Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke Of NORMANDY, 3rd^[1]

933 - 996  (63 years)

• Name	Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke Of NORMANDY
  Suffix	3rd
  Nickname	Sans Peur
  Birth	28 Aug 933	Fécamp, Normandie (Normandy, France)
  Gender	Male
  Name	Richard I "The Fearless" Duke Of NORMANDY
  Name	Richard I Of NORMANDY
  Name	Sans Peur
  _UID	EB96E81D716F45448714AE90D76A321B568B
  Death	20 Nov 996	Fécamp, Normandie (Normandy, France)
  Burial	Fécamp, Normandie (Normandy, France)
  Person ID	I10784	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 May 2011

  
  

  Father	William I "Longsword" FITZROBERT, 2nd,   b. Abt 891, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France d. 17 Dec 942, Island Picquigny, Somme River, Normandy, France (Age ~ 51 years)
  Mother	Sprota (Adela) Of Senlis,   b. Abt 911, Rennes, Anjou, France d. 940, Normandie (Normandy), France (Age ~ 29 years)
  Marriage	1st Marriage
  	NOTE MARRIED
  Family ID	F11543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Concubine Of NORMANDY,   b. Abt 960, Normandie (Normandy), France d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Unmarried
  Children	1. Geoffroy Count D' EU & BRIONNE,   b. Abt 976, Brionne (27), Normandie (Normandy), France d. Abt 1015 (Age ~ 39 years)   2. Guillaume Count D' EU,   b. Abt 985, Normandie (Normandy), France d. 2 Jan 1053-1054 (Age ~ 69 years)   3. Muriella Of NORMANDY,   b. Abt 985, Normandie (Normandy), France d. Yes, date unknown   4. Murielle De NORMANDIE,   b. Abt 990   d. Abt 1020 (Age ~ 30 years)
  Family ID	F5402	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Concubine Of NORMANDY,   b. Abt 970   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5395	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 3	Unk Concubine   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	3rd Family - Concubine
  Children	1. Robert D'EVREUX   d. 1037   2. William Of Hiesmes, Count Of Eu   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Count Godfrey Of Brionne And Eu,   b. Abt 953   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F406	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 4	Emma Of Paris,   b. Abt 943   d. Abt 962 (Age ~ 19 years)
  Marriage	960
  	NOTE MARRIED
  Family ID	F5426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 5	Gunnora (Gonnor) DE CREPON,   b. Abt 936, Arque, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d. Abt 1031, France (Age ~ 95 years)
  Marriage	Aft 962	France
  Children	1. Robert Count Of Evereaux Of NORMANDY,   b. Abt 965, , Normandie d. 1037 (Age ~ 72 years)   2. Maugher (Mauger) Earl Of Corbeil De NORMANDY,   b. Abt 967, Normandie (Normandy), France d. Yes, date unknown   3. Hedwig Of NORMANDY,   b. Abt 970, Normandy, France d. 21 Feb 1033-1034 (Age ~ 64 years)   4. Mahaud De NORMANDIE,   b. Abt 974, Normandie (Normandy), France d. Bef 1017 (Age ~ 42 years)   5. Richard II "The Good" Duke Of NORMANDY, 4rd,   b. 20 Nov 974, Normandie (Normandy), France d. 28 Aug 1026, L'abbaye DE Fecamp (Age 51 years)   6. Havoise De NORMANDIE,   b. Abt 977, Normandie (Normandy), France d. 21 Feb 1033-1034 (Age ~ 57 years)   7. Ralph Auberee Of Normandy Count Of IVRY,   b. 978, Ivry-La-Bataille, Evereux, Eure, Normandie, France d. Aft 1034 (Age 57 years)   8. Béatrix (Beatrix Béatrice) Of NORMANDY,   b. Abt 980, Normandie (Normandy), France d. 18 Jan 1033-1034 (Age ~ 54 years)   9. Emma Princess Of NORMANDY,   b. Abt 982, Normandie (Normandy), France d. 6 Mar 1051-1052, , Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age ~ 70 years)   10. Emma Of Normandy,   b. 986   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: acceded 942. From Rosamond McKitterick.s, "The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians 751-987", London & NY (Longman) 1983, pp. 238-239: "When in 942 WILLIAM was murdered at the instigation of COUNT ARNULF OF FLANDERS (RIN 2173), his son Richard, still a minor, succeeded him. LOUIS IV (RIN 1617) and HUGH THE GREAT (RIN 1206) each tried to sieze Normandy, and LOUIS took charge of Richard. He then ensconced himself at Rouen and HUGH took Bayeux, which still had a Scandinavian leader called Sictric. Richard escaped from his custody at Laon, retook Rouen, and called on another Viking leader, Harald of the Bassin, for help. The Normans under Richard were able to re-establish their autonomy and from 947 Richard governed in relative peace. In 965 he swore allegiance to the Carolingian king Lothar [son of LOUIS IV] at Gisors. Richard's official marriage was to Emma, daughter of HUGH THE GREAT; they had no children, but by his common-law wife GUNNOR, a Dane, he had many. RICHARD II, son of GUNNOR and Richard I, succeeded his father in 996, another son Robert was archbishop of Rouen from 989 to 1037 and EMMA their daughter became queen of England on her marriage to AETHELREAD, a position she maintained after his death in 1016 by marrying Knut. GUNNOR's nephews and other relatives further more formed the core of the new aristocracy which developed in the course of the eleventh century. Unfortunately we know little about the internal organization and history of Normandy until the reign of RICHARD II."

  
  

• Sources

  [S397] J.K. Loren Dec 8 2003, J. K. Loren.