Richard II "The Good" Duke of Normandy 
Richard II "The Good" Duke of was born about 0959 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France. Richard II "The Good" Duke of's father was Richard I "The Fearless" Duke of Normandy and his mother was Gunnora (Gundra) de Crepon. His paternal grandparents were William I "Longsword" Duke of Normandy and Sprota (Sporta) de Sprota de Senlis; his maternal grandparents were Herbastus Forester of Arque and Gunnhild Olafsdottir. He had three brothers and two sisters, named Robert Archbishop of, Geoffrey (Godfrey) d', Mauger Count de, Beatrice de and Emma of. He was the oldest of the six children. He had two half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Godfrey FitzRichard Count of, William Hieme Count d', Muriella de, Hawise of and Pappia of. He died on August 28th, 1026 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, 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. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0810 in Denmark d.0862 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
- b.~ 0840 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0890 in (burned alive with his bodyguards in his hall)
- b.~ 0825 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
- b.~ 0860 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.~ 0932 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.0823 in Norway
- b.~ 0840 in Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.~ 0891 in Rouen, Normandy, France d.17 Dec 0942 in killed at Picardy, France
- b.0847 in Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France d.0886 in Viking attack at Bayeaux, Normandy, France
- b.0872 in Evreux, Eure, Normandy, France d.~ 0938 in France
- b.~ 0825 in Rennes, France
- b.~ 0855 in Rennes, France
- b.~ 0825 in Brittany, France
- b.28 Aug 0933 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.20 Nov 0996 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.0818 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0848 in Milan, Italy
- b.~ 0839 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.~ 0893 in Senlis, Oise, Picardy, France
- b.~ 0880 in Senlis, Oise, Picardy, France d.~ 0912
- b.~ 0911 in Bretagne, France d.~ 0972
- b.~ 0959 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.28 Aug 1026 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.~ 0835 in Sjaelland Island, Denmark d.0885
- b.~ 0858 in Sjaelland Island, Denmark d.0899
- b.~ 0885 in Sjaelland Island, Denmark d. in Arque, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0830 in Wessex, England d.23 Apr 0871 in Merton, Torrington, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 0860 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0832 in England
- b.0911 in Arque, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0942 in Arque, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.1031 in France
- b.0849 in Sweden d.0900
- b.0867 in Uppsala, Sweden d.0950
- b.0885 in Sweden
- b.0923 in Sweden
- b.0886 in Uppsala, Sweden
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Richard II "The Good" Duke of and Judith of were married in a religious ceremony about 1000 in 2nd husband 1st wife. They had three sons and three daughters, named Richard III Duke of, Robert I "The Magnificent" Duke of, Mauger Seigneur de, Fresende of, Alice Adelaide of and Judith de.
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Children
Richard III Duke of Normandy
Richard III Duke of was born about 0997 in Normandy, France. He died in Possibly poisoned after subduing revolt by brother Robert.
Robert I "The Magnificent" Duke of Normandy
Robert I "The Magnificent" Duke of was born about 0999 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France. He died on July 2nd, 1035 in Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey (on pilgrimage to Jerusalem).
Alice Adelaide of Normandy
Alice Adelaide of was born in 1003 in Normandy, France. She died at the age of 34 on July 27th, 1037 in France.
Mauger Seigneur de St. Clair
Mauger Seigneur de was born in 1004 in St Clair-sur-Elle, Manche, Normandy, France. He died at the age of 43 in 1047.
Richard II "The Good" Duke of and Astrid Margaret Princess of were married in a religious ceremony after 1017 in 2nd wife.
Richard II "The Good" Duke of and Poppa were married in a religious ceremony about 1024 in 3rd wife.
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