# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-longsword
# Generated: 2026-09-02T00:25:41.188Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-longsword"
name: "William Longsword"
slug: "william-longsword"
description: "The second ruler of Normandy held the region for fifteen years before someone killed him. The famous byname came later — no one called him Longsword while he was alive."
tagline: "Count of Normandy from 927 to 942"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_longsword_statue_in_falaise.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "905"
deathDate: "0942-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.36
  momentum:             0.002515723270440251
  historical:           21.91568
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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    slug: "politicians"
  - name: "Politician"
    slug: "politician"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Medieval Era"
    slug: "medieval-era"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313017"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/William%20Longsword"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillem_I_de_Normandia"
    title: "Guillem I de Normandia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vil%C3%A9m_I._Normandsk%C3%BD"
    title: "Vilém I. Normandský"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_1._af_Normandiet"
    title: "Vilhelm 1. af Normandiet"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_I._(Normandie)"
    title: "Wilhelm I. (Normandie)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9D%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Γουλιέλμος Α΄ της Νορμανδίας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelmo_la_1-a_(Normandio)"
    title: "Vilhelmo la 1-a (Normandio)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_I_de_Normand%C3%ADa"
    title: "Guillermo I de Normandía"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilen_I.a_Normandiakoa"
    title: "Gilen I.a Normandiakoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%85_%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%8C_%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%A9_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "گیوم یکم، دوک نورماندی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_Pitk%C3%A4miekka"
    title: "Vilhelm Pitkämiekka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Ier_de_Normandie"
    title: "Guillaume Ier de Normandie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillerme_I_de_Normand%C3%ADa"
    title: "Guillerme I de Normandía"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F%2C_%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A1_%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94"
    title: "ויליאם הראשון, דוכס נורמנדיה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._Vilmos_normandiai_herceg"
    title: "I. Vilmos normandiai herceg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williame_de_lon_Espee"
    title: "Williame de lon Espee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhj%C3%A1lmur_1._af_Normand%C3%AD"
    title: "Vilhjálmur 1. af Normandí"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_I_di_Normandia"
    title: "Guglielmo I di Normandia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A01%E4%B8%96_(%E3%83%8E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E5%85%AC)"
    title: "ギヨーム1世 (ノルマンディー公)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_I_van_Normandi%C3%AB"
    title: "Willem I van Normandië"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_I_av_Normandie"
    title: "Vilhelm I av Normandie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Ier_Longue-%C3%89p%C3%A9e"
    title: "Guillaume Ier Longue-Épée"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_I_van_Normandi%C3%AB"
    title: "Willem I van Normandië"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwilherm_Ia%C3%B1_Normandi"
    title: "Gwilherm Iañ Normandi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  William became count of Rouen in 927, inheriting the Norman territory his father Rollo had carved out of Francia. For fifteen years he governed a population still finding its shape between Norse roots and Frankish surroundings. Contemporary chroniclers like Flodoard called him and his father *principes* — chieftains — not dukes; that title wouldn't stick to Norman rulers for another century. On 17 December 942, he was assassinated. The "Longsword" epithet that defines him now appears nowhere in the records of his lifetime, surfacing only in texts written more than a hundred years after his death.