Talk:William I, Duke of Normandy

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How do we disambiguate William Longsword, Earl of Salisbury? RickK 04:26, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Well, we could move this article to William Longsword of Normandy and then make this page a disambiguation page. Everyking 04:51, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)

That sounds good. RickK 00:31, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)

There's already an article for the Earl at William de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (the French version of the name being how the Dictionary of National Biography lists him) but disambiguation here is still useful. Loren Rosen 14:44, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)

This is now the Duke of Normandy's page. William Longsword is a disambig page. Srnec 01:46, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Title

Regarding Richard's title: He was not, of course, the "duke" of Normandy, but the title I've seen associated with him in various sources is "patrician." And I wonder what the source is for calling him a "jarl"; is that just an assumption because of his Scandinavian roots? --Michael K. Smith 00:08, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Birth

He was born overseas in one of the many Viking territories before his father Rollo settled in northern France.

I don't think so. Hrolf was in Normandy in the late 880s, and even if he made trips backhome, he appears to have been in Normandy to stay shortly after 900. I can't cite a source off the top of my head for this, but I thought it was generally accepted that William wad born illegitimately c.910 in the vicinity of Rouen. And was his mother not known as Poppa "of Bayeux"? --Michael K. Smith 00:59, 24 February 2006 (UTC)