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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.
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.
Richard II (23 August 963 - 28 August 1026), called the Good (French: Le Bon), was the Duke of Normandy from 996 to 1026. He was the first to assume the title of duke [source?] and built up his court to resemble that of a king.
Richard III (997/1001 – 6 August 1027) was the duke of Normandy who reigned from August 1026 to his death. His brief reign opened with a revolt by his brother.
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 ...
Jun 28, 2017 · Highly cultured, Richard was one of the greatest royal patrons of the arts; patron of Chaucer, it was Richard who ordered the technically innovative cantilevered roof transforming the Norman Westminster Hall to what it is today.
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. Date of Birth: Unknown. Place of Birth: Unknown.
Richard II (23 August 963 - 28 August 1026), called the Good (French: Le Bon ), was the Duke of Normandy from 996 to 1026. He was the first to assume the title of duke [source?] and built up his court to resemble that of a king.
Richard II is the Duke of Normandy and the oldest brother of Emma of Normandy. He is the great-grandson of the Viking and Duke of Normandy Rollo.
Richard II commissioned his clerk and confessor, Dudo of Saint-Quentin, to portray his ducal ancestors as morally upright Christian leaders who built Normandy despite the treachery of their overlords and neighboring principalities.
