Gunnora de Crêpon , Duchess Of Normandy 
Gunnora was born about 0946 in ,,Normandy,France. Gunnora's father was Herbastus Herfast of Arques de Crêpon and her mother was Gyrithe (Olafsdotter) Queen of Denmark. Her paternal grandparents were Gorm del Gammel King of Denmark and Thyri (Thyra) Klacksdottir; her maternal grandparents were Olof "Mitkg" (Bjornsson) King of Sweden and Ingeberg Thrandsdotter. She had two brothers and eight sisters, named Herfast De, Herfast, Wevia Duceline, Senfrie, Avelina FitzRichard, Weva Crefon De, Avelina, Emma, CREPON and Gundrada. She had two half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Svend I "Forked Beard" King Of, Erik (Hring) King In, Thyra, Gunhild (Haraldsdatter) Princess of and Sigrid. She died in 1031 in ,,,France.1 General Notes
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
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 of forester
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 the superintendentof
forests at Secheville near Arques. Richard visited Secheville, met the
forester's beautiful wife, Sainfrida, and "had the impudence to suggest
to her husband that he should be allowed to make her better acquaintance.
"The poor man was much perturbed and went in trouble to his wife. Thelady
had no mind to become the mistress of the Duke, but her morals were notso
rigid as to prevent her from making capital our of the situation for her
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 married andbefore
his marriage to Emma. Evidently the Richard-Gunnor union was legitimizedlater.
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 the years?
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.
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SOURCES:
1. Wingate, John. _William the Conqueror_, genealogical tables andnotes.
Gunnor was the sister of Herfast of Denmark. She was the mistress,or
wife "by the Danish custom" of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, andmarried
him after the death of his wife, Emma. She had both legitimate and
illegitimate children by Richard.
2. Douglas, David C. _William the Conqueror_: The Norman Impact Upon
England_. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of CaliforniaPress,
1964; page 145. He calls Gunnor the sister of Herfast and the auntof Osbern, the steward of William the Conqueror's father, DukeRobert.
3. Stuart, Roderick W. _Royalty for Commoners_. 2nd Edition.Baltimore,
MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992; lines 89-1 and166-33.
4. Norr, Vernon M. _Some Early English Pedigrees_, page 60,generation 38,
and page 23a. States that Richard I had issue by and later md (2)(after
Agnes died) Gunora, b. 952, d. 1031; sister of a forester's wifewhom
Richard desired but who tricked him with her younger sister.
5. Ancestral File (AFN:9HMD-WL). One line gives her birth date as"abt 935"
and only refers to her as "Concubine 1". She is also shown withthe
following other parents in the Ancestral File (AFN:FLGR-TL):
Herbastus /DE CREPON/ (AFN:FLGR-SF) and Herbastus De C /MRS./
The vast majority of the information presented is obtained from online sources. While I believe it to be accurate, caution must be taken to always be careful of its validity.
Please do contact me if you find errors or have questions.
GEDCOM line 13824 not recognizable or too long:
() 2 GIVN Gunnora de
GEDCOM line 13825 not recognizable or too long:
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Weis' "Ancestral Roots" (121E:20) calls her the dau. of the forester of Arques.
see notes on Genealogy disk 3
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This individual has the following otherparents in the Ancestral File:
Herbastus /DE CREPON/ (AFN:FLGR-SF) and Herbastus De C /MRS./ (AFN:FLGR-TL)
DATE 22 MAY 2000
OCCU Lady
SOUR www.public.asu.edu/bgertz/family
SOUR Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 408;
www.public.asu.edu/bgertz/family ;
OCCU Lady
SOUR www.public.asu.edu/bgertz/family
SOUR Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 408;
www.public.asu.edu/bgertz/family ;
Her sister was Wevia, wife of Robert de Bellomont. Also known as Gunnora
de Crepon.
Her sister was Wevia, wife of Robert de Bellomont. Also known as Gunnora
de Crepon.
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SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124;
HAWKINS.GED says ABT 936;
misc.traveller.com/genealogy/gedhtml/kmilburn/d0001/g0000087.htm#I1327 say 936
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124; members.aol.com/sargen3 ;
NORM.TAF (Compuserve) says ABT 1031; www.rootsweb.com/gumby;
GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) 254022481
COMYNJ.TAF (Compuserve), p. 7 gives father as Herbastus, For. de Crepen - NLP
; Lady - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 307; 1st
Concubine - HAWKINS.GED; Lady Gunnora (Gunhilda) Crepon of Denmark - http://mi
sc.traveller.com/genealogy/gedhtml/kmilburn/d0001/g0000087.htm#I1327; http://m
misc.traveller.com/genealogy/gedhtml/kmilburn/d0002/g0000044.htm#I1423 says
father is Harald Blaatland (King of Denmark) - NPH
GONNORA DE CREPON, daughter of HERBASTUS DE CREPON and ?: http://www.public.asu.edu/~bgertz/family/d0002/g0000006.htm#I0922 says parents are Harold Blaatand (d. 979) and Gunild - NPH
OCCU Gunnora de Crepon ...
