Emma Normandy 
Emma was born in 0982 in Normandie.1 Birth Notes
B: Abt. 982
General Notes
Emma (c. 982-March 6, 1052), daughter of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, by his second wife Gunnora, was twice queen of England, by marriage first (1002-1016) to king Ethelred the Unready and then (1017-1035) to Canute, king also of Denmark and Norway.
Upon the Danish invasion of England in 1013, Emma took her sons by Ethelred - Alfred and Edward - to Normandy, where they remained upon her return to England to marry Canute, now king of England following the death of Ethelred and his son (her step-son) Edmund Ironside.
Following Canute's death, Alfred and Edward returned in 1036, possibly in an attempt to overthrow Canute's illegitimate son Harold Harefoot, who had established himself as ruler in the absence of Harthacanute, son of Canute and Emma. Alfred was captured and died after being blinded, while Edward escaped to Normandy, followed by his mother.
The death of Harold in 1040 and the accession of the more conciliatory Harthacanute paved the way for Edward's return to England the next year as co-ruler and (1042) king on Harthacanute's death. Emma returned to end her days at Winchester, Hampshire, where she was buried alongside Canute.
Emma's marriages and subsequent role forged the link between England and Normandy which was to culminate in her grandnephew William of Normandy's invasion of England in 1066.
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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.0820 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0872
- b.0852 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0890 in Orkney, Scotland
- b.0834 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway
- b.0872 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0931 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Normandie, Neustria
- b.0826 in Norway
- b.0858 in Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.0834 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway
- b.0900 in Rouen, Normandy, France d.17 Dec 0942 in Picardy, France
- b.0847 in Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France d.0886 in Viking attack at Bayeaux, Normandy, France
- b.0872 in Evreux, Neustria
- b.0825 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.0877 in Rennes, Bretagne, France
- b.0855
- b.0825 in Brittany, France
- b.28 Aug 0933 in Faecamp, Normandie d.20 Nov 0996 in Faecamp, Normandie
- b.0818 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0848 in Milan, Italy
- b.0839 in Vermandois, Aisne, Picardy, France d.0893 in Senlis, Oise, Picardy, France
- b.0812 d.0858
- b.0880 in Senlis, Oise, Picardy, France d.23 Feb 0942 in St. Quentin, Flanders
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- b.0911 in Bretagne
- b.0820 d.15 Sep 0866
- b.0860 d.15 Jun 0923
- b.0802
- b.0897 in Vermandois, Neustria, France d.Mar 0930 in Vermandois, Neustria, France
- b.0835 in Bourges, Berry, France d.0864 in Bourges, Berry, France
- b.0879 in Bourges, Berry, France
- b.0842 in Bourges, Berry, France
- b.0982 in Normandie d.06 Mar 1052
- b.0845 d.0890
- b.0858 in Sjaelland Island, Denmark d.0899
- b.0845
- b.0880 d.0931 in Denmark
- b.0848 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 Oct 0899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.0864 in Wessex, England
- b.0852 in Mercia, England d.05 Dec 0905 in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset
- b.0921 in Crepon, Normandy, France d.1002 in Longueville-sur-Scie, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.0848 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 Oct 0899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.0871 in Farndon, Cheshire d.17 Jul 0924 in Farndon-on-Dee
- b.0852 in Mercia, England d.05 Dec 0905 in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset
- b.0896 in Denmark d.0935
- b.0850 d.0897
- b.0878 in Damerham, Wiltshire, England d.0920 in Wessex, England
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- b.0945 in Normandie d.1031 in Normandy, France
- b.0849 d.0900
- b.0875 in Uppsala, Sweden d.0950
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- b.0895 in Uppsala, Sweden d.0985
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- b.0923 in Uppsala, Sweden d.1002
- b.0870 in Sula, Sweden
- b.0900 in Sula, Sweden
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Details of Emma's family with King Ethelred (The Unready) of England II
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tamer&id=I6123
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I5866
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I5866
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