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History and Genealogy
of the Pearsall Family in England
and America:
Volume I
Front Cover
Inside Front Cover
The Motive
Thanks
Illustrations
Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Appendix I
Volume II
Volume III
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ences to him in the
documents of 918. It was in this year that he was married to his old wife
Poppa, according to the rites of the church. The Historian adding: -He
was already married to her mere Danico, and
this marriage rendered legitimate in the eyes of his Christian subjects,
the two children he had had by her. It is doubtful in view of the
subsequent history of Normandy
whether a majority of his subjects were Christians. The fact that Rollo
yielded to a second marriage only indicates that under him the Church had
gained mightily in Normandy,
until even the reigning Duke yielded to her desires. Perhaps it was his
old age that made him weak, but modern thought will never yield to the
statement that the presence of a priest, and the sanctity of a church, are
necessary to make a marriage legitimate, that has been entered into
according to the requirements of the laws of the land in force at the
time of its performance. Their children were:
1. *24. GUILLAUME, or WILLIAM, surnamed
LONGUE-EPEE, i. e. LONG
SWORD, DUKE OF NORMANDY, Chapter 4, Section 1.
2. Gerloc or Garletta, who received the name of Adele at her
baptism, who became the wife of William surnamed tete
d' e' toupe, Count of Piton and Duke de Guilme.
Rollo
married, as we have stated, according to the rites of the Church, Gisla de France, daughter of King Charles the Simple.
The first wife was still living, and historians claim that he never lived
with this lady. Nevertheless, this unjoyful
union, it is said, was attended with all the discomforts of love and
jealousy. There were no children by this marriage. [Leicester
Lit. & Phil. Soc. Trans. 1910, No. 14, page 63.]
The
following chart will prove helpful to the reader.
Guillaume,
the son of Rollo and Poppa, was brought up by the clergy, who having as
they thought, thereby secured a controlling influence on him, were
willing to accept him as the lawful heir of his father. It was a period
of change from pagan to Christian customs, and one had not yet lost its
sanctity nor had the other obtained the full force of absolute control.
It was not until after the conquest that it could be said that the Danish
customs had succumbed to the French laws. Judged by the standard of the times,
the Danish marriage was the most conservative and in every way the most
binding ceremony, except in the opinion of the priests whose interests
led them to decree otherwise. The priest-
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