Viking Origins: Lineage

The Vikings invade, from the Bayeux Tapestry.

Open disclaimer: This information is based on accepted lineage for royal lines. I do not claim that these lines are 100% accurate but, as most amateur genealogists, I am working under the assumption that they are, until I prove that they are not. I am not a true historian, I am just trying to research my family lines.

It should also be noted that no one agrees on the accuracy of lineages this old. There are differing birth and death dates between written accounts. There are so many variations of name spellings that exactly who the documents were really referring to is a source of speculation. So take every with a grain of salt. This is the best of what is currently believed to be true. It’s a possible/likely truth, not an indisputable one.

Rollo Ragnvaldsson was born in 846 in Maer, Norway. He died having been made Duke of Normandy in 932, in Rouen, Normandy. Both my parents descend from him, from two separate children, following a long trail down to re-converge in me.

Rollo to Riddle

34x) Rollo Rognvaldsson, with Poppa de Valois (taken after a raid)

33x) dau. Adaele ‘Gerloc’ de Normandie, married Duke Guillaume III of Aquitaine

32x) dau. Adelaide de Poitou, married King Hugh Capet

31x) son King Robert of Orleans II, married Constance de Toulouse

30x) son Henri I of France, married Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna, Duchess of Kiev

29x) son King Phillippe I of France, married Countess Bertha of Holland

28x) son King Louis VI of France, married Countess Alix Marie of Savoie

27x) son King Louis VII of France, married Constance of Castile

26x) dau. Alys, Countess of the Vexin, married Count William IV of Pontieu

25x) dau. Countess Marie de Ponthieu, married Count Simon II de Dammartin

24x) dau. Jeanne de Dammartin, married King Fernando II of Castile & Leon

23x) dau. Princess Leonor of Castile & Leon, married King Edward I, Longshanks

22x) dau. Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, married Humphrey de Bohun VIII

21x) son William de Bohun, married Elizabeth de Badlesmere

20x) dau. Elizabeth de Bohun, married Richard FitzAlan III

19x) dau. Elizabeth FitzAlan, married Sir Robert Gousell

18x) dau. Elizabeth Gousell, married Robert Wingfield

17x) son Sir John Wingfield, married Elizabeth FitzLewis

16x) son Sir John Wingfield II, married Margaret Dorward

15x) son Thomas Wingfield, married Elizabeth Woodhouse

14x) dau. Elizabeth Wingfield, married Geoffrey Downing

13x) son George Downing, married Dorcas Blois

12x) son Sir George Downing, married Miss Bellamy

11x) dau. Abigail Downing, married John Goode [travelled from ENG to MA]

10x) dau Abigail Goode, married Robert Moulton

9x) son Robert Moulton II, married Mary Cooke [in Salem during Witch Trials]

8x) son Robert Moulton III, married Hannah Groves [in Salem during Witch Trials]

7x) son Freeborn Moulton, married Rebekah Walker

6x) dau. Rebekah Moulton, married Thomas Ridel, of Ireland

5x) son Joseph Riddle, married Mary or Polly

4x) son Freeborn-Moulton Riddle, married Abigail Chaffe

3x) son Marquis DeLafayette Riddle, married Sarah Clickner

2x) son Lafayette Riddle, married Frances Ann Gillette

1x) son Harold Lafayette Riddle, married Elsie Elizabeth Durant

Their son Richard James Riddle was my grandfather. On my mother’s side, I am descended from Rollo through 15 daughters and 20 sons.

Rollo to Eaton

40x) Rollo Rognvaldsson, with Poppa de Valois (taken in a raid)

39x) son William I, Duke of Normandy, with Adele Sprota de Bretagne (a concubine)

38x) son Richard I, Duke of Normandy, married Gunnera de Crepon of Denmark

37x) son Richard II, Duke of Normandy, married Judith de Bretagne

36x) son Robert VI, Duke of Normandy, married Herleva ‘Artelle’ de Falaise

35x) dau. Adelaide de Normandie, married Count Lambert of Boulougne

34x) son Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria, married Judith of Lens

33x) dau. Mathilda de Northumbria, married Simon de Senlis/Saint Liz

32x) dau Maud de Senlis, married Lord Saher de Quincey

31x) son Sir Robert de Quincey, married Orabella de Leuchars

30x) son Earl Saher de Quincey, married Margaret de Beaumont

29x) dau. Loretta de Quincey, married William de Valognes

28x) dau. Sibilia de Valognes, married Robert de Stuteville IV

27x) dau. Helwise de Stuteville, married William de Lancaster

26x) son Henry de Lea, married unknown

25x) son John de Lea, married Hawise de Lancaster [his aunt/her nephew]

24x) son Henry de Lea, married unknown

23x) son William de Lea, married Clemence de Banastre

22x) dau. Sibilia de Lea, married Sir Richard de Houghton

21x) dau. Sybil de Houghton, married Robert de Clitheroe

20x) son Hugh de Clitheroe, married Isabel de Gras

19x) dau. Mary Clitheroe, married John Tempest

18x) dau. Elizabeth Tempest, married Sir Richard Norton

17x) dau. Margaret Norton, married Sir John de Stapleton

16x) dau. Christina Stapleton, married Robert Cressett

15x) son Thomas Cressett, married Jane Joan Corbet

14x) son Richard Cressett, married Joan Wrottesley

13x) dau. Jane Cressett, married Sir Henry Eaton

12x) son William Eaton, married Martha Jenkins

11x) son William Eaton II, Minister, married Jane Hussey

10x) son Nicholas Eaton, married Katherine Masters

9x) son John Eaton, married Abigail Gilson [travelled ENG to MA, 1635]

8x) son John Eaton, married Alice

7x) son Thomas Eaton, married Lydia Gay

6x) son Thomas Eaton, married Elizabeth Parker

5x) son Benjamin Eaton, married Hepsibah Skiff

4x) son Joshua Eaton, married Lucy Gould

3x) son Solomon Gould Eaton, married Hannah Ann Treadwell

2x) son Bennett Eaton, married Theresa Cordelia Tenney

1x) son Royal Levant Eaton, married Hattie Eva Smith

Their son Mark Dutcher Eaton was my grandfather. On my father’s side I am descended from Rollo through 13 daughters and 28 sons.

Are we cousins? Are any of these names familiar to you? Do you have differing information? Do we share ancestors in common? Shoot me an e-mail and let me know. I love meeting my very distant relations!