Rollo (Rollon)

Japanese: ロロ - ろろ(英語表記)Rollo (Rollon)
Rollo (Rollon)

The first Duke of Normandy (reigned 911-927). He was also called Count of Rouen. A leader of the Vikings in Norway. He ravaged the North Sea coast of England, Friesland, and northern France, then headed for the mouth of the Seine River, and in 890 invaded the County of Bayeux and married the daughter of the County's son. The following year he plundered Lisieux, and the year after that he besieged Paris, and then settled in Rouen. Here, in 911, the West Frankish King Charles III (the Simple) and Rollo concluded a treaty in which Rollo would give him part of Neustria (Eastern Normandy), which had been occupied by the Normans, in exchange for Rollo's refusal to plunder any more. After that, Rollo expanded his territory through conquest, and in 922 he acquired Middle Normandy from Raoul, King of the Robert family of France, and established the foundation of his duchy. His personality and life are full of mysteries, and many different theories are mixed together.

[Inoue Yasuo]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

初代ノルマンディー公(在位911~927)。ルーアン伯ともいわれる。ノルウェーのバイキングの一首領。イギリス、フリースラント、北フランスの北海沿岸一帯を荒らし回り、ついでセーヌ川の河口地帯に向かい、890年にバイユー伯領に遠征、同伯の娘と結婚。翌年リジューを略奪、さらにその翌年にはパリを攻囲し、ついでルーアンに定着した。ここにおいて、西フランク王シャルル3世(単純王)は、ロロとの間に、ノルマン人によって占領されていたネウストリアの一部(東ノルマンディー)を与えるかわり、以後ロロが略奪を行わない旨の条約を取り決めた(911)。その後ロロは、征服によって領土を広げ、922年には中部ノルマンディーをロベール家のフランス王ラウールから手に入れ、公領の基礎を固めた。彼の人となりも、その生涯も謎(なぞ)に満ち、諸説が入り乱れている。

[井上泰男]

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