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de Normandie, Duke of Normandy Richard II[1, 2, 3]

Male 963 - 1027  (64 years)


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  • Name de Normandie, Richard 
    Prefix Duke of Normandy 
    Suffix II 
    Nickname Le Bon / The Good 
    Birth Abt 958/962  of, , Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born 963  Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    AFN 9HMD-XR 
    _UID 1A01202B57950545873AD527C725412CB280 
    _UID 915D0B54E1994EE8BEB0C05C33CF7920220B 
    _UID D3630BEBBEC2864781D305E6F4323F122FDE 
    Buried 28 Aug 1026  Fecamp, Sn-Nfrt, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 23 Aug 1026/1027  Fecamp, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7848  NewFranceGenealogy
    Last Modified 10 May 2017 

    Father Count of Normandy Richard I,   b. 28 Aug 933, Fecamp, S-Infr, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 996, , Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Countess of Normandy Gunnor,   b. Abt 936, of, , Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1031, , , , France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 95 years) 
    Married Aft 962  , , , France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3259  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 de BRETAGNE, Duchess of Normandy Judith,   b. 982, Rennes, Bretagne, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jun 1017, Fecamp, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)  [1, 2, 3
    Married 997  Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 2130A89BF40A6047BF08BA4AB9225AD50EDD 
    Children 
    +1. De Normandie, Duke of Normandy Richard III,   b. 998, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1027, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
    +2. de Normandie, Duke of Normandy Robert I,   b. 1000, Normandie, France. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1035, Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
     3. De Normandie, Guillaume,   b. Abt 1001, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1025  (Age ~ 24 years)
    +4. De Normandie, Cts./Burgundy Judith,   b. Abt 1003, of, France, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul, France Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. De Normandie, Cts/Flanders Eleanore,   b. Abt 1005, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. De Normandie Lady,   b. 1007, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun
     7. Princess of Normandy Adelais,   b. 1008
    Last Modified 27 May 2017 
    Family ID F9430  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Normandy, Pope or Papie,,   b. Abt 997, of Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Married Abt 1024  of Normandy, Frances Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 78D703BC3A4EB84D99F604B1A66C5AC00B25 
    Children 
     1. de Talon, Guillaume,   b. Abt 1025, of Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. De Normandie, Archbishop of Rouen Mauger,   b. Abt 1027, of Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 27 May 2017 
    Family ID F10548  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Known as "Richard II The Good", (French, "Le Bon"). He was the son and heir of Richard I the Fearless and the Duchess Gunnor. Succeeded his father as Duke of Normandy in 996.
      Richard held his own against a peasant insurrection, and helped Robert II of France against the duchy of Burgundy. He also repelled an English attack on the Cotentin Peninsula that was led by the Anglo-Saxon King Ethelred II the Unready. He pursued a reform of the Norman monasteries.
      Spouse:
      " m. (ca. 996), Judith, (d. 1017), daughter of Conan I, Duke of Brittany.
      " m. Papia

      Children from Judith
      " Richard III of Normandy
      " Robert the Magnificent
      " William, monk at Fécamp, d. 1025.
      " Adélaide
      o m. Renaud I, Count of Burgundy.
      " Eleanor (or perhaps Ainor or Judith).
      o m. Count Baldwin IV of Flanders
      " Matilda, d. 1033.

      Children from Papia
      " Mauger, Archbishop of Rouen.
      " William, Count of Arques.

      !Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families by Michel L. Call.

      SURNAME: Also shown as of NORMANDY

      PREFIX: Also shown as 4th Duke of Normandy

      DEATH: Also shown as Died 28 Aug 1027

      SURNAME: Also shown as Normandy

      GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Richard Ii Duke of

      SUFFIX: Also shown as [The Good]

      DEATH: Also shown as Died 1026

  • Sources 
    1. [S178] GEDCOM File : GED royal92.ged, Denis R. Reid, 20 Nov 1992.

    2. [S80] Douglas Wilmot Harnden Ancestors, Daniel Harnden, (daniel_harnden@yahoo.com) (Reliability: 2), 2 May 2009.
      This Harnden line is proven back to Richard b. 1648 beyond that it's speculative.

    3. [S353] Adam gedcom from AQ (Reliability: 0).


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