British, has found it best not to overly communicate the real origin of Norwegian royalty saying it all died out with the black death in 1349, even though this is not accounting for all the resistance Norwegian noble families made against Denmark making Norway a colony, completely changing out the juridical and church system with danish immigrants, making the former rulers farmers. The true history would raise questions as for their legitimacy as kings of Norway. And it's not cool to find they kept our real royal history from us. The knowledge isn't forbidden, it's just made ridiculously hard to find. You have to understand old Norwegian norrønt to get the real meaning of the sagas as many wrong translations insist they are right when they are close to the real meaning, but not really all spot on. "Rollo"s real name was Rolf Ragnvaldsson, brother of Tore "Teiande" Ragnvaldsson who was married to the daughter of the Norwegian ynglinga-king Harald Fairhair who is credited for uniting Norway to one kingdom. The Norwegian descendants of Tore Teiande and the other siblings live on in Vestlandet today. :)
Underrated comment
FYI, Rollo was probably not Ragnveld's son.
I'll say with all the respect in the world one of the greatest and one of the smartest.☀️🐺🌛🐺
More pls!
Love the mispronunciation of Seine and Rouen.
Brother!!!
Rollo The Walker was so large he could not ride a horse
The horses viking used were small. Like the icelandic horses and Shetland ponnies.
i just spoiled myself , im at season 3
Yoo, that’s my ancestor. Dope af.
Yo me to
I should be linked to him by my family de Brionne which became de Clare after 1066 in England. Great man Rollo
I don’t know if I’m kin to Rollo but I know I have Norman ancestors from the village of Lourdes. I’d love to visit.
Start tracing, it might take some time, but it's not as hard as it might seem.
He sounds exactly the same as ertugrul from dirilis ertugrul turkish series. The son of sulayman shan and founder of the ottoman empire. Rollo has the same story as ertugrul
Actually they have same story as rollo
Rollo is my 31st great grandfather
One of the greatest and also one of the smartest..Hail All Hail THOR ODINSON!!!!!!!! ☀️🐺🌙🐺
2:05 pronunciation correction: the river is named 'Sayne' not 'Sign'.
Rollo is my 39th grandfather.
this guy really be putting filters on photos from the show
Oh my....
Road to 1M subscribers.
My 34th great-grandfather. I enjoyed the show Vikings but I hated that they put Rollo in it. They took all of the famous Vikings, changed some of their names, then threw them together. But since when has the history channel tried to be accurate?
I am also a descendant of Rollo and Poppo.
My Ancestors 🙏
Rollo,or gange Rolf(walking Rolf),came from an island named Giske ,outside the city of Aalesund in Norway! How this can be disputed,is strange to me, because his history is recorded in the Norwegian historical archives!
We have a Rollo statue in Aalesund, there is a copy of the same statue in Normandy
The Danish tried to dispute this, but when they found DNA they didn't like - the discussion ended. GangeRolf was a Norwegian for sure.
As a norman you are right..our jarl came from aalesund ❤👌👌👌
@@westerneurope1752 he was norvegian...but many of his men were danish...i am norman. There is many LE DANOIS in Normandie which means "the danish"
@@ronnyo283 this statue was offered to Normandie by the norvegian government
This will make a great Hollywood movie..instead of Ragnar lothbroke we have Rollo..
Ragnar started the viking age. There would have been no Rollo without his look westwards.
@@MustardSkaven Thats not historically acurate but ok
@@bosertheropode5443 Prove it. Good luck since there isn't much in historical writing when it comes to Norsemen's perspective.
Vikings were the world's Apex Predators.
why are there no explanation about Sun Wukong, The Monkey King?? or other Chinese folklore?
Id like to see that aslo
His audience is mainly Western? May not be that many views to be gained from it although I would be interested.
How did they communicate? Rollo & Charles?
The pronunciation for the river is sen, not sine.
Good info, and some of the graphics are outstanding. do you have links about the artists? I want to check them out.
What movie/series is used here?
Vikings
Follow is my 36th Great Grandfather
The voiceover sounds like he's being sick into the mic - so unnatural, it completely disrupts the content.
My 30th Grandfather!!! ⚔️
Indeed Rollo has made a name for himself foreshadowing his brother Ragnar
The TV show was not even close to historic records, please read a book or two before posting, you looked foolish.
One of Rollo's daughters married my ancestor!
Yea right. You descend from some smelly peasant, dude.
“In you face, Ragnar!” - Rollo maybe
I'm a native american "hispanic" and Rollo is my great greatx12585000 grandpa
Every royal family in Europe from Russia to England has his bloodline.
Yep, he's the most common ancestor to every Royal family in Europe.
Rollo is my 22nd Great Grandfather, as i was tracing a bloodline on my family tree
To William the conqueror of England.?
Traitor to his brother, relatives and people..Clever decision? He was second to his brother and went to a rich nation. And got the Princess😍Clever decision👍🏻✊🏾
Rollo and Ragnar were not brothers. In fact they lived 50 years apart.
At least half my ancestors were Normands in 1630's and up from france they are very common, im from quebec. Some Bretons to interesting bunch as well..And i beleive the one that were just french are most likely Obelix and Asterix kind of people not roman...
Pronounced River "sen", not "sine"! 🤭
@stepen Cassidy fun fact were related no 🧢
My ancestor who left Normandie (Alençon) for Québec, the province, had probably viking blood. After all, i am not 6 feet 3 inches for nothing !!!
There was a thesis presented some years ago about the name Québec. According to this, the name changed over time in Normandy, from Quillebec, and other spelling to today's spelling. And the name Quillebec is precisely the same pronounciation as the Swedish river Kvillebäck. This little river is mentioned in Snorre Sturlasons sage and in the 900's viking ships could sail up this river on the island Hisingen, near today's Göteborg. The vikings also brought their names and words with them. Examples of this is big, gun and other Norse words.
Haha waiting for Vikings
Strange to think that Danny Dyer is a direct descendant of Rollo