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124;
HAWKINS.GED says ABT 936;
misc.traveller.com/genealogy/gedhtml/kmilburn/d0001/g0000087.htm#I1327 say 936
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124; members.aol.com/sargen3 ;
NORM.TAF (Compuserve) says ABT 1031; www.rootsweb.com/gumby;
GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) 254022481
COMYNJ.TAF (Compuserve), p. 7 gives father as Herbastus, For. de Crepen - NLP
; Lady - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 307; 1st
Concubine - HAWKINS.GED; Lady Gunnora (Gunhilda) Crepon of Denmark - http://mi
sc.traveller.com/genealogy/gedhtml/kmilburn/d0001/g0000087.htm#I1327; http://m
misc.traveller.com/genealogy/gedhtml/kmilburn/d0002/g0000044.htm#I1423 says
father is Harald Blaatland (King of Denmark) - NPH
GONNORA DE CREPON, daughter of HERBASTUS DE CREPON and ?: http://www.public.asu.edu/~bgertz/family/d0002/g0000006.htm#I0922 says parents are Harold Blaatand (d. 979) and Gunild - NPH
OCCU Gunnora de Crepon ...
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124;
HAWKINS.GED says ABT 936;
misc.traveller.com/genealogy/gedhtml/kmilburn/d0001/g0000087.htm#I1327 say 936
SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 124; members.aol.com/sargen3 ;
NORM.TAF (Compuserve) says ABT 1031; www.rootsweb.com/gumby;
GWALTNEY.ANC (Compuserve) 254022481
COMYNJ.TAF (Compuserve), p. 7 gives father as Herbastus, For. de Crepen - NLP
; Lady - Americans of Royal Descent, Charles H. Browning, p. 307; 1st
Concubine - HAWKINS.GED; Lady Gunnora (Gunhilda) Crepon of Denmark - http://mi
sc.traveller.com/genealogy/gedhtml/kmilburn/d0001/g0000087.htm#I1327; http://m
misc.traveller.com/genealogy/gedhtml/kmilburn/d0002/g0000044.htm#I1423 says
father is Harald Blaatland (King of Denmark) - NPH
GONNORA DE CREPON, daughter of HERBASTUS DE CREPON and ?: http://www.public.asu.edu/~bgertz/family/d0002/g0000006.htm#I0922 says parents are Harold Blaatand (d. 979) and Gunild - NPH
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GIVN Gunnora (Gunhilda) of
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DATE 28 MAY 2000
GIVN Gonnor De
SURN CREPON
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I wish I was sure of every name in this file & that I didnt
need to know what you think :) hey, but always refining this,
So if you spot a place where Im just flat wrong please tell
me or someone I didnt go on out with, I do this file out of fun and wanting to know, but do not
respond to the 'know it alls' , that dont have manners.I dont
consider them Kin!
Thanks and Happy Hunting!
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 of forester
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 the superintendent of
forests at Secheville near Arques. Richard visited Secheville, met the
forester's beautiful wife, Sainfrida, and "had the impudence to suggest
to her husband that he should be allowed to make her better acquaintance.
"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 were not so
rigid as to prevent her from making capital our of the situation for her
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 the Duke's
proposals and give Richard facilities to pay her a visit. But when Richard
arrived, Gunnor took Sainfrida's place. The Duke did not discover the trick
until the following day; but so delighted was he with Gunnor that not only did
he forgive Sainfrida, but thanked her for having saved him from mortal sin! The
result was that Gunnor became his wife by Danish custom and eventually the
mother of a numerous family, the eldest of which was Richard II of Normandy."
Gunnor apparently had children by Richard before they were married and before
his marriage to Emma. Evidently the Richard-Gunnor union was legitimized later.
RC 166 says Gunnor's father was Herbastus de Crepon, Forester of Arques (in
Denmark). Were there two foresters, the father of Gunnor and Sainfrida and also
the husband of Sainfrida? Or did the story become tangled over the years?
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 of Pitres.
[roberts.GED]
[roberts.GED]
[temp.FTW]
[glenna_inglis.ged]
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Name Suffix:<NSFX> [DUCHESS OF NOR
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 9HMD-WL
This page is just a start. Not all information has bee varified.
Formerly Richard's mistress.
