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Noble family
  
House of Normandy

Parents
  
Rollo, Poppa of Bayeux

Role
  
Rollo's daughter

Name
  
Gerloc Gerloc

Mother
  
Poppa of Bayeux

Father
  
Rollo of Normandy


Died
  
October 14, 962 AD, Nevers, France

Spouse
  
William III, Duke of Aquitaine (m. 935 AD)

Children
  
Adelaide of Aquitaine, William IV, Duke of Aquitaine

Grandchildren
  
Robert II of France, William V, Duke of Aquitaine

Similar People
  
Rollo, Poppa of Bayeux, William I Longsword, Adelaide of Aquitaine, Rognvald Eysteinsson

Gerloc (or Geirlaug), baptised in Rouen as Adela (or Adèle) in 912, was the daughter of Rollo, first duke of Normandy, and his wife, Poppa. She was the sister of Duke William Longsword.

In 935, she married William Towhead, the future count of Poitou and duke of Aquitaine. They had two children together before she died on 14 October 962:

  • William IV of Aquitaine
  • Adelaide of Aquitaine, wife of Hugh Capet
  • References

    Gerloc Wikipedia