 Emma of Burgundy, daughter of Hugh Magnus of "'the Great'; Count d'Orleans, Duke of Franconia" Paris, Count of Paris and Hedwige of Saxony.Born 943 at Burgundy, Marne, France, died Mar 19, 967/68, approximately 24 years Married 956 at France (39 or 40 years married) to:  Richard of "'the Fearless', Richard I of Normandy" Normandy, Duke of Normandy, son of William of "'Longsword', William I Longespee" Normandy, Duke of Normandy and Sprota of "Sprote Adela of Senlis" St. Liz.Born Aug 28, 933 at Fecamp, Normandy, France, died Nov 20, 996 at Fecamp, Normandy, France, 63 years, buried at Fecamp, Seine-inferieure, Normandy, France, 1st married/ related to: Papia Unknown, 2nd married/ related to: Unknown Concubine, 3rd marriage to: Emma of Burgundy, 4th marriage to: Gunnora of "Gunnora of Crepon" Denmark, Duchess of Normandy Name: Richard I "The Fearless" Duke of Normandy 1 2 3 Sex: M Name: Richard I "The Fearless" of Normandy 1 2 3 4 Birth: 28 AUG 933 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy 5 6 Birth: 28 AUG 933 in Fecamp, Siene-Inferieur, France 4 Death: 20 NOV 996 in Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France 7 8 9 4 8 Event: Acceded 942 4 Burial: Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France 9 Event: Gen Source 19 MAR 1994 Bogert, I238] "RICHARD I, "the Fearless", Duke of Normandy, b. Fecamp ca. 933, named father's h. 29 May 942, d. 20 Nov. 996; m. (1) (Danish wife) Gunnor, d. 1027 or 1031, dau. of the forester of Arques, but betrothed ca. 945 & event. m. (2) 960 to Emma, d. ca. 968, dau. Hugh Capet ..., Count of Paurs. After Emma's death, m. (Christian marriage) Gunnor to legit. their children. ... By Gunnor, Richard had [RICHARD II]." [Ref: Weis AR7:110-111] "When in 942 William was murdered at the instigation of Count Arnulf of Flanders, his son Richard, still a minor, succeeded him. Louis IV and Hugh the Great 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 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 Aethelred, a position she maintained after his death in 1016 by marrying Cnot (sic: Cnut/Knut...Curt). Gunnor's nephews and other relatives furthermore 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, and this falls outside our period." [Ref: The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians 751-987, by Rosamond McKitterick, London & NY (Longman) 1983 p238-239] During the minority of his (William Long-Sword) successor, Duke Richard, King Louis IV -- who was making an expedition into Normandy -- was captured by the inhabitants of Rouen and handed over to Hugh the Great. From this time onwards the dukes of Normandy began to enter into relations with the dukes of France; and in 958 Duke Richard married Hugh the Great's daughter. He died in 996. (Succeeded by Richard II.) [Ref: Gordon Fisher One more minor item, ES II:11 indicates he was also buried at Fécamp. BTW,where did you get the day & month for his birth & death? [Note: The birth date is an unsourced item I picked up on World Connect, it has at least a 1/365 chance of being right. The death date is from AR, as the source indicates (AR refers to Moriarty's Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 10-11, 13). JW] Regards, CurtRichard I, byname RICHARD The FEARLESS, French RICHARD SANS PEUR (b. c. 932--d. 996), duke of Normandy (942-996), son of William I Longsword. Louis IV of France took the boy-duke into his protective custody, apparently intent upon reuniting Normandy to the crown's domains; but in 945 Louis was captured by the Normans, and Richard was returned to his people. Richard withstood further Carolingian attempts to subdue his duchy and, in 987, was instrumental in securing the French crown for his brother-in-law, the Robertian Hugh Capet. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97] --------------------------------------------- On the ancestry of the Grenville's and parents of Mauger, Count of Corbeil, their ancestor: Richard I, Duke of Normandy (ggf through his eldest son of Robert II (The Devil), Duke of Normandy, who was in turn father by his mistress Harlette/Harlot of William I (The Conqueror); b 933; married 2nd his former mistress Gunnor and died 20 Nov 996, leaving [Mauger]. [Burke's Peerage, p. 1603] Father: William I "Longsword" Duke of Normandy b: ABT 891 in Rouen, Normandy Mother: Sprota (Sporta) de Senlis b: ABT 911 in Bretagne, France Marriage 1 concubine(s) Married: BEF 953 in No Marriage Children Godfrey FitzRichard of Brionne , Comte de Eu b: ABT 953 in Brionne, Eure, Normandy William I Count of Heimois & d' Eu b: ABT 970 in Eu, Seine Inferieure, Normandy Muriella de Normandy b: ABT 970 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France Hawise of Normandy b: ABT 975 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy Pappia of Normandy b: ABT 980 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy Marriage 2 Emma Capet b: ABT 944 in Paris, Seine, Ile-de-France, France Married: 960 11 Marriage 3 Gunnor (Gundra Gunnora) "not" de Crepon\ b: ABT 942 in Arque, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France Married: 962 9 Married: BEF 959 in Danish Wife - Christian marriage after 968 8 Married: AFT 962 in France 12 13 14 Children Mathilde de Normandie Richard II "the Good" Duke of Normandy b: ABT 959 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy Robert d' Evereaux b: ABT 965 in Evreux, Normandy Mauger of Corbeil b: 974 in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy Beatrix of Normandy b: ABT 975 in Normandy Emma of Normandy b: ABT 982 Sources: Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: Richard I Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, 5th Ed. 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