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Richard was the eldest surviving son and heir of Richard the Fearless and Gunnor. [1] He succeeded his father as the ruler of Normandy in 996. [1] During his minority, the first five years of his reign, his regent was Count Rodulf of Ivry, his uncle, who wielded the power and put down a peasant insurrection at the beginning of Richard's reign.
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 ...
This led to a crisis in Normandy, with a minor succeeding as Richard I, and also led to a temporary revival of Norse paganism in Normandy. [9] Richard I's son, Richard II, was the first to be styled duke of Normandy, the ducal title becoming established between 987 and 1006. [10]
The l'Aigle family was a Norman family that derived from the town of L'Aigle, on the southeastern borders of the Duchy of Normandy.They first appear during the rule of Duke Richard II of Normandy, in the early 11th century, and they would hold L'Aigle for the Norman Dukes and Kings of England until the first half of the 13th century, when with the fall of Normandy to the French crown the last ...
When Richard died in 996, Rodulf took effective power during the minority of his nephew, Richard II of Normandy, [5] alongside the boy's mother, Gunnor. According to William of Jumièges, Rudolf had to quell dual rebellions in 996, of peasants and nobility; against the former he cut off feet and hands. [6]
Papia of Envermeu, also called Poppa of Envermeu, was the second consort of Richard II, Duke of Normandy. [1]Papia belonged to the local Norman aristocracy. She married Richard II, Duke of Normandy at Abbey of Saint Wandrille after the death of his first spouse, Judith of Brittany in 1017.
Richard II of Normandy, "the Good", duke (996–1026) Richard, son of William the Conqueror , called "Duke of Bernay" ( c. 1054 – c. 1072 ) Topics referred to by the same term
Alice of Normandy William I (1020 – 12 November 1087), called the Great ( le Grand or Tête Hardie , "the Stubborn"), was Count of Burgundy from 1057 to 1087 and Mâcon from 1078 to 1087. He was a son of Reginald I, Count of Burgundy and Alice of Normandy , daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy . [ 1 ]