{"slug": "william-longsword", "label": "William Longsword", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Longsword", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313017", "qid": "Q313017", "description": "Count of Normandy from 927 to 942", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [893, 942], "span_label": ["893 CE", "942 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "duchy-of-normandy", "label": "Duchy of Normandy", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "vermandois", "label": "Vermandois", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rudolph-of-france", "label": "Rudolph of France", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "county-of-flanders", "label": "County of Flanders", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "reims", "label": "Reims", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-the-simple", "label": "Charles the Simple", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "laon", "label": "Laon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "peronne-somme", "label": "Péronne, Somme", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-francia", "label": "East Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "otto-i-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 893, "year_label": "893 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "William I (Longsword), duke of Normandy (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917563#Births", "title": "893", "revid": 1364917563, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 928, "year_label": "928 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Rudolph I loses the support of Herbert II, count of Vermandois, who controls the prison at Péronne in which former King Charles III (the Simple) is imprisoned. Herbert brings him before William I (Longsword), count of Rouen, for homage and then to Rheims as leverage to blackmail Rudolph to make him cede sovereignty over Laon (Northern France).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364916804#Europe", "title": "928", "revid": 1364916804, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 931, "year_label": "931 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Rollo, duke of Normandy, dies at Rouen after an 11-year reign. He is the first leader of the Viking settlers to establish an independent dukedom (a vassal of the West Frankish Kingdom). His eldest son, William Longsword, becomes the second ruler of Normandy (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917472#Europe", "title": "931", "revid": 1364917472, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 933, "year_label": "933 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "William I (\"Longsword\"), duke of Normandy, recognises King Rudolph as his overlord. In turn he gives William the Cotentin Peninsula and the Channel Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917339#Europe", "title": "933", "revid": 1364917339, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 939, "year_label": "939 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Hugh the Great, count of Paris, rebels against King Louis IV (\"d'Outremer\") and gains support from William I, duke of Normandy. Hugh, along with Herbert II, count of Vermandois, Arnulf I, count of Flanders and William pay homage to King Otto I (ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom), and support him in his struggle against Louis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656722#Europe", "title": "939", "revid": 1366656722, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 942, "year_label": "942 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 17", "text": "December 17 – William I (\"Longsword\"), duke of Normandy, is ambushed and assassinated by supporters of Arnulf I (\"the Great\"), count of Flanders, while the two are at a peace conference at Picquigny (on an island on the Somme) to settle their differences. William is succeeded by his 9-year-old son Richard.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364918673#Europe", "title": "942", "revid": 1364918673, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 942, "year_label": "942 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 17", "text": "December 17 – William I, duke of Normandy (b.c. 893)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364918673#Deaths", "title": "942", "revid": 1364918673, "section": "Deaths"}}]}