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Personal data Richard II de Normandië 

• Alternative name: de Goede
• He was born about 964.
• Title: Hertog, van Normandië
• He died on August 23, 1026 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Normandië, Frankrijk.
• A child of Richard I de Normandië and Gunorra de Crepon

Household of Richard II de Normandië

He is married to Judith van Bretagne.

They got married in the year 1000 at Mont Saint-Michel, Le Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandie, Frankrijk.

Child(ren):

1. Adelheid van Normandie  ± 1000-± 1038 
2. Robert II de Normandië  ????-1035 
3. Eleanor van Normandië   

Notes about Richard II de Normandië

RICHARD, son of RICHARD I "Sans-Peur" Comte [de Normandie] & his second wife Gunnora --- (-23 Aug 1026, bur Fécamp). Ademar names Richard as son of "Richardus Rotomagensis"[160]. Guillaume of Jumièges names “Richardum...et Robertum atque Malgerium aliosque duos” as the sons of Richard and his wife “Gunnor ex nobilissima Danorum prosapia ortam”[161]. Robert of Torigny names "Ricardum…qui ei successit et Robertum postea archiepiscopum Rothomagensium et Malgerium comitem Curbuliensem, aliosque duos" as the sons of "Ricardi primi ducis Normanniæ" and Gunnora[162]. He succeeded his father in 996 as RICHARD II "le Bon/l'Irascible" Comte de Normandie. Orderic Vitalis records the death in 996 of "Ricardo seniore" and the succession of “Ricardus Gunnorides filius eius” who held “ducatum Normanniæ” for 30 years[163]. An agreement between the abbots of Jumièges and Bougeuil concerning an exchange of land in Poitou, by charter dated [13 Apr/4 Apr] 1012, is subscribed by "Richardus…filius Ricardi principi magni, filius eius Richardus et…mater Richardi comitis Gunnor, uxor comitis Richardi…"[164]. Duke of Normandy [1015].

m firstly (Mont Saint-Michel [1000]) JUDITH de Bretagne, daughter of CONAN I "le Tort" Duke of Brittany & his wife Ermengarde d'Anjou ([982]-16 Jun 1017).  Guillaume of Jumièges records the marriage of “dux Richardus” and “Goiffredum Britannorum comitem...sororem...Iudith” at “limina Archangeli Michaelis”[173].  Orderic Vitalis records that “Ricardus Gunnorides...et Judith uxor eius soror Gaufredi Britonum comitis” founded “cœnobium apud Bernaïcum in honore sanctæ Dei genitricis Mariæ”[174].  An agreement between the abbots of Jumièges and Bougeuil concerning an exchange of land in Poitou, by charter dated [13 Apr/4 Apr] 1012, is subscribed by "Richardus…filius Ricardi principi magni…Judith…"[175].  The Chronicle of Caen Saint-Etienne records the death in 1017 of "Judita comitissa"[176]. 

Betrothed (after 1017) to ESTRID [Margrete] Svendsdatter, daughter of SVEND I "Tveskæg/Forkbeard" King of Denmark & [his second wife Sigrid of Poland] (-9 May ----, bur Roskilde Cathedral).  Adam of Bremen records that "Chnud…rex Danorum" gave "suam…germanam Margaretam pro foedere" to "comitis Nortmannorum Rikardi" and after, she was repudiated by Richard, to "Wolf duci Angliæ"[177].  Saxo Grammaticus also records her betrothal[178].  The Chronicon Roskildense records that "Kanutus" gave "sororem…Estrith" to "Richardo", who repudiated her, after which she married "duci Ulf" without her brother´s consent[179].  She later married Ulf Thrugilson Jarl [Wulfsige Sprakeling]. 

