> There is definitely not a consensus about this - the ultimate source for > "Popa" as a wife of Rollo is Dudo of Saint-Quentin, a notoriously > divisive figure considered by many historians to be a fantasist and > something of a pest. > > Dame Jinty Nelson wrote in 2011: "It is high time that historians > stopped citing Dudo, with however many qualifications, as supplying any > evidence at all for Rollo's wives or mistresses." > > It is by no means certain that Dudo's "Popa" even existed, much less > that her father was Berengar. > Peter Stewart Thank you very much, Peter. After I re-read all of my sources, my gut told me, "When in doubt, leave it out." I love your comment about Dudo. That made me laugh.

On 31/05/2016 10:46 PM, Kathy Becker via wrote: > >> There is definitely not a consensus about this - the ultimate source for >> "Popa" as a wife of Rollo is Dudo of Saint-Quentin, a notoriously >> divisive figure considered by many historians to be a fantasist and >> something of a pest. >> >> Dame Jinty Nelson wrote in 2011: "It is high time that historians >> stopped citing Dudo, with however many qualifications, as supplying any >> evidence at all for Rollo's wives or mistresses." >> >> It is by no means certain that Dudo's "Popa" even existed, much less >> that her father was Berengar. >> Peter Stewart > > Thank you very much, Peter. After I re-read all of my sources, my gut told me, "When in doubt, leave it out." I love your comment about Dudo. That made me laugh. > > Dudo makes me laugh, I can only think of him as a comedian trying very hard to be a serious Franco-Norman moralist. My hunch is that "Popa" was invented by him to cast a glow of Christian association over Rollo's immediate family. The name is peculiar for a female, though suspiciously similar to Poppo (also called Poppa) the German missionary credited with converting the Danes (Dudo called the Normans "Dacians", meaning Danes). Peter Stewart