Richard de Normandie, Count of Rouen

932 - 996  (64 years)

• Name	Richard de Normandie
  Title	Count of Rouen
  Birth	28 Aug 932	Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  FSID	9HTX-2CD
  Death	20 Nov 996	Normandie, France
  Person ID	I9410	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Guillaume Longue-Épée, Count of Rouen ,   b. Abt 900, Rouen, Occidentale, France d. 17 Dec 942, Normandie, France (Age 42 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sprota de Senlis,   b. Abt 908, France d. 9 Mar 955, Normandie, France (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bretagne, France
  Family ID	F5055	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gunnor Northumbria,   b. 21 Nov 936, Normandie, France d. 4 Jan 1031, Normandie, France (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	962
  Children	+ 1. Godfrey Brionne, Count Of Eu ,   b. Abt 953, Normandie, France d. 28 Aug 1015, Normandie, France (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Richard Normandie, Duke De Normandie ,   b. 23 Aug 963, Normandie, France d. 28 Aug 1026, Normandie, France (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Richard I (28 August 932 - 20 November 996), also known as Richard the F e a r l e ss (French: Richard Sans-Peur; Old Norse: Jarl Rikard), was the co u n t o f R o uen from 942 to 996. Dudo of Saint-Quentin, whom Richard comm i s s i o ned to write the "De moribu s et actis primorum Normanniae ducum" ( L a t i n , "On the Customs and Deeds of the First Dukes of Normandy"), call e d h i m a d u x. However, this use of the word may have been in the contex t o f R i c h ard's renowned leadership in war, and not as a referenc e to a t i t l e o f n obility. Richard either introduced feudalism into Normandy or h e g r e a t ly expanded it. By the end of his reign, the most important Norm an l a n d h olders held their lands in feudal tenure.

  
  

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