Sprota

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 her 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]

  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