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Apr 26, 2022 · Birthplace: Probably Fecamp, (Present région Haute-Normandie), Duchy of Normandy, France. Death: March 06, 1052 (66) Winchester, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom) Place of Burial: Winchester, Hampshire, England, (Present UK) Immediate Family: Daughter of Richard I, 'the Fearless', Duke of Normandy and Gunnor, Duchess of Normandy.
When Emma de Normandie Queen of England was born on 23 June 0985, in Normandel, Perche, France, her father, Richard de Normandie Fearless , 'Sans Peur', comte de Rouen, was 52 and her mother, Gunnor de crepon mistress, comtesse de Rouen, was 48. She married Æthelred II the Unready, King of England on 5 April 1002, in Winchester, Hampshire ...
Emma De (Queen of ENGLAND) NORMANDY 985-1052 Married April 5, 1002, France, toAethelred II Mucel (the Unready) De (King of England) WESSEX 966-1016 Emma De (Queen of ENGLAND) NORMANDY 985-1052 Married in 1017 to Canute 'The Great' (King of ENGLAND, Norway, Denmark) DENMARK ca 970-1035
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- First Marriage, to Æthelred The Unready
- Second Marriage, to Knut
- Later Life
- Death
Emma, also known in England as Ælfgifu, was the daughter of Richard I (the Fearless) of Normandy and Gunnor. Her birth date is uncertain, but she was probably born by about 985.
In 1000 the Viking ships went from England to Normandy, and Æthelred the Unready is said to have sent a fleet to try and capture Duke Richard II of Normandy: this attempt failed, but there followed a rapprochement with Duke Richard, with a papal envoy drawing up the terms of a treaty. The death of Æthelred's first wife facilitated this: Emma, Richa...
Æthelred died in April 1016. Emma is said to have returned to Normandy afterwards, though this is not certain. In July 1017 Knut married her, probably to strengthen his hold on England. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles record that Knut "ordered the widow of the former king Æthelred, Richard's daughter, to be brought to him as wife." In subsequent records...
Knut died in November 1035, Emma then championed the cause of her son Harthacnut to be ruler of England, but he was in Scandinavia, and this enabled his half-brother Harold Harefoot to become king. One manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles states that Harold Harefoot seized from Emma the "best treasures" of Knut, but that she stayed in Wincheste...
Emma died in March 1052 and was buried at Winchester. There is disagreement about her exact death date: the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography give it as 7 March; Medlands as 14 March.Two different manuscripts of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles give 6 and 14 March.
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Emma /Normandy Consort England/, Queen Emma of (Normandy) /England/, Emma of /Normandy/, EMMA Flower /De NORMANDY/, Emma /De Poitiers/ Born in 982 - Normandel, Orne, Basse-Normandie, Kingdom of France; Deceased March 6, 1051 - Winchester, Hampshire, England,aged 69 years old Parents. Richard I "The Fearless" 27thGGF. Duke of Normandy 933-996
Mar 28, 2017 · Gunhilda. Short Biography. Emma of Normandy was born in 985, the daughter of Robert Duke of Normandy. She married King Aethelred the Unready in 1002 as part of a treaty of mutual agreement between England and Normandy. The couple had three children, Edward, Alfred and Godgifu. In 1014, King Sweyn Forkbeard conquered England and became King.
Emma (c. 985March 6, 1052 in Winchester, Hampshire), called Ælfgifu, was daughter of Richard the Fearless, Duke of Normandy, by his second wife Gunnora. She was Queen consort of the Kingdom of England twice, by successive marriages: initially as the second wife to Ethelred the Unready of England (1002-1016); and then to Canute the Great of ...
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