Emma of Normandy 
Emma of was born about 0987 in Normandy, France. Emma of's father was Richard I of Normandy and her mother was Cunnora or Gunnor. Her paternal grandparents were William I of Normandy and Espriota De Bretagne St. Liz; her maternal grandparents were Harold VII (or IV) Blaatand ' Bluetooth' Gormss and Gynrithe Olafsdotter. She had four brothers and three sisters, named Richard II of, Mauger De, Robert I, Robert, Maud of, Hawise of and Beatrix of. She had two half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Geoffrey, Guillaume I d'Hiemois et, Fredistina or Fredesende of and Muriella of. She died in England. She was buried about 1093 in reburied aroung St. Swithin's shrine after original church demolished.General Notes
An English name, Aelfgifu, was given to Emma because the name "Emma"was deemed too foreign sounding for Anglo-Saxon royalty. Aelfgifu is also the name of Aethelred's previous wife but the name is allegedly conferred on Emma in memory of the king's late grandmother.
It is said that Emma was one of the most determined, manipulative and forceful females in western Europe at that time.
She comissioned a book which is one of the very few records that remain from this period in history.
Emma was a generous Christian patron.
Emma sought refuge in Flanders probably shortly before Harold Harefoot was formally declared King.
Sources:
Queen Emma and the Vikings by Harriet O'Brien - copyright 2005
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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.~ 0788 in Maer, Nord Trondelad, Norway d.~ 0830
- b.BET 830 AND 832 in Maer, Nord Trondelad, Norway d.BET 889 AND 894 in More, Scotland
- b.BET 804 AND 812 in Maer, Nord Trondelad, Norway d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 846 AND 870 in Denmark d.~ 0932 in probably Normandy, France
- b.~ 0823 d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 834 AND 850 in Maer, Nord Trondelad, Norway d.0892 in Orkney Isles, Scotland
- b.BET 885 AND 900 in Normandy, France d.17 DEC 942 in Normandy, France (murdered by Arnulf of Flanders)
- b.BET 817 AND 818 in Vermandois, Normandy d.> 0850
- b.BET 847 AND 875 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.BET 886 AND 893
- b.BET 812 AND 820 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.BET 857 AND 858 in Italy
- b.~ 0872 d.~ 0938 in Normandy, France
- d.0877
- b.BET 855 AND 880 in Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France d.UNKNOWN
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- b.~ 0935 in Fecamp, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France d.20 NOV 996 in Fecamp, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.BET 817 AND 818 in Vermandois, Normandy d.> 0850
- b.BET 840 AND 850 in Picardie, France d.BEF 6 NOV 907 in Murdered
- b.BET 812 AND 820 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.BET 857 AND 858 in Italy
- b.0884 in Picardie, France d.23 FEB 942/43 in St. Quintin
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- b.BET 840 AND 862 in Anjou, France d.0902
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- b.~ 0911 in Bretagne, Indre-Et-Loire, Provence, France d.~ 0972
- b.~ 0820 in France d.25 AUG 866 in Anjou, France
- b.AFT 15 SEP 866 in Neustria or Bourgogne, France d.15 JUN 923 in Killed in battle near Soissons, France
- b.BET 810 AND 819 in Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France d.0866
- b.BET 887 AND 897 in Bretagne, Normandy d.AFT MAR 930/31 in France
- b.16 APR 778 in Casseuil-sur-Garonne, France (today's Gironde, France) d.20 JUN 840 in Ingelheim
- b.BET 866 AND 880 in Picardie, France d.< 0890
- b.0778 in Hesbaye, Liege, Belgium d.3 OCT 818 in Angers, France
- b.~ 0987 in Normandy, France d.6 MAR 1051/52 in England
- b.~ 0820 d.0890
- b.~ 0858 d.0899
- b.~ 0830 d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0880 d.BET 931 AND 956
- b.BET 830 AND 840 d.23 APR 871 in Dies fighting the Danes at Merton
- b.~ 0860 d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 827 AND 832 d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0958 d.0988
- b.BET 846 AND 849 in Wantage, Oxon d.28 OCT 901 in Hyde Abbey, England
- b.~ 0871 in Wessex, England d.17 JUL 924 in Farndon-On-Dee, Cheshire, England
- b.BET 848 AND 852 in Mercia, England d.5 DEC 905 in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset, England
- b.~ 0884 d.0935
- b.~ 0880 d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 936 AND 952 in Denmark d.1031 in Normandy, France
- b.0849 d.BET 900 AND 906
- b.~ 0867 d.~ 0950
- b.0885 in Sweden d.0964
- b.~ 0930 in Denmark d.0982
- b.~ 0863 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 886 AND 890 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden d.UNKNOWN
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Emma of and Ethelred II of were married in a religious ceremony in April 1002 in Canterbury, England. They had two sons and a daughter, named Edward "The Confessor" of, Alfred of and Goda of.
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Children
Edward "The Confessor" of England
Edward "The Confessor" of was born about 1005 in at Islip near Oxford, England. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.
Emma of and Cnut were married in a religious ceremony in probably London, England. They had a son and a daughter, named Harthacnut and Gunnhild of.
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Children
Harthacnut
Harthacnut was born about 1019. He died due to stroke brought on by excessive intake of alcohol on June 8th, 1042 in Lambeth, across the Thame from London. He was buried in Old Minster, Winchester, England alonside his father Cnut.
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