Richard de Normandie, Duke de Normandie , III

1001 - 1027  (26 years)

• Name	Richard de Normandie
  Title	Duke de Normandie
  Suffix	III
  Birth	1001	Normandie, France   [1]
  Christening	Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Aug 1027	Normandie, France   [1]
  Burial	Normandie, France
  Person ID	I7544	footsteps | Ancestors, Conqueor
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Richard Normandie, Duke De Normandie ,   b. 23 Aug 963, Normandie, France d. 28 Aug 1026, Normandie, France (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Judith de Bretagne, Duchesse De Normandie ,   b. 21 Mar 982, Bretagne, France d. 16 Jun 1017, Normandie, France (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1000	Normandie, France
  Family ID	F5177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adele Capet,   b. Abt 1009   d. 8 Jan 1079 (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1027
  Children	+ 1. Alix de Normandie,   b. 14 Oct 1021, Calvados, France d. 3 Aug 1098, Normandie, France (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5182	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1001 - Normandie, France   Christening - - Normandie, France   Death - 6 Aug 1027 - Normandie, France   Burial - - Normandie, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Richard III (997 - 1027) was the eldest son of Richard II, who died in 1 0 2 7 . B e fore succeeding his father, perhaps about 1020, he had been sent b y h i s f a t her in command of a large army, to attack bishop/count Hugh of C h a l o n i n order to rescue his brother-in-law, Reginald, later Count of B u r g u n dy, who the count/bishop had captured and imprisoned. He was betro t h e d t o A dela, countess of Corbie (1009-June 5, 1063), second daughter o f R o b e r t II of France and Constance of Arles, but they never married. A ft e r h i s f ather's death, he ruled the Duchy of Normandy only briefly, d i e i n g m ysteriously, perhaps by poison, soon after his father. The duchy p a s s e d t o his younger brother Robert I. Adela later married Baldwin V, C o u n t o f F landers. By unknown women, he had two known children: Alice/Al i x o f N o r mandy who married Ranulf, Viscount of Bayeux. Nicolas, the Lay A b b o t o f R ouen (b? - d. 27 Feb 1092). He helped his cousin, Duke William I I t h e C o n queror with the contribution of 15 ships and 100 soldiers for t h e i n v a sion of England in 1066.

  
  

• Sources

  [S443] England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899; Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Suffolk County); Probate Place: Suffolk, Massachusetts.