#william longsword

[illustratus]

William Longespée, Earl of Salisbury by Henry Shaw

[roehenstart]

The Sacrifice of Sibylla of Jerusalem. By Felix Auvray.

In mid-spring 1177, poorly acclimatised to Palestine and with little immunity to its infections, William Longsword contracted an illness. For two months, the count fought against the disease, but finally succumbed in Ascalon in June 1177.

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William Longsword (893-942)

* Son of Rollo

* Count of Rouen

* Roundel with an portrait of William; Genealogical Chronicle of English Kings (14th century)

Source: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

[ceridwenofwales]

Maybe I’m thinking too far ahead but I’m really hoping we see William longsword in the future, although with Hirst I won’t be surprised if he makes him William the conqueror instead

Merry Christmas if you celebrate. Well, Rollo will appear this season. Although, I’m not sure if either in season 5A or B. By the description we have of his role in this season, it seems he is dying.

Ragnar’s brother, Rollo is an impulsive and ruthless warrior. Rollo decides to think of himself and becomes the Duke of Normandy after marrying Princess Gisla. When Ragnar dies, Rollo is lost between the feeling of success and that of emptiness. Viking blood flows in his veins, and he tries to prove to the gods that he is still worthy to join his brother in Valhalla.

This way, we will get a glimpse of Normandy and, maybe, an adult William to whom Rollo will pass the torch. One can only hope.

I also imagine Hirst might go with William the Conqueror to finish the show. My crazy thoughts are:

I believe Hirst favors Ivar. This way, he might want to show Ivar’s death as the end of the Viking Age (even if it was not). I’ll explain better. We know we are having Russia in season 6. So I suppose Hvitserk will meet his end there (by the sagas Hirst is not really fond of following anyway), but it’s said Ivar was the first of Aslaug’s sons to die. It’s also said he was the eldest, yet the show doesn’t go with this.

Anyway, if (a big if here) Hvitserk dies, Ivar might follow him shortly and Hirst could write a time jump with William the Conqueror founding Ivar’s burial place, starting the Norman Conquest and the ending of Viking Era. I confess that it’s the ending I’m cheering for.

The excerpt of Ivar’s saga:

This prophecy held true, says the saga, until William the Conqueror came ashore. He went to the burial site and broke the mound and saw that Ivar’s body had not decayed. William had a large pyre made upon which Ivar’s body was burned, then he proceeded with the invasion and achieved victory.

[goldentailedmermaids]

The Dukes of Normandy serie: William Longsword

William Longsword, like his father, was called Jarl of the Northmen of the Seine. He was born in 910 in another place than Frankia, perhaps in England, and died in 942 in Picquigny, a town in Northern France. He was an important political player throughout his life and is said to have been a great warrior. It is also said that he comissionned many books to be made and written for he knew how to read and enjoyed reading like his sister. Through Sprota, who he married more danico, he had a son; Richard and had no issues with Liutgarde of Vermandois, his Christian wife who he married in 935. Unlike his father, William was a Christian which led many of the Norsemen who settled in Rollo's lands to doubt about his legitimacy and think that because of his Frankish blood, he favored the Franks too much. But William fought them and repressed their rebellion in 935. His legitimacy and authority was no longer debated afterwards. His Christian faith also led him to give money to many monastries as well as re-establish the abbey of Jumiège, for which his sister, Adela of Poitiers, sent monks, and the Mount st Michel. In 931 the Britons whose territory had been conquered by William and before him Rollo who enlarged the lands granted to him by Charles le simple, rebelled but William, helped by the Norsemen of Nantes, repressed that rebellion and later made peace with the Britons leaders. In 936, he helped re-establishing on the throne of France the line of Charlemagne by helping Louis d'Outremer, son of Charles le simple, regain his rightful crown. Yet, in 940, he took Herbert of Vermandois and the duke of the Franks, Hugues the great's side against the king and Arnoul of Flanders which led to an agreement between them and the young king after the sieges of Reims and Laon. In 939, William took back Montreuil from Arnoul of Flanders and fought personnally to give it back to Herluin, the town's count. By doing so, he took control over the Picardie's shores and prevented any of the Flanders principality's wishes of extensions. But sadly, this event had a tragic end: William was invited by Arnoul of Flanders and the main nobles opposed to the rise of Normandy as a powerful fiefdom to sign a treaty of peace. Once the treaty signed, William was treacherously assassinated and his son, Richard, kept hostage by Louis d'Outremer.

[dattebayo-baka]

When your OTP has the cutest kids in the entire show

[goldentailedmermaids]

Also on Ao3 

And it is FINISHED! Thank you all so much for having followed this stroy for 4 months! I appreciated all your feedbacks and kudos. It was always a joy to read your words regarding what I wrote. I hope it helped you waiting for 4b and made the wait shorter.

Needless to say that despite many inaccuracies and english mistakes I think this fanfic is perhaps the best I wrote so far (maybe because the characters are OCs). Some of the characters will return in a fanfic I plan to write about Sig and Boda.

Again, thanks for the support you gave to that story. I am really happy of it.

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Also on Ao3 

It is finally time for Geirlaug and her betrothed to get married. Yet they face some comical consequences after their stormy night. Guillaume, Geirlaug’s brother gets married too.

Comments and reviews are most very welcome ;)