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From: "Todd A. Farmerie" <>
Subject: Re: grandfather of hugh capet's wife
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 1997 11:28:12 -0400


Alan B. Wilson wrote:
>
> Poppa, dau. of Cout Berengar of Bayeux, is listed as the wife of
> Rollo, Duke of Normandy, in Schwenicke (ed.) ii, 79 and ii, 75 [as rev. in
> iii(1)]; in Weis, Ancestral Roots, line 121E-18; in Moriarty, Plantagenet
> Ancestry, p. 11; in Winkhaus, Ahnen zu Karl dem Grossen und Widukind, p.
> 133; in Joannis and Saint-Jouan, Les Seize Quartiers Genealogiques des
> Capetiens, i, 4.
>
> Settipani in La prehistoire des Capetiens, discusses Dudon's work and
> Douglas's (and other) critiques on p. 218. On p. 219 and in the table on
> p. 221 he considers Poppa as possibly a daughter of Wido, Count of Senlis
> and his wife, a dau. of Pippin of Neustria. However, on p. 228, where
> actually presenting a firm relationship, he speaks of ". . . Wilhelm
> (Guillaime), Ier du nom, dit Longue Epee, comte de Rouen, . . . fils de
> Rollon, comte des Normands, et Poppa de Bayeux."
>
> While the identification of Poppa of Bayeux may be uncertain, many
> reputable genealogists continue to name her.

Yet another possible lineage for Poppa is found in the work of Lot,
where he attempts to identify Berenger, Count of "Bayeux", and father of
Poppa, with the Count Berenger of Rennes, grandfather of Conan Berenger
of Brittany.

ta

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