Duc du Normandie Richard I "Sans Peur" Normandy Duc du Normandie 
Richard I "Sans Peur" was born on August 28th, 0933 in Normandie, France. He died at the age of 63 on November 20th, 0996 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France.General Notes
Richard I, byname RICHARD The FEARLESS, French RICHARD SANS PEUR (b. c. 932--d. 996), duke of Normandy (942-996), son of William I Longsword.
Louis IV of France took the boy-duke into his protective custody, apparently intent upon reuniting Normandy to the crown's domains; but in 945 Louis was captured by the Normans, and Richard was returned to his people. Richard withstood further Carolingian attempts to subdue his duchy and, in 987, was instrumental in securing the French crown for his brother-in-law, the Robertian Hugh Capet. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97]
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On the ancestry of the Grenville's and parents of Mauger, Count of Corbeil, their ancestor:
Richard I, Duke of Normandy (ggf through his eldest son of Robert II (The Devil), Duke of Normandy, who was in turn father by his mistress Harlette/Harlot of William I (The Conqueror); b 933; married 2nd his former mistress Gunnor and died 20 Nov 996, leaving [Mauger]. [Burke's Peerage, p. 1603]
Richard I, byname RICHARD The FEARLESS, French RICHARD SANS PEUR (b. c. 932--d. 996), duke of Normandy (942-996), son of William I Longsword.
Louis IV of France took the boy-duke into his protective custody, apparently intent upon reuniting Normandy to the crown's domains; but in 945 Louis was captured by the Normans, and Richard was returned to his people. Richard withstood further Carolingian attempts to subdue his duchy and, in 987, was instrumental in securing the French crown for his brother-in-law, the Robertian Hugh Capet. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97]
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On the ancestry of the Grenville's and parents of Mauger, Count of Corbeil, their ancestor:
Richard I, Duke of Normandy (ggf through his eldest son of Robert II (The Devil), Duke of Normandy, who was in turn father by his mistress Harlette/Harlot of William I (The Conqueror); b 933; married 2nd his former mistress Gunnor and died 20 Nov 996, leaving [Mauger]. [Burke's Peerage, p. 1603]
Richard I "Sans Peur" and Concubine were married in a religious ceremony before 0953 in No Marriage. They had a daughter named Pappia of.
Richard I "Sans Peur" and Gunnora (Gundra) de were married in a religious ceremony before 0959 in Danish Wife - Christian marriage after 968. They had six sons and two daughters, named Robert Archbishop of , Count of Evreux, Geoffrey (Godfrey) d', Richard II, "Le Bon" de, Mauger Count de, Geoffrey d' Eu &, Godfrey d', Beatrice de and Havoise de.
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Children
Robert Archbishop of , Count of Evreux Rouen
Robert Archbishop of , Count of Evreux was born about 0964 in Evreux, Normandy, France. He died in 1037.
Geoffrey (Godfrey) d' Eu
Geoffrey (Godfrey) d' was born in 0966 in Eu, Dieppe, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France. He died about 0996.
Duc de Normandie Richard II, "Le Bon" de Normandy Duc de Normandie
Richard II, "Le Bon" de was born in 0971 in Normandy, France. He died at the age of 55 on August 28th, 1026 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France.
Mauger Count de Corbeil
Mauger Count de was born in 0974 in Normandy, France. He died at the age of 66 in 1040 in Corbeil, Marne, France.
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