 Richard I "The Fearless" Duke Of NormandyBorn Aug 28, 933 at Normandy, France, died Nov 20, 996 at Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France, 63 years, buried at Fecamp, Seine-Inferieure, France Ancestral File Number: Richard 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] Married before 953 at No Marriage (at least 43 years married) to:  ConcubineBorn 935, died Dec Children: 1. (Count De Eu & Hiemes) William De The (Count De Eu & Hiemes)/HiesmesBorn ± 965 at Normandy, France, died ± 1057, approximately 92 years 2. Hawisa (Hedwig) Of NormandyBorn ± 977 at Of, Normandy, France, died Feb 21, 1034, approximately 57 years Ancestral File Number: 3. Papia Of NormandyBorn ± 980 at Normandy, France, died Dec 4. (Count) Godfrey Of D'eu & Geoffrey Of (Count)/BrienneBorn 966 at Brionne, Normandy, France, died ± 1015, approximately 49 years Ancestral File Number: 5. Muriella De NormandyBorn ± 970 at Normandy, France, died before 1020 | |||
| 2nd marriage Richard I "The Fearless" Duke Of NormandyMarried after 962 at France (at most 34 years married) to: [Duchess Of Nor Gunnora (Gundra) De Crepon [Duchess Of NorBorn ± 936 at Arque, Normandy, France, died 1031 at France, approximately 95 years Name Suffix: Ancestral File Number: Children: 1. [Duke] Richard II "The Good" Normandy [Duke]Born Aug 28, 933 at Faecamp, Normandie, died Nov 20, 996 at Faecamp, Normandie, 63 years, buried at Fecamp, Seine Inferieure, France Richard II, byname RICHARD THE GOOD, French RICHARD le BON (d. 1026/27), duke of Normandy (996-1026/27), son of Richard I the Fearless. He held his own against a peasant insurrection, helped Robert II of France against the duchy of Burgundy, and repelled an English attack on the Cotentin Peninsula that was led by the Anglo-Saxon king Ethelred II the Unready. He also pursued a reform of the Norman monasteries. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97] 2. [Count] Mauger Count De Corbeil [Count]Born 974 at Normandy, France, died 1040 at Corbeil, Marne, France, 65 or 66 years 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] --------------------------------------------- Mauger, Count of Corbeil, in right of his wife; married Germaine, daughter and heir of Albert, Count of Corbeil, and had [Hamon, Count of Corbeil], with an elder son (William, dsp a monk in the Abbey of St. Maur). [Burke's Peerage] Note the above puts the descendancy through William in doubt. Of course being an elder son, he could have been Count at least for a while, and maybe had illegitimate children. Though they would not be Counts. 3. Mr De NormandyBorn ± 969 at Of, Normandy, France, died Dec Ancestral File Number: 4. Matilda Dau Pf Ricjardof NormandyDied UNKNOWN 5. [Countess] Mahaud Champagne [Countess]Born ± 974 at Of, Normandy, France, died before 1017 Name Suffix: Ancestral File Number: 6. [Archbishop Of R Robert Count Of Archb. Of [Archbishop Of R/EvreuxBorn ± 964 at Evreux, Normandy, France, died 1037 at Dy, approximately 73 years Ancestral File Number: 7. [Viscountess Turenne)] Beatrice De Normandy [Viscountess Turenne)]Born ± 975 at Normandy, France, died Jan 18, 1034, approximately 59 years Ancestral File Number: 8. Queen Of England Emma Beauclerc Of Normandy Queen Of EnglandBorn ± 982 at Of, Normandy, France, died Mar 6, 1052 at Winchester, Hampshire, England, approximately 70 years, buried UNKNOWN at St Martin's Chur, Winchester, Hampshire, England Name Suffix: Ancestral File Number: Mother of Edward the Confessor. 9. Geoffrey (Godfrey) D' EuBorn estimated WFT 966 at Eu, Dieppe, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France, died ± 996, approximately 30 years | |||
| 3rd marriage Richard I "The Fearless" Duke Of NormandyMarried 956 at France (11 or 12 years married) to: [Princess] Emma France [Princess], daughter of Hugues Magnus The [Count Of Paris]/Great and Hedwige (Hartwige) Germany [Princess].Born 943 at France, died Mar 19, 968, 24 or 25 years, buried at Supposed To Be Daughter Of Hugh Capet Born 941? Ancestral File Number: | |||