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Sprota. 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. [1] 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 ...
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Richard I of Normandy (933–996), also known as Richard the Fearless, was the "Duke of Normandy" from 942 to 996. 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.
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.
