NORMANDIE Richard

0933 - 0996  (63 years)

• Name	NORMANDIE Richard
  Birth	28 Aug 0933	Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Nov 0996	Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
  Notes	Richard 'Sans Peur' (the Fearless), Comte de Normandie b. 932 Fécamp d. 20 Nov 996 Fécamp bur. Fécamp. Richard is the son of William I of Normandy and Sprota, a Breton concubine. He's also the grandson of Rollo. He was about 10 years old when his father was killed. His mother remarried to Esperleng, and had Richard's half-brother, Rodulf of Ivry. Parents Father: William I de Normandy (d. 17 Dec 942).[1] Mother: Sprota[1] Marriage m.1 (960 Rouen) Emma (943-aft. 19 Mar 968), dau. of Hugues 'le Grand,' Duc de Francs, Comte de Paris and Hedwig of Germany. No issue.[2] m.2 (bef. 989) Gunnora UNKNOWN (950-05 Jan 1031). Issue: 8.[2] Richard II 'le Bon/l'Irascible' (d. 23 Aug 1026; bur Fécamp). Robert (d. 1037), Comte d'Evreux. Archbishop of Rouen 989. Robert "Danus" (d. 12 Aug 985/89). Mauger (d. 1033/40), Comte de Corbeil (wife's right). (son) UNKNOWN Emma "Ælgifu" of Normandy (985 14 Mar 1052 Winchesterl) m.1 Æthelred II m.2 (2 or 31 Jul 1017) Canute Havise (d. 21 Feb 1034). m (996) Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany (980-20 Nov 1008). Mathilde (d. 1005) m. (1003/4) Eudes II, Comte de Blois Mistress mistress(es) UNKNOWN. Issue: 5[2] Godfroy "Geoffrey" de Brionne (953-1015), Comte d'Eu after 996. Guillaume (978-1057), Comte d'Hiémois. Comte d'Eu. Robert (d. after 1015), Comte d'Avranches Beatrix (d. 18 Jan 1035) m (bef. 1001 ... divorced) Ebles, Vicomte de Turenne, (d. after 1021). (dau) UNKNOWN m. Gilbert, Advocate of Saint Valéry Sources Ademari Historiarum III.33, MGH SS IV, p. 131. Cawley, C. (2006). Medieval Lands v.4. Fmg.ac.[1][3] Flodoard of Reims (1855). Flodoardi Chronicon. Reims : Regnier. Google Books. [2][4] Wikipedia: Richard I, Duke of Normandy Citations and Notes ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notice of resolution of ambiguous parentage: profile been edited in accordance with European Aristocracy user-group. Parents (or lack of) decided upon in consultation with primary sources collected by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cawley, 2006 ↑ CITING: Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber III, II, p. 234; Flodoard 943, MGH SS III, p. 389; Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Chapter 27; Orderic Vitalis, Vol. II, Book III, p. 9; Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber III, XI, XII, p. 238; Kerrebrouck, P. Van (2000) Les Capétiens 987-1328 (Villeneuve d'Asq), p. 50 footnote 6; Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber IV, II, III, IV, pp. 239-40; Dudo of Saint-Quentin, Chapters 43-45; Kerrebrouck (2000), p. 47; Chavanon, J. (ed.) (1897) Adémar de Chabannes, Chronique (Paris), Book III, 27, and Rodolfus Glauber, Life of William Volpiano, 7. Houts (2000), p. 102; Bonnin, T. (ed.) (1870) Cartulaire de Louviers (Evreux) ("Louviers"), Tome I, I, p. 1; Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber IV, XX, p. 249; Brevis Relatio de Origine Willelmi Conquestoris, p. 14. Hugonis Floriacensis, Liber qui Modernorum Regum Francorum continet Actus 5, MGH SS IX, p. 383; Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber IV, X, XII, pp. 243-4; Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber IV, XVIII, p. 247; Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber VIII, XXXVI, p. 311. Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber IV, XVIII, p. 247; Robert de Torigny, Book VIII c. 36; Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 998, MGH SS XXIII, p. 777. ↑ see: year 960. Records marriage to Emma; see also: Space: Flodoardi Chronicon
  Person ID	I58390	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	NORMANDIE Guillaume,   b. Abt 0900, Normandie, France d. 17 Dec 0942, Picquigny, Somme, Picardie, France (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	BRETAGNE Sprote,   b. 0911, Bretagne, France d. 1005, Ponteaudemer, Normandy, France (Age ~ 93 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F26036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	UNKNOWN Unknown,   b. Abt 0940, Normandy d. Abt 1033, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 93 years)
  Children	1. BRIONNE Godfrey,   b. Abt 0953, Brionne, Haute-Normandie, France d. 25 Aug 1015, Brionne, Normandy, France (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. NORMANDIE Richard,   b. 23 Aug 0963, Évreux, Normandie, France d. 28 Aug 1026, Fécamp, Normandie, France (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: Stepchild]   3. NORMANDIE Hawise,   b. 0978, Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France d. 21 Feb 1034, Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France (Age ~ 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: Stepchild]   4. NORMANDIE Fresenda,   b. Bef Aug 0997, Normandy, France d. 1057 (Age > 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: Stepchild]
  Family ID	F26667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 2	UNKNOWN Gunnora,   b. Abt 21 Nov 0936, Normandie, France d. Abt 1031, Fécamp, Normandie, France (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	0962
  Children	1. NORMANDIE Richard,   b. 23 Aug 0963, Évreux, Normandie, France d. 28 Aug 1026, Fécamp, Normandie, France (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. NORMANDIE Hawise,   b. 0978, Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France d. 21 Feb 1034, Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France (Age ~ 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26035	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026