History
The name of the Vexin is derived from a name for a Gaulish tribe now known as the Veliocasses that inhabited the area and made Rouen their most important city.
The Norse nobleman Rollo of Normandy (ca. 846–ca. 931), the first ruler of the Viking principality that became Normandy, made several incursions into the western half of the county. He halted his actions when the Carolingian king Charles III of France, called "Charles the Simple," abandoned the part of the territory that Rollo occupied under the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in 911. The terms of the treaty established the Duchy of Normandy and fixed its boundary with the Kingdom of France along the river Epte. This divided the county of Vexin into two parts:
- Norman Vexin (Vexin normand), which became part of the Duchy of Normandy bounded by the rivers Epte, Andelle and Seine.
- French Vexin (Vexin français), which remained part of the Île-de-France province bounded by the rivers Epte, Oise and Seine.
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