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- Mother: Gunnora, from a powerful Norman family Father: Richard I of Normandy, son of William I of Normandy by Sprota, a captured concubine from Brittany. Siblings included: Richard II of Normandy (grandfather of William the Conqueror), Robert II (Archbishop of Rouen), Maud (married Odo II, Count of Blois), Hawise (married Geoffrey I of Brittany)
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Emma of Normandy (referred to as Ælfgifu in royal documents; [3] c. 984 – 6 March 1052) was a Norman-born noblewoman who became the English, Danish, and Norwegian queen through her marriages to the Anglo-Saxon king Æthelred the Unready and the Danish king Cnut the Great.
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- Parents
- 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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Apr 26, 2022 · Genealogy for Emma of Normandy (985 - 1052) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- June 23, 985
- Winchester, Hampshire, England, (Present UK)
Jul 14, 2024 · Emma of Normandy was born in 985, the daughter of Richard I 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.
Wife of Ethelred II the Unready. Consort: Tue, 1 July 1017 - Thu, 12 November 1035. Wife of Canute the Great. Queen. Ælfgifu. Lived 67 years, 8 months, 5 days. father. Richard I of Normandy. 0932 - 0996.
When Emma de Normandie was born on 23 June 0985, in Normandel, Perche, France, her father, Richard 'Sans Peur' de Normandie comte de Rouen, was 52 and her mother, Gunnor de Crépon, was 49. She married Æthelred the Unready, King of England on 5 April 1002, in Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.
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