William I 2nd Duke of Normandy

     William I 2nd Duke of Normandy married (?) Sprota of Senlis, daughter of Count Herbert I of Vermandois and Bertha de Morvois. William I 2nd Duke of Normandy was born in 893 at Bayeux or Rouen; William was born to Rollo, while he was still a pagan, but was said to have been baptised as a Christian, along with his father, in 912.¹ He was the son of Rollo 1st Duke of Normandy and Poppa of Bayeux. William I 2nd Duke of Normandy died on 17 December 942 at France.
     William I 2nd Duke of Normandy was also known as William I Longsword. William I 2nd Duke of Normandy was also known as Guillaume. 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. Drawn to a conference on an island in the Somme River, he was assassinated on the orders of the count of Flanders, Arnulf I. William succeeded Rollo about 927.¹