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984 - 1052 (68 years)
Has 52 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person
933 - 996 (63 years)
Nickname |
"the Fearless" |
Birth |
28 Aug 933 |
Fécamp, Normandy, France |
Died |
20 Nov 996 |
Fécamp, Normandy, France |
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Father |
William I "Longsword", Duke of Normandy b. Abt 894, Rouen, Normandy, France |
Mother |
Espriota de Bretagne b. 911, Brittany, France |
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Family 1 |
UNNAMED |
Children |
| 1. Muriella of Normandy |
+ | 2. Geoffrey, Comte de Brionne and Eu b. Abt 953, France |
| 3. Papia b. Abt 955, Normandy, France |
| 4. Count William d' Eu b. 972, Normandy, France |
+ | 5. Beatrice of Normandy b. Abt 980, Normandy, France |
| 6. Fressende of Normandy b. Abt 995 |
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Family 2 |
Emma de France b. 943 |
Married |
956 |
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Family 3 |
Gunnora de Crepon b. 936, Arques, Normandy, France |
Married |
Abt 962 |
Normandy, France |
Children |
+ | 1. Richard II, Duke of Normandy 996-1026 b. Normandy, France |
+ | 2. Count Robert d' Evereux, Archbishop of Rouen b. 964, Normandy, France |
| 3. Earl Mauger de Corbeil b. Abt 967, Normandy, France |
| 4. Maud of Normandy b. Abt 974, Normandy, France |
| 5. Hawise (Havoise) of Normandy b. Abt 978, Normandy, France |
+ | 6. Emma of Normandy b. 984, Normandy, France |
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936 - 1031 (95 years)
Birth |
936 |
Arques, Normandy, France |
Died |
1031 |
France |
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Family |
Richard I, Duke of Normandy b. 28 Aug 933, Fécamp, Normandy, France |
Married |
Abt 962 |
Normandy, France |
Children |
+ | 1. Richard II, Duke of Normandy 996-1026 b. Normandy, France |
+ | 2. Count Robert d' Evereux, Archbishop of Rouen b. 964, Normandy, France |
| 3. Earl Mauger de Corbeil b. Abt 967, Normandy, France |
| 4. Maud of Normandy b. Abt 974, Normandy, France |
| 5. Hawise (Havoise) of Normandy b. Abt 978, Normandy, France |
+ | 6. Emma of Normandy b. 984, Normandy, France |
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Abt 966 - 1016 (~ 50 years)
Nickname |
Æthelred II |
Birth |
Abt 966 |
Wessex, England |
Died |
23 Apr 1016 |
Islington, London, England |
Buried |
Old St Paul's Cathedral, London, England |
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Father |
Edgar the Peaceable, King of England 959-975 b. 944, Wessex, England |
Mother |
Aelfthryth b. Abt 945, Devon, England |
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Family 1 |
Elgiva Elfreda b. Abt 963 |
Children |
+ | 1. Edmund, Ironside, King of England 1016 b. Abt 989, Wessex, England |
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Family 2 |
Emma of Normandy b. 984, Normandy, France |
Married |
Jul 1002 |
Wessex, England |
Children |
| 1. Edward the Confessor, King of England b. Abt 1003, Islip, Oxfordshire, England |
+ | 2. Goda (Godgifu), Countess Vexin b. Abt 1006, Winchester, Hampshire, England |
| 3. Alfred b. 1013, Winchester, Hampshire, England |
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Abt 1003 - 1066 (~ 63 years)
Birth |
Abt 1003 |
Islip, Oxfordshire, England |
Died |
5 Jan 1066 |
Islington, London, England |
Buried |
Aft 5 Jan 1066 |
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England |
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Father |
Ethelred the Unready, King of England 979-1013,1014-16 b. Abt 966, Wessex, England |
Mother |
Emma of Normandy b. 984, Normandy, France |
Married |
Jul 1002 |
Wessex, England |
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Family |
Edith, of Wessex b. 1025 |
Married |
23 Jan 1045 |
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Abt 1006 - 1055 (~ 49 years)
Birth |
Abt 1006 |
Winchester, Hampshire, England |
Died |
1055 |
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Father |
Ethelred the Unready, King of England 979-1013,1014-16 b. Abt 966, Wessex, England |
Mother |
Emma of Normandy b. 984, Normandy, France |
Married |
Jul 1002 |
Wessex, England |
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Family |
Dreux d' Amiens, Compte Amiens b. Abt 990, Normandy, France |
Married |
1025 |
Children |
| 1. Walter de Mantes |
| 2. Fulk d' Amiens |
| 3. Ralph "The Timid" Norfolk, Earl of Suffolk b. Abt 1026, Hereford, Hereford and Worcester, England |
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1013 - 1037 (24 years)
Birth |
1013 |
Winchester, Hampshire, England |
Died |
5 Feb 1037 |
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Father |
Ethelred the Unready, King of England 979-1013,1014-16 b. Abt 966, Wessex, England |
Mother |
Emma of Normandy b. 984, Normandy, France |
Married |
Jul 1002 |
Wessex, England |
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995 - 1035 (40 years)
