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Richard II (died 28 August 1026), called the Good (French: Le Bon), was the duke of Normandy from 996 until 1026. Life [ edit ] Richard was the eldest surviving son and heir of Richard the Fearless and Gunnor . [1]
Apr 4, 2024 · Richard II (died 1026/27) was the duke of Normandy (996–1026/27), son of Richard I the Fearless. He held his own against a peasant insurrection, helped Robert II of France against the duchy of Burgundy, and repelled an English attack on the Cotentin Peninsula that was led by the Anglo-Saxon king Ethelred II the Unready. He also pursued a ...
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Mar 20, 2023 · August 23 in 963in Normandy, France - August 28th of 1027, in Normandy), called the Good, was the eldest son of Richard I and Gunnora of Crepon. He succeeded his father as Duke of Normandy in 996. Ricardo withstood a peasant insurrection, and helped the King Robert II of France against the Duchy of Burgundy.
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Richard II was the oldest son of Richard I the Fearless and Gunnora. He succeeded his father as Duke of Normandy in 996. [2] During his minority, which was the first five years of his reign, his regent was his uncle Count Ralph of Ivrea. Ralph put down a peasant revolt at the start of Richard's reign. [3]
Richard II Duke of Normandy, 996-1026. Successor to his father Richard I in 996, Richard II was the first of his family to be unambiguously referred to as duke of Normandy, a title that is also often given anachronistically to his three predecessors. At his death in 1026, Richard was succeeded in turn by his sons Richard III and Robert.
Duke of Normandy, 942: Richard I "the Fearless" 932–996 1st Duke of Normandy r. 942–996: Richard II "the Good" d. 1026 2nd Duke of Normandy r. 996–1027: Robert Count of Évreux, Archbishop of Rouen: Mauger c. 988 –1032 m. Germain, Countess of Corbeil: Geoffrey d. c. 1010 Count of Eu: William I 978–after 1057 Count of Eu and Hiémois ...
Richard III was the eldest son of Richard II of Normandy and Judith of Brittany. Around 1026, Richard was sent by his father in command of a large army to rescue his brother-in-law, Reginald, later Count of Burgundy, by attacking bishop and count Hugh of Chalon, who had captured and imprisoned Reginald in Chalon-sur-Saône. [1]
