Richard II the Good ,4th Duke of Normandy 
Richard II the was born about 0962 in Normandy, France. Richard II the's father was Richard I "the Fearless ," Duke of Normandy and his mother was Gunnora de Crepon. His paternal grandparents were William I "Long Sword" , Duke of Normandy and Sprote de Bretagne; his maternal grandfather was Herbastus Herbastus Haraldsson "The Dane" , Forester of Arques/de Crepon. He had two brothers and four sisters, named Robert of, I, Beatrice of, Aelfgifu of, Hawise of and Matilda of. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Count of Eu and Brionne and Daughter of. He died on August 28th, 1027 in FÈcamp, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France.General Notes
Richard II, byname RICHARD THE GOOD, French RICHARD LE BON (d. 1026/27), duke of Normandy (996-1026/27), son of Richard I the Fearless. He held his own against a peasant insurrection, helped Robert II of France against the duchy of Burgundy, and repelled an English attack on the Cotentin Peninsula that was led by the Anglo-Saxon king Ethelred II the Unready. He also pursued a reform of the Norman monasteries.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0800 in Maer, Norway
- b.~ 0840
- b.~ 0812 in Maer, Norway
- b.~ 0870 in Maer, Norway d.~ 0896
- b.~ 0848
- b.~ 0900 in Normandie, France d.17 Dec 0943
- b.~ 0872 in Bayeux, Normandy, France
- b.28 Aug 0933 in FÈcamp, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.20 Nov 0966 in FÈcamp, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0885
- b.~ 0911 in Bretagne, France d.< 0940
- b.~ 0962 in Normandy, France d.28 Aug 1027 in FÈcamp, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0917 in Denmark d.0979 in France
- b.~ 0936
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Children
Robert I "the Magnificent ," Duke of Normandy
Robert I "the was born about 1000 in Normandy, France. He died in July 1035 in Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey. He was buried in Nicaea Cathedral, Bithynia, Turkey.
They had a son named William.
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Children
William William , Count of Arques and Toulouse/Poncius
William was born about 1057. He died after 1086.
They had a daughter named Fresende of.
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