General Notes

Duke of Normandy "Sans Peur"
Sources: RC 24, 89, 166, 168, 222; Coe; AF; Kings and Queens of Britain;  Norr (pages 46, 60); The Dukes of Normandy by Onslow; Butler; Pfafman; A. Roots 1-19,39, 121E; Kraentzler 1153, 1156, 1174, 1176, 1180, 1194, 1211, 1218, 1265, 1432, 1443; Davis; Magna Charta Sureties 157-1. Roots: Richard I, "the Fearless,"b. Fecamp, ca. 933; named father's heir 29 May 942. Married first (Danish wife) Gunnor but betrothed ca. 945 and eventually married 960 to Emma. After Emma's death he married (Christian marriage) Gunnor to legitimize their children. Sureties: Richard I, the Fearless, Duke of Normandy. Richard "sans Peur," Third Duke of Normandy, 942-996. The line to the dukes of Normandy comes throughIsabel St. Liz, and the line to Charlemagne comes through her husband, WilliamMauduit. The lines merge again with the marriage of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, and Emma, daughter of Hugh "The Grand," King of France. His son, Hugh Capet, later assumed the title, and primogeniture beganin the French line of kings. The two lines met again later with the marriage of Adele, daughter of King Robert II, and Richard III, Duke of Normandy. Richard was betrothed to Emma for some time but did not marry her until about 960,after the death of her father, Hugh the Great, in 956. Richard was the guardian of Hugh's son, the Duke of Paris, and eventually married Emma to strengthen his position. He did not treat her unkindly, he merely loved Gunnor. "Poor Emma passed her life at Rouen alone and solitary, and eventually she died about the year 962". Richard I, "The Fearless" (sans Peur), 3rd Duke of Normandy (942/3-996), son of William Longsword and Sprote de Bretagne. Stuart, Roderick W.  Royalty forCommoners.  2nd Edition. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992; line 166-33.  Only says that he was born about 933.  Died 20 Nov 996 at Fecamp.  Married after 962, (1) Emma (Agnes), daughter of Hugh le Grand, Count of Paris. 2.  Taute, Anne.  "Kings and Queens of Great Britain" chart.  Edition. Gives her date of death as 996.   Norr, Vernon M.  Some Early English Pedigrees, page 60, generation 38. Gives his death date as 996.  This source states that he married (1) Agnes, daughter of Hugh le Grand; had issue byand later married (2) after Agnes' death, Gunora, born 952.  Ancestral File   gives his birth date as 28 Aug 933. Death date agrees with that given in Stuart.