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Richard I (28 August 932 – 20 November 996), also known as Richard the Fearless (French: Richard Sans-Peur; Old Norse: Jarl Rikard), was the count of Rouen from 942 to 996. [1] Dudo of Saint-Quentin , whom Richard commissioned to write the " De moribus et actis primorum Normanniae ducum " (Latin, " On the Customs and Deeds of the First Dukes ...
In Richard's absence, his brother John revolted with the aid of Philip; amongst Philip's conquests in the period of Richard's imprisonment was a part of Normandy [113] called Norman Vexin facing French Vexin. Richard forgave John when they met again and named him as his heir in place of their nephew Arthur.
She was a part of an important double marriage alliance between Normandy and Brittany first recorded by William of Jumièges. [2] In 996, her brother Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany married Hawise of Normandy, daughter of Richard I, Duke of Normandy while in c. 1000 Judith married Richard II, Duke of Normandy, Hawise's brother. [3]
Gunnor or Gunnora (c. 950 [2] – c. 1031) was Duchess of Normandy by marriage to Richard I of Normandy, [a] [4] [5] having previously been his long-time mistress. She functioned as regent of Normandy during the absence of her spouse, as well as the adviser to him and later to his successor, their son Richard II.
Gilbert de Brionne was son of Geoffrey, Count of Eu (otherwise cited as 'Godfrey'), who was an illegitimate child of Richard I of Normandy. [3] He inherited Brionne, becoming one of the most powerful landowners in Normandy. Gilbert was a generous benefactor to Bec Abbey founded by his former knight Herluin in 1031.
Maud of Normandy married Odo II, Count of Blois. [2] And Hawise was a part of an important dynastic double marriage for in 996, she married Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany, while her brother Richard II, Duke of Normandy shortly afterwards married Geoffrey's sister Judith of Brittany. [3]
Richard of Normandy (died c. 1070) was the second son of William the Conqueror, King of England, and Matilda of Flanders. Richard died in a hunting accident in the New Forest in a collision with an overhanging branch, probably in 1070 or shortly afterwards. [1] He was buried at Winchester Cathedral.
William had no children with his Christian wife, Luitgarde. [34] He fathered a son, Richard , with Sprota, [ c ] his wife more danico . [ 35 ] Richard, then aged 10, succeeded as ruler of Normandy upon William's death in December, 942.