Emma (or Edburga) of Normandy 
Emma (or Edburga) of was born about 0982 in Normandy, France. Emma (or Edburga) of's father was Duke of Normandy Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke of Normandy Duke of Normandy and her mother was Gunnora Haraldsdottir De Crepon. Her paternal grandparents were Guillaume I "Longue Epee" Duke of Normandy and Adela "Sprote" De Bretagne; her maternal grandparents were Harald "Bluetooth" De Crepon King of Denmark and Gynrithe Olafsdatter. She had five brothers and two sisters, named William Comte, Richard II "The Good" Duke of, Robert "Richard" Comte, Godfrey Comte De Brionne et, Mauger Comte, Havoise Avicia Hedwig Of and Beatrix. She was the youngest of the eight children. She had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named William De Brienne Of, Papia of and Sprota of. She died in Winchester, Hants, England, England. She was buried in St. Martins Chur, Winchester, Hants, England.General Notes
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Sources: A. Roots 1-19, 250-20; RC 242; Kings and Queens of Britain; AF;
Onslow; Pfafman; Davis.
Roots: Emma, daughter of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, and mother of Edward
the Confessor. Married (2) Canute "the Great," King of England, by whom she
had Harthacanute, king of England.
Davis: Emma, married (1) King Ehtelred the Unready and (2) King Cnut.
Kings and Queens of Britain has her descending from the kings of Mercia in
one pedigree chart, but calls it "conjectural." She daughter of Richard I in
Saxon/Norman Succession chart in same book, page 221.
Other spellings of name: Eadburh and Edburh. Second wife of Canute I.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0830 in More, Norway d.0890 in Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.~ 0846 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.~ 0931 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Normandie, Neustria
- b.~ 0848 in Orkney Islands, Scotland d.0892
- b.~ 0900 in Normandie, Neustria d.17 Dec 0942 in France
- b.~ 0847 in Bayeux, Neustia d.< 0930
- b.~ 0872 in Evreux, Neustria
- b.28 Aug 0933 in Normandie d.20 Nov 0996 in Normandie
- b.~ 0848 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0902
- b.~ 0884 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.23 FEB 941/942 in St. Quentin, Pas-de-Calais
- b.~ 0859
- b.~ 0911 in Bretagne, France
- b.~ 0982 in Normandy, France d.6 MAR 1051/1052 in Winchester, Hants, England, England
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- b.~ 0840 in Denmark d.0936 in Jelling, Denmark
- b.~ 0870 d.BET. 888 - 964
- b.0910 in Blauzahan, Germany d.01 Nov 0986 in Jomsborg, Denmark
- b.~ 0876 d.> 0940
- b.~ 0900 d.0935 in Jelling, Denmark
- b.~ 0936 in Normandie d.1031 in France
- b.~ 0867 d.~ 0950
- b.0900 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0919 in Denmark d.1000
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.0900 d.UNKNOWN
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Emma (or Edburga) of and Ethelred the Unready II King of were married in a religious ceremony in 1002 in of Normandy, France. They had two daughters named Goda (Godgifu) of and Adgina Princess of.
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Children
Princess Goda (Godgifu) of England Princess
Goda (Godgifu) of was born about 1004 in Wessex, Eng. She died in 1049 in England.
They had a daughter named Gunhild Of.
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