Richard I “Sans Peur”

Leader of the Normans in Rouen

Events

Date of Death: 21 November 996.

Place of Death: Fécamp.

The date and place are given by Baldwin.

Place of Burial: Fécamp, église abbatiale.

The place is given by père Anselme (2:465).

Relationships

Father: William I of Normandy.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:464), by van Houts (XII:217), and by Baldwin.

Mother: Sprota.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:464), by van Houts (XII:217), and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Emma, daughter of Hugues le Grand.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:465) and by Baldwin.

Mistress, later Spouse: Gunnor (died January 1031).

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:465) and by Baldwin.

Children (by Gunnor):

(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 Herleve.

Mauger (died after 1033), count of Corbeil.

Robertus Danus (died 12 August, in or after 985 to 989).

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 Brittany.

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

Children (by unknown mistresses):

Godefroy, count of Eu and of Brionne.

Guillaume, count of Eu.

Robert, count of Avranches.

Béatrix married Ebles, vicomte of Turenne. Later, abbess of Montvilliers.

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.

Stewart, Peter. Post to soc.genealogy.medieval dated 4 April 2016.

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).

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