Comte de Rouen Duke Richard Fitzwilliam, I. De Normandie

933 - 996  (63 years)

• Name	Richard Fitzwilliam
  Title	Comte de Rouen
  Prefix	Duke
  Suffix	I. De Normandie
  Nickname	The Fearless
  Birth	28 Aug 933	Fecamp, Normandy, France
  Christening	17 Dec 933	Fécamp, Duché de Normandie
  Gender	Male
  Fact	17 Dec 942
  	SUCCEEDED HIS FATHER AT THE AGE OF 10: When William Longsword died in 942, 10 year old Richard, William's only son, succeed him as Count of Rouen and Ruler of Normandy.
  Occupation	Duke of Normandy
  _AMTID	332573749160:1030:196933463
  _FSFTID	9HTX-2CD
  _UID	575D0A3370E012AF2419330AD00002307E68
  Death	20 Nov 996	Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
  	Cause: Accident
  Burial	Aft 20 Nov 996	Normandie, France
  	Address: Abbaye de la Trinite de Fecamp
  Person ID	I1241	World of Hyde
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	2nd Duc de Normandy William Longsword, I.,   b. 28 Aug 893, Rouen, France d. 17 Dec 942, Picquigny, Somme, Picardie, France (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Espriota De Senlis,   b. Bef 21 Jun 911, Rennes, Ille-Et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d. 9 Feb 1005, Normandy, France (Age > 93 years)
  Marriage	931	France
  Family ID	F341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Emma De France, Comtesse De Rouen,   b. Abt 943, Paris, Île-De-France, France d. 19 Mar 968, Paris, Île-De-France, France (Age ~ 25 years)
  Family ID	F69844	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2024

  
  

  Family 2	unknown mistresses of Richard I of Normandy
  Children	1. Godefroy de Clare de Brionne,   b. 953, Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France d. 28 Aug 1015, Brionne, Eure, Normandy, France (Age 62 years)   2. Papia De Normandie,   b. 980, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France d. 1055, St-Valéry-En-Caux, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France (Age 75 years)   3. Guillaume, comte d'Eu et d'Hiémois,   b. 2 Jan 980, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France d. 26 Jan 1057, Eu, Seine-Inferieure, Normandie, France (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F71405	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Gunnor De Crepon, Comtessa De Rouen,   b. Abt 945, Pays de Caux, Haute Normandie, Duché de Normandie d. 4 Jan 1031, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (Age ~ 86 years)
  Marriage	26 Dec 972	Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France
  Children	1. Richard Fritzrichard, II 4th Duke De Normandie,   b. 23 Aug 963, Lot-Et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France d. 28 Aug 1026, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 63 years)   2. Robert II, Archbishop Of Rouen,   b. Abt 966, Normandie, Frankreich d. 16 Mar 1037, Évreux, Eure, Upper Normandy, France (Age ~ 71 years)   3. Mauger De Normandie, Comte De Corbeil,   b. Abt 974, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France d. 1040, Corbeil, Champagne-Ardenne, France (Age ~ 66 years)   4. Hawise De Normandie, Duchesse De Bretagne,   b. 978, Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France d. 21 Feb 1034, Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France (Age 56 years)   5. Matilda De Normandie, Comtesse De Blois,   b. Abt 982   d. 1006 (Age ~ 24 years)   6. Upon her marriage to King Æthelred "The unready", Emma was consecrated Queen of England and took the Anglo-Saxon name of Ælfgifu as her 'reginal name', this name was used for formal and official matters. Emma De Normandie,   b. 23 Jun 982, Rouen, Normandy, France d. 6 Mar 1052, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F32557	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - Cause: Accident - 20 Nov 996 - Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France Burial - Address: Abbaye de la Trinite de Fecamp - Aft 20 Nov 996 - Normandie, France  = Link to Google Earth