Gunnora

  General Notes:

GUNNORA ([950]-5 Jan 1031). Guillaume de Jumièges records that "in domo forestarii...hospiti suo...uxorem suam Sainfriam" rejected the advances of Richard I Comte [de Normandie] and sent "Gunnorem sororem suam"to his bed in her place. She and her three sisters, as well as their husbands, are named by Robert de Torigny. It appears from Dudo de Saint-Quentin and Robert de Torigny that Gunnora was Richard I's mistress before she married him. Guillaume of Jumièges records that Richard married "Gunnor ex nobilissima Danorum prosapia ortam", in the sentence which follows the record of the death of Richard´s first wife. According to Robert de Torigny, the marriage took place to legitimise Richard and Gunnora's son Robert to permit his appointment as Bishop of Rouen. The necrology of Saint-Père-en-Vallée records the death "Non Jan" of "Gonnoridis…comitissa Normannie".

m ([before 989]) as his second wife, RICHARD I "Sans Peur" Comte [de Normandie], son of GUILLAUME Comte [de Normandie] & his first wife Sprota --- (Fécamp [932]-Fécamp 20 Nov 996, bur Fécamp). ¹

Gunnora married Richard [I] de Normandie Comte de Normandie before 989.¹ (Richard [I] de Normandie Comte de Normandie was born about 932 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, 76400, FR,¹ died on 20 Nov 996 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, 76400, FR ¹ and was buried in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, 76400, FR ¹.)