Nickname |
Cnut |
Birth |
995 |
Denmark |
Died |
12 Nov 1035 |
Shaftesbury, Dorset, England |
Buried |
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England |
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Father |
Sweyn, King of England |
Mother |
Gunhild, of Wenden b. Wenden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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Family 1 |
Elfgifu of Northampton b. Abt 990, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England |
Children |
| 1. Harold Harefoot, King of England 1035-1040 b. Abt 1015, England |
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Family 2 |
Emma of Normandy b. 984, Normandy, France |
Married |
2 Jul 1017 |
Children |
| 1. Hardicanute, King of England 1035-1042 b. Abt 1019, England |
| 2. Gunhilda, of Denmark b. Abt 1020 |
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Abt 1019 - 1042 (~ 23 years)
Birth |
Abt 1019 |
England |
Died |
8 Jun 1042 |
Lambeth, London, England |
Buried |
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England |
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Father |
Canute, King of England 1016-1035 b. 995, Denmark |
Mother |
Emma of Normandy b. 984, Normandy, France |
Married |
2 Jul 1017 |
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Abt 1020 - 1038 (~ 18 years)
Birth |
Abt 1020 |
Died |
18 Jul 1038 |
Buried |
Limburg Abbey |
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Father |
Canute, King of England 1016-1035 b. 995, Denmark |
Mother |
Emma of Normandy b. 984, Normandy, France |
Married |
2 Jul 1017 |
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Family |
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor b. 28 Oct 1016 |
Married |
1036 |
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Name |
Emma of Normandy |
- Referred to as Ælfgifu in royal documents
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Born |
984 |
Normandy, France [1] |
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Gender |
Female |
Residence |
1014 |
Normandy, France [1] |
- Emma, Ethelred and their children refugees in Normandy [2]
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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
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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
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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
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Oldest Known Ancestors |
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Person ID |
I2723 |
Roy~Royes | Hougham |
Last Modified |
10 Nov 2020 |
Father |
Richard I, Duke of Normandy b. 28 Aug 933, Fécamp, Normandy, France  d. 20 Nov 996, Fécamp, Normandy, France (Age 63 years) ▸ Other Partners: UNNAMED; Emma de France, m. 956 |
Mother |
Gunnora de Crepon b. 936, Arques, Normandy, France  d. 1031, France (Age 95 years) |
Married |
Abt 962 |
Normandy, France |
Family ID |
F1005 |
Group Sheet | 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)
▸ Other Partners: Elgiva Elfreda
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)
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+ | 2. Goda (Godgifu), Countess Vexin b. Abt 1006, Winchester, Hampshire, England  d. 1055 (Age ~ 49 years)
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| 3. Alfred b. 1013, Winchester, Hampshire, England  d. 5 Feb 1037 (Age 24 years) |
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Last Modified |
28 Mar 2014 |
Family ID |
F997 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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 | Born - 984 - Normandy, France |
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 | Married - Jul 1002 - Wessex, England |
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 | Residence - 1014 - Normandy, France |
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 | Residence - 1017 - Winchester, Hampshire, England |
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 | Migration/Travel - Array - 1037 - Flanders, Belgium |
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 | Residence - 1039 - Winchester, Hampshire, England |
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 | Retired - 1043 - Winchester, Hampshire, England |
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 | Died - 6 Mar 1052 - Winchester, Hampshire, England |
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 | Buried - Aft 6 Mar 1052 - Old Minster, Winchester, Hampshire, England |
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Sources |
- [S101] Emma, the twice-crowned Queen, Isabella Strachan, (Peter Owen Publishers (London: 2004)), ISBN 0 7206 1221 7.
- [S101] Emma, the twice-crowned Queen, Isabella Strachan, (Peter Owen Publishers (London: 2004)), ISBN 0 7206 1221 7. (Reliability: 3).
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