** confused with shown mother?
** confused with shown niece Gunnora??
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- b.~ 0818 d.Bet 875/885
- b.~ 0835
- d.0895
- b.~ 0835
- b.0860 in in Danmark d.0945 in in Gormshoj,Jellinge,Vejle,Danmark
- b.0806 in Of,,Wessex,England d.13 JAN 858 in England
- b.~ 0840 in Of,Wantage,Berkshire,England d.Apr 0871
- b.~ 0810 in Wessex,England d.> 0876
- b.~ 0870 d.Bet 888 - 964
- b.~ 0843
- b.BET. 885 - 914 in Denmark d.BET. 955 - 1000 in Jomsborg,Denmark
- b.0750 d.~ 0750 in The Irish sea
- b.0775 in Denmark d.0810 in Battle of Walcheran
- b.0750 in <Of,Island Of Rugen>
- b.0800 in Jutland,Denmark d.0844 in battle at Walcheran
- b.0865 d.0935
- b.~ 0946 in ,,Normandy,France d.1031 in ,,,France
- b.~ 0832 in ,,,Sweden
- b.~ 0849 in ,,,Sweden d.~ 0900
- b.~ 0837 in Of,,,Sweden
- b.~ 0867 in Of,Uppsala,Uppsala,Sweden d.~ 0950
- b.~ 0854 in Of,,,Sweden
- b.~ 0885 in Of,,,Sweden
- b.~ 0872 in Of,,,Sweden
- b.~ 0905 in ,,,Sweden d.1000 in Y
- b.~ 0886 in Of,Uppsala,Uppsala,Sweden
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Gunnora and Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke of were married in a religious ceremony in 0962 in France.2 They had eleven sons and five daughters, named Godfrey D'Eu &, William of , Count of Eu, Robert de, Richard II The Good', Duke of, Robert, Mauger Count of, Mauger De, Mr de, Robert, Mauger Of, Robert, Matilda de, Maud de, Havoise or Hawise de, Beatrice (or Beatrix) of and Emma Princess Of.
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Children
Godfrey D'Eu & Brionne , Count Of Brionne
Godfrey D'Eu & was born in 0953 in Normandy,France.3 He died about 1015 in ,,Normandy,France.3
William of , Count of Eu Hiesmes
William of , Count of Eu was born about 0955 in ,,Normandy,France. He died before January 4th, 1039 in ,,France. He was buried in Collegiate,Church,Of Eu.
Richard II The Good', Duke of Normandy
Richard II The Good', Duke of was born in 0962 in Normandy,France and his baptism took place in France - Aka Richard the Good. He died at the age of 65 on August 28th, 1027 in Fecamp,S-Infr,France. He was buried in Fecamp,Seine-Inferieure,France.4 5
Maud de Blois Countess, Blois
Maud de was born about 0974 in ,Normandy,France. She died before 1017.
Havoise or Hawise de Normandy
Havoise or Hawise de was born about 0977 in ,,Normandy,France. She died on February 21st, 1034. She was buried in ,Rennes,Bretagne.
Robert Normandy 1st Count of Evreux
Robert was born about 0980 in Evreux,Normandy,France. He died in 1037 in Dy.
Beatrice (or Beatrix) of Normandy Viscountess
Beatrice (or Beatrix) of was born about 0980 in ,Normandy,France. She died on January 18th, 1035.
Emma Princess Of Normandy Queen Of Wessex
Emma Princess Of was born about 0982 in Of,,Normandie.6 She died on March 6th, 1052 in ,Winchester,Hampshire,England. She was buried in St Martin's Church,Winchester,Hampshire,Eng.7
Mauger Of Corbeil , Earl Of Corbeil
Mauger Of was born in 0996 in Normandy,France.8 He died in Corbeil,Marne,France.8
They had a son named Robert de.
1 {large-G675.FTW}
2 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 121e-20
3 {2168659.ftw}
4 {2168659.ftw}
5 {2168659.ftw}
6 {anc.regfilmer.FTW}
7 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 235-19
8 {anc.regfilmer.FTW}
Further sources/citations:
{glenna_inglis.ged}, {temp.FTW}, {roberts.GED}, {roberts.GED}, webGed: The BeMent family Data Page, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 121e-20, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1273, {2168659.ftw}, {Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori"}, {University of Hull Royal Database (England)}, {Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell}, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 235 p 201, {large-G675.FTW}, {11615-2.ftw}, {large-G675.FTW}, {large-G675.FTW}, ** MTB-pends.,
2 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 121e-20
3 {2168659.ftw}
4 {2168659.ftw}
5 {2168659.ftw}
6 {anc.regfilmer.FTW}
7 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 235-19
8 {anc.regfilmer.FTW}
Further sources/citations:
{glenna_inglis.ged}, {temp.FTW}, {roberts.GED}, {roberts.GED}, webGed: The BeMent family Data Page, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 121e-20, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 @ 1273, {2168659.ftw}, {Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori"}, {University of Hull Royal Database (England)}, {Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell}, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760 @ line 235 p 201, {large-G675.FTW}, {11615-2.ftw}, {large-G675.FTW}, {large-G675.FTW}, ** MTB-pends.,
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