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Learn about the life, reign, and legacy of Richard II, the duke of Normandy from 996 to 1026. Find out his marriages, children, relations with England and Vikings, and his role in the Norman settlement.
Richard II (died 1026/27) was the 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 ...
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Richard II was the oldest son of Richard I the Fearless and Gunnora. He succeeded his father as Duke of Normandy in 996. During his minority, which was the first five years of his reign, his regent was his uncle Count Ralph of Ivrea. Ralph put down a peasantrevolt at the start of Richard's reign. Richard was very religious like his overlord king Ro...
In the 980s the Vikings had been raiding England again. They would then cross the English Channel to Normandy to sell their plunder. Norman and Viking relations were good. Richard's father had hired Viking mercenaries in the 960s. He also allowed them safe haven in Normandy. This caused problems in England and with the Pope in Rome. In 990 represen...
Richard II commissioned Dudo of Saint-Quentin, his clerk and priest, to write about his ancestors. He was to tell the story of the Norman dukes in a way that showed their Christian morals. He wanted them shown to be good and upright leaders who built Normandy despite the bad behavior of their Frankish neighbors. It has been called by some historian...
He married firstly, c.1000, Judith (992–1017), daughter of Conan I of Brittany,by whom he had the following issue: 1. Richard IIISucceeded his father as duke. 2. Alice of Normandy, married Renaud I, Count of Burgundy. 3. Robert(c. 1005/7), duke of Normandy after his brother. 4. William, a monk at Fécamp. 5. Eleanor, married to Baldwin IV, Count of ...
Duke of Normandy, 942: Richard I "the Fearless" 932–996 1st Duke of Normandy r. 942–996: Richard II "the Good" d. 1026 2nd Duke of Normandy r. 996–1027: Robert Count of Évreux, Archbishop of Rouen: Mauger c. 988 –1032 m. Germain, Countess of Corbeil: Geoffrey d. c. 1010 Count of Eu: William I 978–after 1057 Count of Eu and Hiémois ...
Name LifespanReignMarriage(s)Relation To Predecessor(s)Rollo (Rollon) c. 835/870 – 928/933911–928(1) Poppa of Bayeux more danico one son ...Granted by the Treaty of ...William I Longsword (Gllâome I) 893 – 17 ...927–17 December 942(1) Sprota more danico one son (2) ...Son of RolloRichard I the Fearless (R'chard ...17 December 942 – 20 November 996(1) Emma of Paris no issue (m.960; died ...Richard II the Good (R'chard le Bouon) ...996–1026(1) Judith of Brittany six children (m.Richard himself married Judith (1008), sister of the Count of Rennes, thereby opposing the Count of Anjou, Fulk Nerra in this region. He entered into a war with Count Eude of Blois (1013/1014), widower of his daughter Matilda. Richard II was the first to have the title of Duke of Normandy. He fell ill in 1026 and died in the abbey of Fécamp.
A biography of Richard II, the first duke of Normandy to be unambiguously referred to as such, who ruled from 996 to 1026. Learn about his birth, death, marriages, children, and possible additional wife or intended wife.
Richard I (932-996) was the count of Rouen and the founder of the Norman Empire. He fought against King Louis IV of France and allied with Hugh the Great and Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.
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