Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameRichard II “The Good” , Duke of Normandy
Birthabt 963, Normandy, France
Death28 Aug 1026, Fecamp, Seine Inferieure, France
Misc. Notes
Richard II, known as Richard The Good, (in French, "le Bon"), was the son and heir of Richard I the Fearless and the Duchess Gunnora. Succeeded his father as Duke of Normandy in 996. Richard held his own against a peasant insurrection, and helped Robert II of France against the duchy of Burgundy. He also repelled an English attack on the Cotentin Peninsula that was led by the Anglo-Saxon King Ethelred II the Unready. He pursued a reform of the Norman monasteries.
Spouses
Birth956, Bretagne, Indre, France
Death16 Jun 1017, Normandy, France
Marriageabt 991, Normandy, France
ChildrenRichard III (~997-1027)
 Eleanor (~1002-)
 Judith (Adelaide) (~1003-~1037)
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