Duke Richard II the Good of Normandy

  General Notes:

His son, Duke Richard II, married Judith of Brittany, sister to Geoffrey of Rennes, who was subsequently Count of Brittany. Geoffrey married Richard's sister, Hawisa. Richard's sister, Emma, was the second wife of King Aethelred II of England, nicknamed "The Unready." After Aethelred died in 1016, he was succeeded by King Cnut, and Emma became Cnut's second wife. Emma was the mother of two English kings: Harthacnut, son of Cnut, who ruled from 1040–1042 and Edward the Confessor, son of Aethelred, who ruled 1042–1066. Richard died on 23 August 1026, after a reign of nearly 20 years, leaving six legitimate children, three sons and three daughters. The sons were named "Richard", "Robert", and "William", and the daughters were "Adeliza", "Eleanor", and an unknown daughter who died young. He also had several illegitimate children.

Born: Between 958 & 962, Courcy, Normandy
Marriage: (1): Judith (de Rennes) of Brittany in 1000
Marriage: (2): Estrid Svendsdatter in 1017
Died: 23 Aug 1027, Abbaye de Fécamp., S-Infr, France about age 68
Another name for Richard was Richard le Bon.
General Notes:
He held his own against a peasant insurrection, helped Robert II of France against the duchy of Burgundy, and repelled an English attack on the Cotentin Peninsula that was led by the Anglo-Saxon king Ethelred II the Unready. He also pursued a reform of the Norman monasteries.
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: 4th Duke of Normandy, 996.
Richard married Judith (de Rennes) of Brittany, daughter of Conan I the Crooked of Brittany and Ermengard of Anjou, in 1000. (Judith (de Rennes) of Brittany was born circa 982 in Bretagne, France and died on 16 Jun 1017.)

Duke married Judith (de Rennes) of Brittany, daughter of Conan I the Crooked of Brittany and Ermengard of Anjou, in 1000. (Judith (de Rennes) of Brittany was born about 982 in Bretagne, France and died on 16 Jun 1017.)