• General Notes

  Duke of Normandy
  NAME Richard I "the Fearless" of /Normandy/
  2 SOUR S033320
  Sources: RC 24, 89, 166, 168, 222; Coe; AF; Kings and Queens ofBritain;
  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; namedfather's heir
  29 May 942. Married first (Danish wife) Gunnor but betrothed ca. 945and
  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 through Isabel St. Liz, andthe line
  to Charlemagne comes through her husband, William Mauduit. The linesmerge
  again with the marriage of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, and Emma,daughter of
  Hugh "The Grand," who was--in all but name--King of France. His son,Hugh
  Capet, later assumed the title, and primogeniture began in the Frenchline of
  kings.
  The two lines met again later with the marriage of Adele, daughterof King
  Robert II, and Richard III, Duke of Normandy.
  Richard was betrothed to Emma for some time but did not marry heruntil
  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 marriedEmma to
  strengthen his position. He did not treat her unkindly, he merelyloved Gunnor.
  "Poor Emma passed her life at Rouen alone and solitary, andeventually she
  pined away and died about the year 962," Onslow says.
  
  Davis: Richard I, the Fearless, Duke of Normandy from 942-996.
  Norr: Richard I, the Fearless (san Peur), born about 933, 3rd duke.Married
  (1) Agnes, daughter of Hugh le Grand and had issue. Married (2)Gunora, born
  about 952, sister of a forester's wife whom Richard desired but whotricked him
  with her younger sister.
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  Richard I, "the Fearless" (sans Peur), 3rd Duke of Normandy(942/3-996), son of
  William Longsword and Sprote de Bretagne.
  
  SOURCES:
  1. Stuart, Roderick W. _Royalty for Commoners_. 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. Marriedafter
  962, (1) Emma (Agnes), daughter of Hugh le Grand, Count ofParis.
  2. Taute, Anne. "Kings and Queens of Great Britain" chart. __Edition.
  Gives her date of death as 996.
  3. 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 by and later married(2),
  after Agnes' death, Gunora, born 952.
  4. Ancestral File (AFN:9HMD-VF). Gives his birth date as 28 Aug933. Death
  date agrees with that given in Stuart.
  
  Children
  Richard II "The Good" Duke of NORMANDY b: ABT 963 in Normandie
  Robert "Richard" Comte D'EVREUX b: ABT 965 in Evreux, Normandy, France
  Mauger Comte DE MORTAIN b: ABT 967 in Normandy, France
  Emma (or Edburga) of NORMANDY b: ABT 982 in Normandy, France
  Hedwig of NORMANDY b: ABT 980
  Beatrix DE NORMANDY b: ABT 980
  William D'EU b: ABT 955 in Normandy, France
  Havoise Of NORMANDY b: ABT 975
  Godfrey Comte De Brionne et D'EU b: 967
  

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