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When I read the question, I immediately thought of Rollo, but I had to make certain that Guillaume le Conquerant was who I thought he was. (I had one day of French in college. Really.) About 20 of the 42 men who have been President of the US were descended from William (and thus, Rollo) as well. Note that the monarchs not in the line of descent from William to Elizabeth II in your link were still descendants of William.
Rollo is the great great great great great grandfather of William. William was also descended from Charlemagne.
William's father was Robert the Magnificent. Robert's mother was Judith, daughter of Conan I of Rennes. Conan's father was Judicael Berengar, whose father was Berengar of Bayeux. Berengar of Bayeux's father was Herbert I, Count of Vermandois. Herbert's father was Pepin of Vermandois. Pepin's father was King Bernard of Italy, who was the illegitimate son of King Pepin, whose father was...Charlemagne.
Thus, the current royals of England, and, in fact, most of England, as well as almost half of the US Presidents, are all descendants of Charles the Great.
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