Richard I (Normandie) de Normandie
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Richard (Normandie) de Normandie (933 - 996)

Richard (Richard I) "The Fearless, Sans Peur, Duc de Normandie" de Normandie formerly Normandie aka Normandy
Born in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, Francemap
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Brother of [half] and [half]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 0956 in Francemap [uncertain]
Husband of — married 0962 [location unknown]
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Died at age 63 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, Francemap
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Richard 'Sans Peur' (the Fearless), Comte de Normandie

  • b. 932 Fécamp
  • d. 20 Nov 996 Fécamp
  • bur. Fécamp.

Richard is the son of William I of Normandy and Sprota, a Breton concubine. He's also the grandson of Rollo. He was about 10 years old when his father was killed. His mother remarried to Esperleng, and had Richard's half-brother, Rodulf of Ivry.

Parents

  • Father: William I de Normandy (d. 17 Dec 942).[1]
  • Mother: Sprota[1]

Marriage

m.1 (960 Rouen) Emma (943-aft. 19 Mar 968), dau. of Hugues 'le Grand,' Duc de Francs, Comte de Paris and Hedwig of Germany. No issue.[2]


m.2 (bef. 989) Gunnora UNKNOWN (950-05 Jan 1031). Issue: 8.[2]

  • Richard II 'le Bon/l'Irascible' (d. 23 Aug 1026; bur Fécamp).
  • Robert (d. 1037), Comte d'Evreux. Archbishop of Rouen 989.
  • Robert "Danus" (d. 12 Aug 985/89).
  • Mauger (d. 1033/40), Comte de Corbeil (wife's right).
  • (son) UNKNOWN
  • Emma "Ælgifu" of Normandy (985 14 Mar 1052 Winchesterl)
m.1 Æthelred II
m.2 (2 or 31 Jul 1017) Canute
  • Havise (d. 21 Feb 1034).
m (996) Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany (980-20 Nov 1008).
  • Mathilde (d. 1005)
m. (1003/4) Eudes II, Comte de Blois

Mistress

mistress(es) UNKNOWN. Issue: 5[2]

  • Godfroy "Geoffrey" de Brionne (953-1015), Comte d'Eu after 996.
  • Guillaume (978-1057), Comte d'Hiémois. Comte d'Eu.
  • Robert (d. after 1015), Comte d'Avranches
  • Beatrix (d. 18 Jan 1035)
m (bef. 1001 ... divorced) Ebles, Vicomte de Turenne, (d. after 1021).
  • (dau) UNKNOWN
m. Gilbert, Advocate of Saint Valéry

Sources

  • Ademari Historiarum III.33, MGH SS IV, p. 131.
  • Cawley, C. (2006). Medieval Lands v.4. Fmg.ac.[1][3]
  • Flodoard of Reims (1855). Flodoardi Chronicon. Reims : Regnier. Google Books. [2][4]

Citations and Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notice of resolution of ambiguous parentage: profile been edited in accordance with European Aristocracy user-group. Parents (or lack of) decided upon in consultation with primary sources collected by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cawley, 2006
  3. ↑ CITING: Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber III, II, p. 234; Flodoard 943, MGH SS III, p. 389; Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Chapter 27; Orderic Vitalis, Vol. II, Book III, p. 9; Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber III, XI, XII, p. 238; Kerrebrouck, P. Van (2000) Les Capétiens 987-1328 (Villeneuve d'Asq), p. 50 footnote 6; Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber IV, II, III, IV, pp. 239-40; Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Chapters 43-45; Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 47; Chavanon, J. (ed.) (1897) Adémar de Chabannes, Chronique (Paris), Book III, 27, and Rodolfus Glauber, Life of William Volpiano, 7. Houts (2000), p. 102; Bonnin, T. (ed.) (1870) Cartulaire de Louviers (Evreux) ("Louviers"), Tome I, I, p. 1; Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber IV, XX, p. 249; Brevis Relatio de Origine Willelmi Conquestoris, p. 14. Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 5, MGH SS IX, p. 383; Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber IV, X, XII, pp. 243-4; Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber IV, XVIII, p. 247; Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber VIII, XXXVI, p. 311. Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber IV, XVIII, p. 247; Robert de Torigny, Book VIII c. 36; Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 998, MGH SS XXIII, p. 777.
  4. ↑ see: year 960. Records marriage to Emma; see also: Space: Flodoardi Chronicon

See Also...

  • McKitterick, R. (1983). The Frankish Kingdoms Under the Carolignians 751-987, pp. 238-239. Longman.
  • Searle, E. (1988). Predatory Kinship and the Creation of Norman Power, 840-1066. University of California Press.






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He wasn't a king; he formally paid homage to the King of France, so he was a Duke.
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