NOBLEMAN

Rollo

846 - 930

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Rollo (Norman: Rou, Rolloun; Old Norse: Hrólfr; French: Rollon; died 933), also known with his epithet, Rollo "the Walker", was a Viking who, as Count of Rouen, became the first ruler of Normandy, a region in today's northern France. He emerged as a leading warrior figure among the Norsemen who had secured a permanent foothold on Frankish soil in the valley of the lower Seine after the Siege of Chartres in 911. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rollo has received more than 8,873,954 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Rollo is the 55th most popular nobleman (down from 23rd in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Norway (down from 10th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Nobleman.

Rollo is most famous for his conquest of Normandy in the late 9th century.

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  • 8.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Rollo ranks 55 out of 1,415. Before him are Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Albert, Prince Consort, Afonso de Albuquerque, Raynald of Châtillon, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, and Alexandra Feodorovna. After him are Empress Matilda, Henry IV of England, Herodias, Robert Guiscard, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Philip the Bold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 846, Rollo ranks 2. Before him is Louis the Stammerer. After him is Hasan al-Askari. Among people deceased in 930, Rollo ranks 1. After him are Lestek, Emperor Daigo, Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam, Ibn Wahshiyya, Hucbald, Guy, Margrave of Tuscany, and Þjóðólfr of Hvinir.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Rollo ranks 18 out of 1,039. Before him are Harald Fairhair (850), Erik the Red (950), Queen Sonja of Norway (1937), Thor Heyerdahl (1914), Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939), and Jon Fosse (1959). After him are Olaf II of Denmark (1370), Trygve Lie (1896), Olaf II of Norway (993), Jo Nesbø (1960), Jens Stoltenberg (1959), and Vidkun Quisling (1887).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Norway

Among noblemen born in Norway, Rollo ranks 2. Before him are Ragnar Lodbrok (850). After him are Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (1973), Margaret, Maid of Norway (1283), Ingeborg of Norway (1301), Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004), Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway (2005), and Leah Isadora Behn (2005).

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