Richard II (Normandy)
Richard II , called the Good ( le Bon ), (* unknown; † 1026 in Fécamp ) was the second Duke of Normandy .
He was the son of Richard I the Fearless and his wife Gunnora and succeeded his father as Duke in 996. He defended his property in a peasant revolt, supported King Robert II of France against the Duke of Burgundy and fended off an attack by the Anglo-Saxon King Æthelred II on the Cotentin peninsula .
Around 996 he married Judith († 1017), daughter of Duke Conan I of Brittany , after her death in second marriage Papia.
Judith was the mother of:
- Richard III
- Robert I.
- Wilhelm († 1025), monk in Fécamp .
- Adelheid ∞ Rainald I, Count of Burgundy
- Eleanor ∞ Baldwin IV. Count of Flanders
- Matilde († 1033).
Papia was the mother of:
literature
Primary sources
- Dudo of Saint-Quentin , De Gestis Normanniae ducum seu de moribus et actis primorum Normanniae ducum , J. Lair (ed.), Mémoires de la Société des Antiquaires de Normandie , Volume XXIII, 1865
- Wilhelm von Jumièges , Gesta Normannorum Ducum , Guizot edition, 1826
Secondary sources
- François Neveux , La Normandie des ducs aux Rois. Xe-XIIe siècle , Ouest-France Université, Rennes, 1998
- Pierre Bauduin , La Première Normandie (Xe-XIe siècle) , Presses Universitaires de Caen, 2002
- François Neveux, L'aventure des Normands: VIIIe-XIIIe siècle , Paris, Perrin, Collection Tempus , 2009, ISBN 978-2-262-02981-4 , p. 69
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Richard I. |
Duke of Normandy 996-1026 |
Richard III |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Richard II |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Richard the good |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | second Duke of Normandy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1026 |
| Place of death | Fécamp , Duchy of Normandy |