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Emma of Normandy (referred to as Ælfgifu in royal documents; [3] c. 984 – 6 March 1052) was a Norman-born noblewoman who became the English, Danish, and Norwegian queen through her marriages to the Anglo-Saxon king Æthelred the Unready and the Danish king Cnut the Great.
Commissioned by Queen Emma herself, it strives to show her and Cnut in as favourable a light as possible. Thus, it silently glosses over Emma's first marriage to Æthelred, contests whether Harold Harefoot, Cnut's son by his first wife Ælfgifu, was indeed a son of Cnut, and places the blame for Ælfred's murder squarely on Harold. [5] [6]
Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse; Non-contemporary: Emma of Normandy [3] [5] Richard I, Duke of Normandy : 985 July 1017 1028 husband's conquest: 12 November 1035 husband's death: 6 March 1052 Canute II
Marriage Became consort Coronation Ceased to be consort Death Resting place Spouse Emma of Normandy (again) Richard I, Duke of Normandy Gunnor: c. 985: 1002 3 February 1014 husband's restoration – 23 April 1016 husband's death: 6 March 1052 Old Minster, Winchester - bones now in Winchester Cathedral: Ethelred II the Unready: Ealdgyth – c ...
Goda of England or Godgifu or Gode (c.1004 – c.1049/1056) was the daughter of King Æthelred the Unready and his second wife Emma of Normandy, and sister of King Edward the Confessor. She married firstly Drogo of Mantes, count of the Véxin, probably on 7 April 1024, [1] and had sons by him: Ralph the Timid, earl of Hereford.
Ælfgifu (also Ælfgyfu; Elfgifa, Elfgiva, Elgiva) is an Anglo-Saxon feminine personal name, from ælf "elf" and gifu "gift". When Emma of Normandy, the later mother of Edward the Confessor, became queen of England in 1002, she was given the native Anglo-Saxon name of Ælfgifu to be used in formal and official contexts.
Emma of Paris (c. 943 – 19 March 968), was a duchess consort of Normandy, married to Richard I, Duke of Normandy. She was the daughter of Count Hugh the Great of Paris and Hedwige of Saxony and sister of Hugh Capet , king of France.
Richard's first marriage in 960 was to Emma, daughter of Hugh the Great [1] [28] and Hedwige of Saxony. [28] Richard and Emma were betrothed when both were very young. She died after 19 March 968, with no issue. [1] According to Robert of Torigni, not