Sprota

• Preferred Name: Sprota ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38]}
  
• Alternate Name: Sprota de Normandie
  
• Gender: F
  
• FSID: LDH1-G9D
  
• Title+(Nobility): in Rouen, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France with note: Description: Duchess of Normandie
  
• Title+(Nobility): in Flandersbach, Wülfrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland at LATI: N1.3099 LONG: E0.9948 with note: Description: Countess of Flandres
  
• Find+A+Grave: with note: Description: Memorial #132471168
  
• Birth: 21 JUN 911 in Bretagne, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France at LATI: N7.0028 LONG: E0.6822
  
• Death: 9 FEB 1001 in Ponteaudemer, Normandy, France at LATI: N8.928 LONG: E0.5326
  
• Burial: 965 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France at LATI: N9.5 LONG: E0
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Sprota was an early 10th century woman of obscure origin who became wife 'in the Viking fashion' (more danico)[1][2] of William I, Duke of Normandy, by him becoming mother of his successor, Duke Richard I. After the death of William, she married a wealthy landowner, Esperleng, by him having another son, Norman nobleman Rodulf of Ivry.
  The first mention of Sprota is by her contemporary, Flodoard of Reims. Although he does not name her, he identifies her under the year [943] as the mother of "William’s son [Richard] born of a Breton concubine".[6] Elisabeth van Houts wrote "on this reference rests the identification of Sprota, William Longsword’s wife 'according to the Danish custom', as of Breton origin",[7] and this could apply to someone of native Breton, Scandinavian, or Frankish ethnicity, the latter being the most likely based on her name spelling.[8] The first to provide her name was William of Jumièges,[9][10] writing in the second half of the 11th century. The name Sprota seems to contain the same root as the anthroponym Sprot found in the Domesday Book and in various place-names both in England such as Sprotbrough (Sproteburg 1086) and in Normandy like the Eprevilles, such as Epreville (Sprovilla 1025),[11] which is at the same time Anglo-Saxon as Sprota,[12] Anglo-Scandinavian and Scandinavian (see Sproti[13]).
  The non-Christian nature of her relationship with William became a source of ridicule for her son Richard. The French King Louis "abused the boy with bitter insults", calling him "the son of a whore who had seduced another woman's husband."[14][15]
  At the time of the birth of her first son Richard, Sprota was living in her own household at Bayeux, under William's protection.[4] William, having just quashed a rebellion at Pré-de Bataille (c. 936),[a] received the news by a messenger that Sprota had just given birth to a son; delighted at the news William ordered his son to be baptized and given the personal name of Richard.[10] William's steward Boto became the boy's godfather.[16]
  After the death of William Longsword and the captivity of her son Richard, she had been "collected" from her dangerous situation by the "immensely wealthy" Esperleng.[3] Robert of Torigni identified Sprota's second husband[b] as Esperleng, a wealthy landowner who operated mills at Pîtres.
  Family
  By William I Longsword she was the mother of:
  Richard I, Duke of Normandy[18]
  By Esperling of Vaudreuil she was the mother of:
  Rodulf, Count of Ivry[19]several daughters who married Norman magnates
  
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprota
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMANDY.htm#Gerlocdiedafter969 as of 1/16/2016
  
  SPROTA, daughter of ---. Guillaume of Jumièges records that, after the rebel “Riulfus” was defeated at the
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORTHERN%20FRANCE.htm#Luitgarddiedafter977 as of 1/16/2016
  
  LUITGARDIS (before 925-14 Nov after 985, bur Chartres, Abbaye de Saint-Père). Rodulfus Glauber r
  
  === Bio ===
  Breton concubine (forced), taken in Viking fashion.

• m. 932 in Normandy, , , France
• m. 931 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France

1. Richard 'Sans-Peur' I, b. 28 AUG 933 in Fécamp, Haute-Normandie, France     d. 20 NOV 996 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

1. Raoul comte d'Ivry, b. ABT 945     d. BET 1015 AND 1047 in Ivry-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France

1. Raoul comte d'Ivry, b. ABT 945     d. BET 1015 AND 1047 in Ivry-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France

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   Author: Fanning and Bachrach, The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 2011, p. 37
   
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10. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: SPROTA
    Publication: Name: http://shop.fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/normabc.htm#EsperlengPitresMSprota;
    Note: 1. ESPERLENG de Pîtres, son of --- . m SPROTA, daughter of --- . From Brittany. Sprota was previously the concubine or wife of Guillaume I Comte [de Normandie]. Guillaume of Jumièges records that "Richardus I filius Willelmi Longæspatæ...mater eius Sprota" and "Asperlengi" and that they had "filium "Rodulphum...et filias plures." Esperling & his wife had [four or more] children:
    