m secondly PAPIA [Poppa], daughter of --- (-after 1047).  Guillaume of Jumièges records that Duke Richard II married secondly after the death of his first wife “Papiam” by whom he had “Malgerium...archipræsulem et Willelmum Archacensem”[180].  She is named "Poppa", Duke Richard's second wife, by Orderic Vitalis[181].  The names of two of Papia’s brothers are found in the following two sources, but no other indication of her family origin.  The Chronicon Fontanellense names “Papia” as second wife of Duke Richard, adding that “cuius fratres Ansfredus et Osbernus” were monks at Fontanelle[182].  “Osbernus et Anfredus fratres, tempore Ricardi secundi comitis, qui eorum sororem Papiam in coniugio habebat” donated “alodum...in monasterio Odelerii cum capella S. Desiderii” to Saint-Wandrille by charter dated to [1024][183].  “Ricardus princeps et dux Normannorum, filius Ricardi senioris” donated “villam...Fontes in Braio...Brendelcurt cum ecclesia...æcclesiam de Nouobosco, æcclesiam de Bosmesnil...” to Saint-Wandrille, at the request of “Yvonis...militis”, by charter dated to [1024], subscribed by “Riccardi principis Normannorum, Papie comitisse, Roberti archipresulis fratris eiusdem principis, Yvonis militis...Hugonis Baiocensis episcopi, Girardi Flagitelli...”[184].  "Duke Richard [II]" donated property to the abbey of Mont Saint-Michel by charter dated to [1024/26], subscribed by "…Papie uxoris comitis"[185].  "Guillelmus Archensis comes et frater meus Malgerius Archiepiscopus" donated the vill of Periers sur Andelle to the monastery of Saint-Ouen at Rouen, at the request of "matris mee Paveie" and the consent of "Guilielmo Normannorum comite", by charter dated to [1047/50][186]. 

Duke Richard II & his first wife had six children:
ADELAIS [Judith] ([1000]-7 Jul [after 1030]).
RICHARD ([1001]-Rouen 6 Aug 1027)
ROBERT (-Nikaia 22 Jul 1035, bur Nikaia basilica St Mary, transferred [1187] to Apulia)
ELEONORE] de Normandie
GUILLAUME (-5 Dec 1025).
daughter Nn

Duke Richard II & his second wife had two children:
GUILLAUME ([1020/26]-[Boulogne] after [1054])
MAUGER ([1020/26]-drowned Guernsey 1055)

Bronnen:

[160] Ademari Historiarum III.33, MGH SS IV, p. 131.

[161] Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber IV, XVIII, p. 247.

[162] Robert de Torigny, Vol. I, 965, p. 25.

[163] Orderic Vitalis (Prévost), Vol. II, Liber III, I, p. 10.

[164] Jumièges 7, p. 16.

[165] Saint-Wandrille, 10, p. 41.

[166] Adami, Gesta Hammenburgensis Ecclesiæ Pontificum II.52, MGH SS VII, p. 325.

[167] Louviers, Tome I, II, p. 3.

[168] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Abbaye de Saint-Père-enVallée, p. 194.

[169] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.1, Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, p. 270.

[170] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.1, Abbaye de Saint-Denis, p. 324.

[171] Necrology Verdun Saint-Vanne, p. 145.

[172] Brevis Relatio de Origine Willelmi Conquestoris, p. 14.

[173] Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber V, XIII, p. 255.

[174] Orderic Vitalis (Prévost), Vol. II, Liber III, I, p. 10.

[175] Jumièges 7, p. 16.

[176] Annales Historia breve sive Chronica monasterii S. Stephani Cadomensis, p. 165.

[177] Adami, Gesta Hammenburgensis Ecclesiæ Pontificum II.52, MGH SS VII, p. 325.

[178] Saxo Grammaticus, 10, XIV, p. 28.

[179] Gertz (1917), Vol. I, Chronicon Roskildense, VII, p. 20.

[180] Willelmi Gemmetencis Historiæ (Du Chesne, 1619), Liber VII, VII, p. 270.

[181] Orderic Vitalis (Chibnall), Vol. III, Book V, p. 87.

[182] Chronicon Fontanellense Appendix Altera VII, Spicilegium, Tome II, p. 288.

[183] Saint-Wandrille, 9, p. 40.

[184] Saint-Wandrille, 10, p. 41.

[185] Round (1899) 701, p. 249.

[186] Gurney (1845) Part I, p. 43, quoting originals in the Archives de Rouen.

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