Malahulc

Malahulc may have been an uncle of Rollo of Normandy, the tenth century founder and first ruler of the principality now known as Normandy. Reaching France in 911, Rollo and his men besieged Paris and Chartres. Reaching a compromise with King Charles the Simple, they were granted the fiefdom of Normandy in exchange for an agreement to defend the shores of the Seine river against all invaders. Malahulc is first heard of when Roger de Toeny is described by William of Jumièges as de stirpe Malahulcii, qui Rollonis patruus fuerat, et cum eo Francos atterens, Normanniam fortiter acquisierat, that is, he was of the stock of Malahulc. According to, "Charters and Records of Neales of Berkeley, Yate and Corsham," By John Alexander Neale, pp 149–151, "Malahulc had three sons: (1) Richard of St. Sauveur, [b. c. 912], ancestor of the Viscounts of the Cotentin and of the Albinis, Earls of Arundel; (2) Hugh, [b. c. 914], Sire of Cavalcamp, ancestor of the families of Toeni and Conches; (3) Rodolph, [b. c. 916], Count of Bayeus, ancestor of the Earls of Chester, and the father (?) of Bothon, Count of Bessin and Bayeux." John Alexander Neale refers to him as, "Malahulc, called Halduc de Tresny or Toesni, descendant of Thor, father of Richard St. Sauveur". He also says Richard received a grant from Rollo of half the Isles of La Manche, and his brother Hrolf, called Rodolph, received the other half. By 933, Richard de St. Sauveur, Viscounte of the Cotentin is said to have holdings of nearly a third of Normandy.