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  1. May 21, 2009 · Added: May 21, 2009. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 37360605. Sponsored by Ms G. Source citation. Richard I the Fearless Duke of Normandy, Leader of the Normans of Rouen, was born in 933 in Fecamp, Normandy, France. He was the son of William I Longsword Duke of Normandy. A minor at the assassination of his father William in 942, it was largely ...

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  2. Richard I (28 August 932 – 20 November 996), also known as Richard the Fearless (French: Richard Sans-Peur; Old Norse: Jarl Rikard), was the count of Rouen from 942 to 996. Dudo of Saint-Quentin , whom Richard commissioned to write the " De moribus et actis primorum Normanniae ducum " (Latin, " On the Customs and Deeds of the First Dukes of ...

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  4. Apr 4, 2024 · Richard I (born c. 932—died 996) was the duke of Normandy (942–996), son of William I Longsword. Louis IV of France took the boy-duke into his protective custody, apparently intent upon reuniting Normandy to the crown’s domains, but in 945 Louis was captured by the Normans, and Richard was returned to his people.

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  5. Richard I of Normandy (933–996), also known as Richard the Fearless (French, Sans Peur ), was the "Duke of Normandy" from 942 to 996. [a] Richard made Normandy into a feudal society where he owned all the land. His followers held on to the lands given them by remaining loyal to him. He made Normandy a much stronger a power in western France.

  6. Richard of Normandy - the second son of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders. He died sometime between 1069 and 1075 in a hunting accident in the New Forest.

  7. Richard I "Sans Peur" ("the Fearless") Leader of the Normans of Rouen [anachronistically, "duke of Normandy"], 942-996.A minor at the assassination of his father William in 942, it was largely during Richard's long period of rule that what eventually became the duchy of Normandy evolved from what was essentially a pirate principality into a feudal state.

  8. Royal House: Plantagenet / Normandy. Image: Statue of Richard the Lionheart. Richard I was born on 8th September 1157, the third of Henry II’s five sons and one of eight total legitimate children. It is thought that he was born in England at Beaumont Palace in Oxford and that he was his mother’s favourite. Being the third son, you might not ...

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