Rollo | The Founder of Normandy

In the annals of history, few figures emerge with the aura of mystique and power as Rollo, the Viking Jarl. Rollo's saga is one of legendary proportions, weaving together the adventurous spirit of the Vikings, the complexities of medieval politics, and the indomitable will of a leader determined to carve his name into the annals of time. Rollo's story serves as a testament to the enduring allure of Viking lore, while also shedding light on the intricate interplay of power, culture, and destiny in the medieval world.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:46 Chapter 1 - Mysterious Origins
04:40 Chapter 2 - A Kingdom In Peril
10:23 Chapter 3 - The Founding of Normandy
16:49 Chapter 4 - Rollo's Legacy
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[@lisapop5219]

What a name to be remembered in history as, Charles the simple.

[@thomastome8396]

Then there is Charles the drunk, Charles the fat, and I think Louis the pious

[@akaLaBrujaRoja]

Don’t forget Charles the bald. But I guess that’s better than Charles who lost his head.

[@lisapop5219]

@akaLaBrujaRoja I'd rather be known as bald than simple. Idk if it meant something different than, but that implies that he was simple minded

[@jeffreyblock16]

Dude was still king in his time

[@lisapop5219]

@jeffreyblock16 true. Unfortunately, with monarchy you just get the job

[@mamakat114]

Hrólfr (Rollo) was my 34th Great Grandfather. Thank you for this informative documentary.

[@historyprofiles]

I wish I had cool ancestors! Thank you so much for watching!

[@jimgessner6071]

That would make you my distant cousin.

[@mamakat114]

@@jimgessner6071 Hello Cousin!!!!

[@jimgessner6071]

Hey cousin. I found out a friend I’ve known for over twenty years is also one Rollo’s grandchildren.

[@mamakat114]

@@jimgessner6071 we keep going we can form a Society

[@Thekoryostribalpodcast]

My family is from Normandy and Denmark on my mothers side. This is fascinating.

[@j.c.curnes]

Same here.

[@leotraps3015]

Cappppppp asss boiiiii

[@cclarke9301]

Loved the illustrations to go along with the fascinating history. Thank you.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you!! I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@grimman55]

Also thanks for the clarification on Rollo he was one of my favorite characters .

[@GrandpaVader-rk6zw]

he aint no character. he was a real person.

[@rhzyo]

People complaining he doesn't call Rollo, Hrolfr or saying Rollo is wrong are ignorant or just stupid, you don't think he knows or wouldn't have come across Hrolf during his research. So you also do the same(cry & say it's wrong) someone says the name Charlemagne instead of Karl/Karolus/Charles Or William the conqueror instead of William the bastard? So many ppl think they know history yet know nothing 😂 Another great video mate. Keep great work up❤

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@rhzyo]

@@historyprofiles like I've said in other videos, you do amazing work. Unfortunately you're always going to get people that think they know more or think that their pov is right/the only pov to have but you will always have MORE people(me included) that appreciate and enjoy your videos & hard work. Thank you very much & keep the amazing work up 😊

[@deecooper1567]

@@rhzyo Agree 💯💯👵🏻❣️👩‍🌾

[@grimman55]

Thanks for the history lesson ,I am a big Vikings fan .

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for the video & information 👍🏻 I hope it helps people out that doesn't know about it.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching!

[@22weendy]

Thank you so much for taking the time to talk about our history! I just wanted to add that some sources claim that the effigy of Rollo on his tomb in Rouen is actually a copy of Henri the Young King's effigy (Rollo's descendant) because the original has been destroyed during a bombardment in 1944. (sources including Rouen : la cathédrale Notre-Dame written by Yves Lescroart) Some say that his tomb is actually empty, or that Richard the 1st (his grandson) transferred his body to Fécamp but I don't think there is any actual proof of that. There is also this story in Normandy that says Rollo wanted to show how safe his land was, so he hung a gold bracelet to an oak tree in Roumare Forest, and 3 years later, nobody had stolen it (this story was told by Robert de Torigni, an abbe from the Mont Saint Michel). Thank you again for your video! Love from Normandy 😄

[@ELKE-]

Hello History Profiles! Sorry i couldn't be here earlier, enjoying this masterpiece now on my evening. Thank you. I love the Vikings history!

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching Elke I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@ELKE-]

@@historyprofiles Thank you! I always enjoyed it

[@dawnhandschy8111]

Another amazing video. Thank you.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching!

[@roach_is_online]

listening to this while i work on my truck this morning. thanks 👍

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching! It means a lot! Hope you had a good day at work! I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@roach_is_online]

@@historyprofiles thank you for the videos. I've finally caught up with all your uploads. keep up the good work

[@melissavancleave8686]

Great video thank you.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching Melissa! I hope you enjoyed, be sure to check out my other videos!

[@dianesavant2818]

Another great video!

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching! It means alot!

[@alfie8708]

Another quality vid 👍🔥

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching!

