Emma of Normandy

984 - 1052  (68 years)

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• Name	Emma of Normandy
  Born	984	Normandy, France   [1]
  	possibly Rouen
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1014	Normandy, France   [1]
  Residence	1017	Winchester, Hampshire, England
  Migration/Travel	1037	Flanders, Belgium
  deported
  Residence	1039	Winchester, Hampshire, England   [1]
  Retired	1043	Winchester, Hampshire, England   [1]
  on orders from her son King Edward the Confessor
  Died	6 Mar 1052	Winchester, Hampshire, England
  Buried	Aft 6 Mar 1052	Old Minster, Winchester, Hampshire, England
  	Old Minster's outline is laid out in the grounds of Winchester Cathedral
  		Mortuary chest allegedly containing bones of Canute and Emma Mortuary chest from Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England. This is one of six mortuary chests near the altar in the Cathedral, this one purports to contain the bones of Cnut and his wife Emma, along with others
  Notes	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_of_Normandy BOOK: Emma: The Twice-Crowned Queen: England in the Viking Age by Isabella Strachan. The first full biography of Queen Emma. [ISABELLA STRACHAN is a former staff writer and sub-editor on the Encyclopaedia Britannica.] In 1002, a beautiful eighteen-year-old named Emma, the half-Danish sister of the Duke of Normandy and the descendant of the Vikings, sailed to England to be the queen of Ethelred the Unready, who needed a Norman alliance against Viking raiders. The political and marital career on which Emma embarked was to be unique for an English queen. Before it was over she would have married two kings, Ethelred and the Danish Canute, and would have given birth to two more, Edward the Confessor and Hardecanute. If Ethelred showed little interest in Emma, her second marriage was scarcely happier. Canute remained joined in a 'handfast' union (one without the Church's full approval) to Elgiva, his first love and the mother of several of his children. From her home in Winchester, the Saxon capital, Emma operated as a significant political figure in her own right. Her writings suggest that she was a Danish nationalist who wished to see England joined with Viking Denmark. But, ultimately, it was her great-nephew, William the Conqueror, who would decide the destiny of England in 1066. Emma's queenship stood at the meeting point of three cultures of the early Middle Ages in England: Saxon, Viking and Norman. This study of her reign, based on contemporary writings and the work of modern scholars, provides a captivating picture of a pious yet brutal era. There is a legend of Queen Emma's ordeal by fire relating to her alleged infidelity, which Herbert J. Reid claims to correct. See http://www.britannia.com/history/winchester/plshare.html
  Person ID	I2723	Roy~Royes | Hougham
  Links To	This person is also Emma in the tree "Hougham" at The Hougham/Huffam Famnily Tree
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	Richard I, Duke of Normandy           b. 28 Aug 933, Fécamp, Normandy, France           d. 20 Nov 996, Fécamp, Normandy, France  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Gunnora de Crepon           b. 936, Arques, Normandy, France           d. 1031, France  (Age 95 years)
  Married	Abt 962	Normandy, France
  Family ID	F1005	Family Group  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ethelred the Unready, King of England 979-1013,1014-16           b. Abt 966, Wessex, England           d. 23 Apr 1016, Islington, London, England  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Married	Jul 1002	Wessex, England
  Children	1. Edward the Confessor, King of England           b. Abt 1003, Islip, Oxfordshire, England           d. 5 Jan 1066, Islington, London, England  (Age ~ 63 years) + 2. Goda (Godgifu), Countess Vexin           b. Abt 1004, Winchester, Hampshire, England           d. 1055  (Age ~ 51 years)   3. Alfred           b. 1013, Winchester, Hampshire, England           d. 5 Feb 1037  (Age 24 years)
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2014 02:30:18
  Family ID	F997	Family Group  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Canute, King of England 1016-1035           b. 995, Denmark           d. 12 Nov 1035, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England  (Age 40 years)
  Married	2 Jul 1017
  Children	1. Hardicanute, King of England 1035-1042           b. Abt 1019, England           d. 8 Jun 1042, Lambeth, London, England  (Age ~ 23 years)
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2014 02:30:18
  Family ID	F1306	Family Group  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 984 - Normandy, France Married - Jul 1002 - Wessex, England Residence - 1014 - Normandy, France Residence - 1017 - Winchester, Hampshire, England Migration/Travel - deported - 1037 - Flanders, Belgium Residence - 1039 - Winchester, Hampshire, England Retired - 1043 - Winchester, Hampshire, England Died - 6 Mar 1052 - Winchester, Hampshire, England Buried - Aft 6 Mar 1052 - Old Minster, Winchester, Hampshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Emma of Normandy (984-1052) Twice Queen of England and produced another two kings

  
  

  Documents

  Chart showing Emma of Normandy's connection to English royalty, Norman dukes and the Houghams

  
  

  Overviews		032. COMPARATIVE CHART 0900-1500 This chart compares the Avranches/Hougham line with that of the Dukes of Normandy and the English throne, based on Solomon Hougham 1475-1518, a key figure in the Hougham pedigree. Emma of Normandy is 27xgreat aunt of May Royes.
  		0837 AVRANCHES - from Rognvald and Rollo to William d'Avranches The Houghams are descendants of the d'Avranches.

  
  

• Sources

  [S101] Isabella Strachan, Emma, the twice-crowned Queen  (Peter Owen Publishers (London: 2004)).