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The man known to history as Rollo of Normandy was born in the mid-9th century, potentially in the year 860 AD. He was a Viking from the region of Scandinavia and later the founder and first ruler of the Duchy of Normandy. Rollo has also been called Rolf, Rou*, Rollon* in French and Hrólfr* in Old Norse. His father was possibly Rognvald* Eysteinsson*, the founding Jarl*, or Earl, of Møre* - a county at the northern tip of Western Norway. Rognvald*, known as Rognvald* the Wise and Rognvald* the powerful, was a close relative and ally of King Harald Fairhair, the earliest known King of Norway. Rognvald* makes a brief appearance in the Norse Sagas which are prose stories and histories from Iceland and Scandinavia that often told of Viking voyages, migrations and family feuds. But little accurate information is known about Rognvald’s* life, especially as the Sagas were prone to exaggeration, contradiction and outright myth-making. It was said that Rognvald* played a role in the founding