[@michaeldpa1333]

In the end of the Viking Saga it was the French Viking Normans who conquered England. Amazing legacy!

[@historyprofiles]

Indeed it was! The last Anglo Saxon shield wall was the one William broke in the battle of Hastings! Which was actually a really close battle if you look at the history! It really could have gone either way!

[@carrioncrow7687]

Great video, great story

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching! I Hope you enjoyed the video!

[@Bobby__B]

Ah yes, Big Daddy Rollo, the man who founded the Dynasty that would change England forever. Great video as always!

[@rtalbeau7965]

“Big daddy Rollo” 😂 I don’t think I’ll ever be able to refer to him any other way than “Big daddy Rollo” from now on 😂 (IMO It beats Rollo the walker or Rollo the ganger.)

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching Bobby! And indeed!

[@Bobby__B]

@@rtalbeau7965 I mean, that's how I refer to him lol. He's the big daddy of the "de Normandy" Dynasty. 😂

[@scallopohare9431]

Thank you.

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching!

[@Mma-basement-215]

I'm guessing he was part of that great summer army that invaded in 878 when you look at his year of death that's more plausible regardless I love your work it's some of the best on KZbin thank you brother

[@historyprofiles]

I agree, must have been one of the last warriors to arrive in England, also explains his relationship with Guthrum.

[@abdulazizclare9545]

Nice man my family was de Brionne in Normandy but became de Clare after 1066. I see the Normans took falconry to England and many other things. Bless him always.

[@Son-of-Tyr]

Not trying to call you out bud, but uh, his Norse name was Hrólfr. Rollo, or Roluo, was the latinized Christian version of his name. Anyway, loved the video. Very informative and well done as usual my friend.

[@mamakat114]

I believe the documentary Narrator calls him Rollo, as this Christianized version of his name is more widely known than his original Norse version of his name. As a Descendant, I am cool with that.

[@danielbergersen7836]

What A Amazing Historical story! Skøl💀🍻🍻

[@TheShortYautja]

Skøl

[@danielbergersen7836]

@@TheShortYautja Hello there brother

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching! Skol!

[@danielbergersen7836]

@@historyprofiles No problem brother!!!

[@TheShortYautja]

@@danielbergersen7836 hello friend!

[@wheeloftime-hl7pb]

who would say a tv series gave this awesome man its definitive face

[@mitchell5134]

Epic

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching!!!

[@user-nj5bd8ly1y]

Very interesting! Many thanks!

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching!

[@joelcrawford28]

Hi there. My father's side on his grandmother's side are the Havelock's. Yes same General that has a statue in Travalger Square and Sutherland. Interesting to note Henry's farther was Mayor of Grimsby and he believed we are the descendants from Yael Havelock the Dane. Though I know all about the Sarga of Havelock and Grim is it possible if you maybe able to look into this character further😊. It was also believed from the Sargas the Havelock was a brother too Grom The Old first king of Denmark?.

[@MuddieRain]

"Up Onto The Overturned Keel. Clamber, With A Heart Of Steel. Cold Is The Ocean’s Spray. And Your Death Is On Its Way."

[@allergyboy8954]

Rollo of Normandy is the Greatest Viking in European History ✓

[@zackthedragonknight6101]

Is there any books about rollo?

[@historyprofiles]

I don’t know about books, but the chronicles where I found information about him are there in the description!

[@bobbijostevens7543]

👍👍👍

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching!

[@PaulaakaPaben]

Rollo was My Ancestor and My Hubby's as well ! We both go down through Henry I , Henry II, King John, ! I go down through the Hungerfords! Just to name a few! He goes down through a different line! We both also Have Randall Janney as an Ancestor, Mine through the Burgesses his through the Janney, Pierson line! Hrolfr, Robert , They call him by all these Names! They will not tell his Parentage but I would think with the Name Ragnasson , I would think that His Father was Ragnar, but some say His Father was Invar, I wish we knew!

[@bxhohrjh3132]

Old Norse: Hrólfr

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching!

[@caged7468]

The audio is very quiet.

[@SanjayGopi-nc9sk]

Just in Hundred Winters, they changed from Norsemen to Frenchmen. Unbelievable!

[@codysaunders7348]

Pronounced Rolll-oh, not Rohloh

[@bonniemikel4900]

My 30th grandfather

[@gothmamasylvia462]

I enjoyed this very much. Rollo was my ancestor.

[@thurzieoneillpenfold9992]

Mine too!😊

[@_S.D._]

Same here, hello cousins 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼.

[@historyprofiles]

That is epic! Id love an ancestor like Rollo! I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@spider46531]

My Fitz Randolph family. He was the first. Nearly all the names on this are part of my family lore

[@mickharrison9004]

So the Norman invasion of 1066 attack on England was mainly ,just another viking incursion.

