I Richard 
I was born in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France. I's father was Longsword I William and his mother was UNKNOWN Liegeard. His paternal grandfather was UNKNOWN Rollo and his paternal grandmother is Poppa de Senlis; his maternal grandparents were II Herbert and Adela v.Neustrien. He was an only child. He died in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France. He was buried in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France.General Notes
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT. 935
bk&q p 732 [SD3]
FIMA p xi, 24 "Rollo's grandson, RICHARD I, styled himself 'marquis of t
he Normans' and referred to his 'kingdom'; he assumed the title of 'duk
e' when the duchy of Francia was absorbed once more into the kingdom of t
he Franks."
FIMA pp 28 "king of Aquitaine . . . tried to increase his power by obtaini
ng oaths of personal fidelity and acts of homage from the counts in his te
rritory. . . . HUGH the Great did the same with RICHARD of Normandy."
p 47, 82 "If we are to believe Dudo, [Richard I] governed Normandy 'li
ke a king', subject to no one but God, and servant of neither king nor duk
e' (a clear reference to HUGH the Great . . .[but] even Dudo . . . . admit
ted the personal bond which in fact bound RICHARD II of Normandy to King R
OBERT II of France . . ." Also p 170
ASC p 186 (picture of Abbey founded by Richard I)
p 165 "Before August 1st [1017] the king [Cnut] commanded brought to him t
he widow of the other king, Aethelred, RICHARD's daughter, that he might h
ave her as queen."
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0810 in Maer, Norway d.0890 in Maer, Norway
- b.~ 0830 in Maer, Norway or Upland, Denmark d.0894 in Maer, Norway or Orkney, Scotland
- b.~ 0812 in Maer, Norway or Jutland
- b.0860 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0932 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Normandy (murdered)
- b.~ 0810
- b.~ 0830 in Norway
- b.0891 in Normandy d.17 Dec 942 in France, slain by Louis
- b.~ 0825 in Vermandois, Normandy
- b.~ 0875 in Bayeaux, Normandy, France
- b.0797 d.17 Apr 818
- b.0818 in Vermandois, France d.0893
- b.0797 in Italy d.0835
- b.~ 0850
- b.~ 0794 d.Nov 0857
- b.0820
- b.28 Aug 933 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France d.20 Nov 996 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France
- b.0797 d.17 Apr 818
- b.0818 in Vermandois, France d.0893
- b.0797 in Italy d.0835
- b.0850 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.6 Nov 907
- b.~ 0794 d.Nov 0857
- b.0820
- b.0880 in Vermandois, Normandy d.23 Feb 943 in St. Quentin
- b.~ 0785 in Wormsgau, France d.0834
- b.0820 in Paris, France d.15 Sep 866 in Brisarte, France
- b.~ 0780
- b.0862 in France
- b.Wft Est 742-781 in Upper Alsace, France d.Wft Est 784-862 in Alsace, France
- b.0824 in Tours, France d.15 Sep 866
- b.~ 0769 in Tours (Indre Et Loire) FRA d.> 0837
- b.~ 0910 in Bretagne, (Brittany) France d.< 0940
- b.~ 0785 in Wormsgau, France d.0834
- b.0820 in Paris, France d.15 Sep 866 in Brisarte, France
- b.~ 0780
- b.0865 in France d.15 Jun 923 in Soissons, France
- b.Wft Est 742-781 in Upper Alsace, France d.Wft Est 784-862 in Alsace, France
- b.0824 in Tours, France d.15 Sep 866
- b.~ 0769 in Tours (Indre Et Loire) FRA d.> 0837
- b.~ 0890 in Vermandois, Normandy d.0931
- b.0818 in Vermandois, France d.0893
- b.0850 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.6 Nov 907
- b.0820
- b.~ 0880 in Vermandois, France d.>Mar 0931
- b.0820 in Paris, France d.15 Sep 866 in Brisarte, France
- b.0862 in France
- b.0824 in Tours, France d.15 Sep 866
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I and Gunnor were married in a religious ceremony in 0983 in France.1 They had four sons and a daughter, named UNKNOWN, II, UNKNOWN, UNKNOWN and UNKNOWN.
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Children
II Richard
II was born in 0962 in Normandy, France. He died at the age of 65 on August 23rd, 1027 in Fecamp, Seine Inferieure, France.
UNKNOWN Emma
UNKNOWN was born in 0985 in Normandy. She died at the age of 67 on March 6th, 1052 in Wincester, Hampshire, England.
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