Gunnor

Gunnor’s Frankish/baptismal name was Albereda.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Mother: unknown.

Crouch (p. 26) notes that she was of Danish descent and perhaps of a rival Viking dynasty within Normandy.

Siblings: Sainsfrida, Wevia (married Osbern de Bolbec), Duvelina (married Turulf de Pont-Audemer), Herfast, others.

Lover, later Spouse: Richard I “Sans Peur”, leader of the Normans in Rouen.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:465), by van Houts (XII:222), by Green (p. 46), and by Baldwin.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin.)

Richard II (died 23 August 1026), duke of Normandy, married (1) Judith de Rennes; married (2) Papia.

Robert (died 1037), archbishop of Rouen and count of Évreux, married (?) Godehilde.

Mauger (died after 1033), count of Corbeil.

Robertus Danus (died before 985 to 989).

a son

Emma de Normandie (died 1052) married (1) Æthelred II “the Unready”, king of England; married (2) Canute, king of England, Denmark, and Norway.

Hawise (died 1034) married Geoffroy I, duke of Britanny.

Mathilde (died before 1005) married Eudes II, count of Blois.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Richard I "Sans Peur" ("the Fearless")” in The Henry Project.

Crouch, David. Normans: The History of a Dynasty. (Hambledon, 2002).

Green, Judith A.. “Duchesses of Normandy” in Normandy and Its Neighbours: 900 to 1250 (Belgium: Brepols, 2011) pp. 43-49.

Van Houts, Elisabeth. “Robert of Torigni as Genealogist” in History and Family Traditions in England and the Continent: 1000-1200 (Ashgate, 1999).