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Father. Hugh the Great. Mother. Hedwig of Saxony. Emma of Paris (943 – 19 March 968), was a duchess consort of Normandy, married to Richard I, Duke of Normandy. She was the daughter of Count Hugh the Great of Paris and Hedwige of Saxony and sister of Hugh Capet, king of France. Coat-of--arms of Capetids.
Jan 7, 2024 · Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World. As the descendent of Vikings, the daughter of a Norman duke, and the wife and mother to multiple English kings, Emma of Normandy embodied power and influence in medieval England. Jan 7, 2024 • By Melissa Sartore, PhD Medieval History, MA European History, BA History. Emma of Normandy ...
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Emma of Paris (d. 968)Duchess of Normandy. Died on March 19, 968; daughter of Hedwig (c. 915–965), and Hugh the Great also known as Hugh the White (c. 895–956), count of Paris and duke of Burgundy; sister of Hugh Capet (939–996), duke of France (r. 956–996), king of France (r. 987–996), first of the Capetian kings, who married ...
The Duchess of Normandy was the wife of the Duke of Normandy. ... Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Kieran Real ... Emma of Paris: Hugh the Great -
NameFatherBirthMarriageBerenger of Bayeux(perhapsBerengar II of ...-886, or afterGisela of France(perhaps apocryphal)Charles the Simple(Carolingian)-912Herbert II, Count of ...-940Robert II of France(Capet)10091027Emma of Normandy –1052, married first to Æthelred, King of England and secondly Cnut the Great, King of England. Hawise of Normandy, wife of Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany; Maud of Normandy, wife of Odo II of Blois, Count of Blois, Champagne and Chartres; Notes
- c. 936 - 950, Not known
- 989–996
- c. 1031- Aged approximately 80 to 95., Normandy, France
- Richard I, Duke of Normandy
Feb 7, 2022 · Published: February 7, 2022 at 12:25 PM. Who was Emma of Normandy? Emma of Normandy is best-known as being queen consort to two kings – Æthelred the Unready and Cnut the Great – and the mother of another, Harthacnut. She was the daughter of Richard I (the Fearless) of Normandy and the Danish-descended Gunnor.
Apr 4, 2019 · Emma enters the historical record in 1002 when, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, she was sent from the court of her brother, Duke Richard II of Normandy, to marry the Anglo-Saxon king Æthelred II.