[@thibaultsardet7399]

No, the viking incursion in 1066 was Harald Hardrada in the North of England. The normans of William were already assimilated to the Franks. Whether in terms of language (Old French), Marriage/Mixed Dna, Feudal political system (Vassalage to the king of the Franks), Art of War (Chivalry/Heavy Cavalry, Castles), Fashion, Trade, and especially Religion (Catholicism). Moreover, the army of William was not only composed of Normans, but also of barons and mercenaires from Britanny until Flanders, passing through Northern France.

[@Leon-bc8hm]

No by that time it was 99% French and everyone know this.

[@mickharrison9004]

@@Leon-bc8hm according to this presentation most of them descended ,from Rollo and his clan .

[@johnough4893]

Yes it was the last "Viking" invasion of England. They may have spoken French, but they did not regard themselves as French. In fact the Normans despised the French

[@mickharrison9004]

@@johnough4893 cheers for that freind ,and backs up what I already said 🤝

[@mariuswiiked]

Whu dont ouy avet ext on it?

[@philippekogler]

my 31st great grandfather You → Denise Kogler, your mother → Marcelle Helene Marchoux, her mother → Jean Texier, her father → Magdeleine Texier, his mother → Marie Vauzelle, her mother → Marquis Etienne Texier de Javerlhac, her father → Marquis Etienne-Leonard Texier de Javerlhac, his father → Marquis Pierre-Francois-Marie Texier de Javerlhac, his father → Marquis Henri-Bernard Texier de Javerlhac, his father → Marquis Bernard Texier de Javerlhac, his father → Comte Jean-Francois Texier de Javerlhac, his father → Henri Texier de Javerlhac, his father → Francoise de Texier, his mother → Jacques de la Marthonye, her father → Geoffroy de la Marthonye Seigneur de Puygilhem et de Milhac, his father → Raymond Seigneur de La Marthonie, his father → Isabeau de la Marthonye, his mother → Geoffroy Helie De Pompadour, Seigneur de Château Bouchet et de Lascaux, her father → Ranulphe III Helie De Pompadour, his father → Ranulphe Hélie de Pompadour, his father → Geoffroy IV Hélie de Pompadour, his father → Souveraine Helie de Pompadour, his mother → vicomte de Comborn Archambaud de Comborn, VII her father → Bernard de Comborn, II, his father → Archambaud VI, comte de Comborn, his father → Archambaud V, vicomte de Comborn, his father → Archambaud IV "le Barbu", vicomte de Comborn, his father → Bernard I, vicomte de Comborn, his father → Archambaud II, vicomte de Comborn, his father → Beatrice, Abbess of Montvilliers, his mother → Richard I, 'the Fearless', Duke of Normandy, her father → William "Longsword", his father → Gange-Hrólfr 'Rollo' Ragnvaldsson, his father

[@caythorgrimson]

he is a odin boy a no fear i adore knowlegde boy he was dane but the norwegian is the dane tribe the contry norway is so much later

[@WreckedRover]

I think many lords in this age could not command loyalty. They could not draw men to their banner and they could provide gold to make up for what honor could not.

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

Well this is ironic, seeing as how I just found out Rollo is my ancestor!

[@_S.D._]

Same here.

[@thurzieoneillpenfold9992]

Have rollo and he mum in my family tree , he did have a lot of women lol also have poper excuse my poor spelling, in my tree too! 😊

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching! That's so cool! Id love to have an ancestor like Rollo!

[@devanman7920]

He's probably related to half of Europe

[@veronicajensen7690]

how do you know if Rollo is your ancestor when it wasn't possible for Norwegians to extract dna from a grave they thought belonged to his descendants but it turned up the bodies where from an earlier period , they were trying to resolve a discussion among Danes and Norweiians on whether he was a Dane or Norwegian, if we don't even know that and don't have his dna- how can you know he is your ancestor?? you never hear Danes or Norwegians claiming him to be their ancestors -it's usually Americans

[@monikagrosch9632]

I’m a little disappointed by the flat voice of the speaker and also have doubts about the way events in the Frankish realm are stated. I remember my German history lessons quite differently

[@ronniaj]

And Rollo was his cristian name Big mistake

[@robinsinpost]

Rollo was baptized in 912 but is said to have died a pagan.

[@michellekinder3051]

Rollo is also known as the grandfather of Europe

[@historyprofiles]

Thank you for watching!

[@thibaultsardet7399]

I thought it was Charlemagne.

[@Leon-bc8hm]

@@thibaultsardet7399 It was Charlemagne.

[@Edna2u]

One of my distant relatives was a Duke of William the Conquer.

[@historyprofiles]

Thats awesome! I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@williamegler8771]

If you go back 30 generations or approximately 900 years the average person living then has approximately 10,700,000 descendants living in 2023. A lot of people therefore are related to William the Conqueror.

[@Fires755]

IAM a decedant of Rollo!!!! Richardson!!! thank you!!

[@alundavies1016]

He relied a lot on his cat, if I recall correctly

[@Bloomcycle]

I am descended from French Norman Viking/Iroquois Mohawk confederation Metis 🪶

[@ronniaj]

His name was Rolf or Hrolf