Born about in Rouen, Seine--et-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Normandie
and Herleva (UNKNOWN) d'Evreux
Brother of
Gautier (de Rouen) de Rosmar [half], Raoul (d'Évreux) Evreux and Guillaume (de Evreux) Evreux
Husband of
Adaele (Sunifred) Evreux
— married
1030 in S-Infr,,,France
Husband of
Godeheut (Barcelona) d'Evreux
— married
1038 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Willelm (Evreux) d'Evreux and Agnes (Evreux) de Montfort
Died
at about age 81
in Eure, Normandie, France
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Biography
Richard was the 2nd Count of Evreux; Count of Rouen.
He was the founder of the great Norman abbey of St. Sauveur, furnished eighty ships for the invasion of England, and with his son, William, fought by the Conqueror's side at Hastings, "bearing himself gallantly in the battle."
He married Godeheut, relict of Roger de Toeni.[1] They had issue:
- Bertha.
Sources
- ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: William Pollard & Co, 1953, Ed. 2 Vol XII Part 1, FamilySearch p. 757
See also:
- The Battle Abbey Roll with Some Accounts of the Norman Lineages, by Duchess of Cleveland, publ. 1889 by John Murray, London, England
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C. Mackinnon
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D'Evreux-37 and Evreux-32 appear to represent the same person because: This looks like it is supposed to be the same man
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