The identity of Rollo´s first wife or concubine is not known. BERENGER (-[886 or after]). All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of Brittania Nova, which eventually became western Normandy.
The Chronicon Rothomagense (Labbe Bibliotheca Manuscriptorum Nova, I, p. 365) ano 912 confirms this and stated that Rolf married the daughter of Count Gui de Senlis, so if Bernard were the son of Gui, he would be the 'avunculus" of William.
Pour l’historien Pierre Bauduin, l’union entre Poppa et le chef normand atteste des liens précoce entre ce dernier et l’aristocratie franque et permet d’éclairer sous un nouveau jour l’accord de 911 : le roi Charles le Simple traite avec un personnage déjà en partie intégré au royaume carolingien. The name Bernard belongs in the family of the Counts of Vermandois, descended from Bernard, King of Italy.
This has led to speculation that she was the daughter of Berengar II of Neustria. He was expelled from Norway for an act of depredation in Viking contrary to the King's commands, having descended on the coast between Norway and Gothland and carried off the cattle wanted by his crew. Guillaume de Jumièges records that "le comte Bernard" welcomed "son neveu Richard" (grandson of Rollo) at Senlis after his escape from captivity[776], although in another passage he describes how Rollo captured Bayeux and took "une très-noble jeune fille Popa, fille de Bérenger" in the town, marrying her "à la manière des Danois"[777], in a later passage adding that Rollo married Poppa, whom he had previously repudiated, a second time after the death of his wife[778]. Ce dernier naquit outre-mer alors que son père Rollon était encore païen. 119/120 n.) (Bruges 1948), suggests that Gui Count of Senlis married a sister of Herbert I Count of Vermandois (see p. 6 anti) and had issue Bernard Count of Senlis and probably Poppa, wife of Rolf. It would be possible to reconcile the different versions if Comte Bernard's mother was married twice, her first husband being Bérenger Comte de Bayeux. They settled in Neustria in France at the beginning of the 10th Century, when King Charles the Simple conferred the duchy, since called Normandy on Rollo, the Dane, the most celebrated of the Norman leaders.
Here is the part of page 11 of Professor Moriarty's manuscript from where Dr. Weis apparently drew his information: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------. The Belgian érudit, J. Dhondt, in his "Études sur la Naissance de Principautés Territoriales au France pp. Robert of Torigny combines the information, recording that "Rollo dux Northmannorum" married "Popam prius repudiatam uxorem…filiam…Berengarii comitis Baiocensis neptem vero Widonis comitis Silvanectensis"[35]. Jean et Sigrid Renaud, Rollon, chef viking, éditions Ouest-France Université, 2006 (ISBN 978-2-7373-3592-1), 1.↑ Le mariage "more danico" ("à la danoise") ou "danesche manere" en normand, désigne le mode de polygynie pratiqué par les Vikings implantés en Normandie après le traité de Saint-Clair-sur-Epte. All that is known of Poppa is that she was a Christian, and the daughter to Berengar of Rennes, the previous lord of what (Brittania Nova) became Normandy. -------------------- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppa_of_Bayeux -------------------- Poppa of Bayeux was the mistress or wife[1] (perhaps by more danico)[2] of Norman conqueror Rollo. Rollo died about 931. Dudon, however calls Poppa the daughter of Count Berenger, but Dudon is not highly trustworthy. Guillaume de Jumièges records that "le comte Bernard" welcomed "son neveu Richard" (grandson of Rollo) at Senlis after his escape from captivity[37], although in another passage he describes how Rollo captured Bayeux and took "une très-noble jeune fille Popa, fille de Bérenger" in the town, marrying her "à la manière des Danois"[38], in a later passage adding that Rollo married Poppa, whom he had previously repudiated, a second time after the death of his wife[39]. He died 931 in Notre Dame,Rouen,France. Rollo died about 931.
On her death he took back Poppie and they were married by the Christian ceremony. 'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); Bonjour et bienvenue sur ce forum de généalogie, Il nous fera plaisir de vous aider dans vos recherches, Vous pouvez aussi discuter entre amis sur le chat du forum, Sr Alphonsine Labbé À la Maison généralice des Soeurs de la Charité de Québec, le 20 avril 2008, à l'âge de 95 ans, est décédée Soeur Alphonsine Labbé (en religion Soeur Saint-Gabriel-de-l'Annonciation), après 77 ans de vie religieuse. According to Orderic Vitalis, Rollo "stormed and captured Bayeux, slew its count Berengar and took to wife his daughter Poppa"[32]. His marriage to Giselle was without issue. According to Orderic Vitalis, Rollo "stormed and captured Bayeux, slew its count Berengar and took to wife his daughter Poppa"[33].
On her death he took back Poppie and they were married by the Christian ceremony. ~Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 121E:18, 1st Count of Normandy, banished from Normandy to the Hebrides. In another passage, the same source records that Rollo besieged Paris, captured Bayeux, killed "Berengarium comitem" and married his daughter Popa, in 886[773], although this date appears early in light of the likely birth date range of the couple's son Guillaume.