• General Notes

  Sources: RC 24, 89, 166, 168, 222; Kraentzler 1153, 1156, 1174, 1180,1194,
  1211, 1432, 1443; A. Roots 121E; Coe; Norr; Onslow; Pfafman; Davis.
  Roots: (Danish wife) Gunnor, died 1027 or 1031, daughter offorester
  of Arques.
  K. calls her Gonnor de Crepon. Norr: Gunnor (Gunora), (952)-1031.
  Onslow in "The Dukes of Normandy and Their Orgin" says:
  Richard I heard about a charming woman married to thesuperintendent of
  forests at Secheville near Arques. Richard visited Secheville, met the
  forester's beautiful wife, Sainfrida, and "had the impudence tosuggest
  to her husband that he should be allowed to make her betteracquaintance.
  "The poor man was much perturbed and went in trouble to his wife.The lady
  had no mind to become the mistress of the Duke, but her morals werenot so
  rigid as to prevent her from making capital our of the situation forher
  family. Sainfrida had three sisters, Gunnor, Adelina and Veva (Wevia),and a
  brother named Herfast. Gunnor was a very pretty girl and by no means
  particular. Sainfrida told her husband to pretend to fall in with theDuke's
  proposals and give Richard facilities to pay her a visit. But whenRichard
  arrived, Gunnor took Sainfrida's place. The Duke did not discover thetrick
  until the following day; but so delighted was he with Gunnor that notonly did
  he forgive Sainfrida, but thanked her for having saved him from mortalsin! The
  result was that Gunnor became his wife by Danish custom and eventuallythe
  mother of a numerous family, the eldest of which was Richard II ofNormandy."
  Gunnor apparently had children by Richard before they were marriedand before
  his marriage to Emma. Evidently the Richard-Gunnor union waslegitimized later.
  RC 166 says Gunnor's father was Herbastus de Crepon, Forester ofArques (in
  Denmark). Were there two foresters, the father of Gunnor and Sainfridaand also
  the husband of Sainfrida? Or did the story become tangled over theyears?
  Coe spells name Gunore.
  Davis: Gonnor, daughter of a forester of Sauqueville in Britanny.Second
  wife of Richard I. She married (2) Eperleng, "farmer" of the mills ofPitres.
  

Details of  Gunnora 's family with  Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke of   Normandy