Richard II "The Good 
Richard II "The was born about 0962 in Normandy, France. Richard II "The's father was Richard I "The Fearless and his mother was Gunnora De Crepon. His paternal grandparents were William I "Long Sword" and Sprote De Bretagne; his maternal grandfather was Herbastus Haraldsson "The Dane" 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 Godfrey and Daughter Of. He died on August 28th, 1027 in Fécamp, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> " 4Th Duke Of Normandy
Name Suffix:<NSFX> " 4Th Duke Of Norman
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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- b.~ 0800 in Maer, Norway
- b.~ 0840
- b.~ 0812 in Maer, Norway
- b.~ 0870 in Maer, Norway d.Bet 927 and 932
- b.~ 0848
- b.~ 0900 in Normandie, France d.17 Dec 943
- b.~ 0872 in Bayeux, Normandy, France
- b.28 Aug 933 in Fécamp, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.20 Nov 966 in Fécamp, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0885
- b.~ 0911 in Bretagne, France d.< 0940
- b.~ 0962 in Normandy, France d.28 Aug 1027 in Fécamp, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0917 in Denmark d.0979 in France
- b.~ 0936
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They had a son named William.
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They had two sons and a daughter, named III, Robert I "The and Judith Of.
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Children
Robert I "The Magnificent
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 daughter named Fresende Of.
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