11. Title: Sprota, Wikipedia
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    Publication: Name: http://shop.fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/normabc.htm#EsperlengPitresMSprota;
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17. Title: en.Wikipedia Sprota
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprota;
    Note: Sprota was an early 10th century woman of obscure origin who became wife 'in the Viking fashion' (more danico)[1][2] of William I, Duke of Normandy, by him becoming mother of his successor, Duke Richard I. After the death of William, she married a wealthy landowner, Esperleng, by him having another son, Norman nobleman Rodulf of Ivry.[3][4][5] Life The first mention of Sprota is by her contemporary, Flodoard of Reims. Although he does not name her, he identifies her under the year [943] as the mother of "William's son [Richard] born of a Breton concubine".[6] Elisabeth van Houts wrote "on this reference rests the identification of Sprota, William Longsword's wife 'according to the Danish custom', as of Breton origin",[7] and this could apply to someone of native Breton, Scandinavian, or Frankish ethnicity, the latter being the most likely based on her name spelling.[8] The first to provide her name was William of Jumièges,[9][10] writing in the second half of the 11th century. The name Sprota seems to contain the same root as the anthroponym Sprot found in the Domesday Book and in various place-names both in England such as Sprotbrough (Sproteburg 1086) and in Normandy like the Eprevilles, such as Epreville (Sprovilla 1025),[11] which is at the same time Anglo-Saxon as Sprota,[12] Anglo-Scandinavian and Scandinavian (see Sproti[13]). The non-Christian nature of her relationship with William became a source of ridicule for her son Richard. The French King Louis "abused the boy with bitter insults", calling him "the son of a whore who had seduced another woman's husband."[14][15] At the time of the birth of her first son Richard, Sprota was living in her own household at Bayeux, under William's protection.[4] William, having just quashed a rebellion at Pré-de Bataille (c. 936),[a] received the news by a messenger that Sprota had just given birth to a son; delighted at the news William ordered his son to be baptized and given the personal name of Richard.[10] William's steward Boto became the boy's godfather.[16] After the death of William Longsword and the captivity of her son Richard, she had been "collected" from her dangerous situation by the "immensely wealthy" Esperleng.[3] Robert of Torigni identified Sprota's second husband[b] as Esperleng, a wealthy landowner who operated mills at Pîtres.[4][17] Family By William I Longsword she was the mother of: Richard I, Duke of Normandy[18] By Esperling of Vaudreuil she was the mother of: Rodulf, Count of Ivry[19] several daughters who married Norman magnatesseveral daughters who married Norman magnates Notes: a. The date of the battle and as such Richard's birth is commonly given as c.936 but according to the Annals of Jumièges (ed. Laporte, p. 53) Richard was baptized in 938. See Van Houts, Gesta Normannorum Ducum, 1992, 1:78-9 n. 5. b. Probably also in the Viking or Danish fashion of marriage. See: Searle, Predatory Kinship, 1988, 291 n. 2 References: 1. Van Houts, Gesta Normannorum Ducum, 1994, 1:xxxviii 2. Reynolds, Marriage in the Western Church, 1992, 111 3. Philippe, La Normandie an xe siècle, 1845, 6 4. Crouch, The Normans, 2007, 26 5. Van Houts, The Normans in Europe, 2000, 4 6. Fanning and Bachrach, The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 2011, p. 37 7. Van Houts, The Normans in Europe, 2000, 47 n. 77 8. Van Houts, The Normans in Europe, 2000, p. 182 9. Keats-Rohan, 'Poppa of Bayeux and Her Family', 1997, 192 10. Van Houts, Gesta Normannorum Ducum, 1992, 1:78-9 11. de Beaurepaire, François (1981). Les Noms des communes et anciennes paroisses de l'Eure (in French). Paris. A. et J. 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38. Title: Find a Grave: Espriota Sproata Adela De Bretagne
    Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132471168;
    Note: Espriota Sproata Adela De Bretagne BIRTH 911 DEATH 945 (aged 33–34) BURIAL Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France MEMORIAL ID 132471168 There is some doubt that Espriota Sproata's parents were indeed Herbert de Vermandois and Bertha de Morvais. They have come to the conclusion that Sprota was probably a commoner, William Longsword may have never married her, and that her parentage is most likely unknown. However we have elected to leave this memorial intact honoring her memory. Though her parentage is in question, it is generally considered that Herbert I was her father. This leads to an interesting dilemma. If he was her father then she would have been born prior to 911 AD. He alledgedly died in Sep 907 AD. Family Members Parents Herbert I Count of Vermandois unknown–907 Photo Countess Bertha De Morvois Vermandois Spouse Photo William of Normandy 893–942 Siblings Photo Beatrice of Vermandois Photo Herbert II Of Vermandois 884–943 Children Photo Richard I of Normandy 933–996