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Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy.
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AD 911
Calendar year
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911 treaty establishing the Duchy of Normandy
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Charles the Simple
King of West Francia from 898 to 922
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Viking, Count of Rouen from 911 to 928
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