Richard [II] de Normandie Duc de Normandie

   Another name for Richard was Richard "le Bon/l'Irascible" de Normandie.

  General Notes:

RICHARD, son of RICHARD I "Sans-Peur" Comte [de Normandie] & his second wife Gunnora --- (-23 Aug 1026, bur Fécamp). Ademar names Richard as son of "Richardus Rotomagensis". Guillaume of Jumièges names "Richardum...et Robertum atque Malgerium aliosque duos" as the sons of Richard and his wife "Gunnor ex nobilissima Danorum prosapia ortam". Robert of Torigny names "Ricardum…qui ei successit et Robertum postea archiepiscopum Rothomagensium et Malgerium comitem Curbuliensem, aliosque duos" as the sons of "Ricardi primi ducis Normanniæ" and Gunnora. He succeeded his father in 996 as RICHARD II "le Bon/l'Irascible" Comte de Normandie. An agreement between the abbots of Jumièges and Bougeuil concerning an exchange of land in Poitou, by charter dated [13 Apr/4 Apr] 1012, is subscribed by "Richardus…filius Ricardi principi magni, filius eius Richardus et…mater Richardi comitis Gunnor, uxor comitis Richardi…". Duke of Normandy [1015]. "Ricardus princeps et dux Normannorum, filius Ricardi seniroris" donated "villam...Fontes in Braio...Brendelcurt cum ecclesia...æcclesiam de Nouobosco, æcclesiam de Bosmesnil..." to Saint-Wandrille, at the request of "Yvonis...militis",by charter dated to [1024], subscribed by "Riccardi principis Normannorum, Papie comitisse, Roberti archipresulis fratris eiusdem principis, Yvonis militis...Hugonis Baiocensis episcopi, Girardi Flagitelli...". He intervened on behalf of his son-in-law Renaud Comte Palatin de Bourgogne, who had been imprisoned by Hugues de Chalon, by sending troops to devastate Chalon in 1026 and procure his release. According to Adam of Bremen, after repudiating his betrothal to the sister of Knud King of Denmark, Duke Richard left for Jerusalem to escape the Danish king's wrath and died there, but this is inconsistent with the duke's third marriage. "Secundus nominis mei Normannorum dux Ricardus" confirmed donations to Fécamp abbey, for the soul of "conjugis mee…Judith", by charter dated 1027 (misdated), signed by "Ricardi filii Gulberti, Nigelli vicecomitis…Storstingi vicecomitis". The necrology of Saint-Père-en-Vallée records the death "X Kal Sep" of "Ricardus comes". The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés records the death "X Kal Sep" of "[Ricar]dus Normannorum secundus". The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "X Kal Sep" of "Ricardus Rothomagensium comes". The necrology of Verdun Saint-Vanne records the death "X Kal Sep" of "Richardus comes", although the connection between Duke Richard and Verdun has not been established. The Brevis Relatio de Origine Willelmi Conquestoris records that "Ricardus…filius Willelmi et alius Ricardus" were buried "Fiscanni".

m firstly (Mont Saint-Michel [1000]) JUDITH de Bretagne, daughter of CONAN I "le Tort" Duke of Brittany & his wife Ermengarde d'Anjou (982-16 Jun 1017). Guillaume of Jumièges records the marriage of "dux Richardus" and "Goiffredum Britannorum comitem...sororem...Iudith" at "limina Archangeli Michaelis". According to Orderic Vitalis, Judith founded the abbey of Bernay, Eure in 1025, but this date is inconsistent with her date of death and her husband's second marriage. An agreement between the abbots of Jumièges and Bougeuil concerning an exchange of land in Poitou, by charter dated [13 Apr/4 Apr] 1012, is subscribed by "Richardus…filius Ricardi principi magni…Judith…". The Chronicle of Caen Saint-Etienne records the death in 1017 of "Judita comitissa".

Betrothed (after 1017) to ESTRID [Margrete] Svendsdatter, daughter of SVEND I "Tveskæg/Forkbeard" King of Denmark & his second wife Sigrid "Storråda/the Haughty" (-9 May ----, bur Roskilde Cathedral). Adam of Bremen records that "Chnud…rex Danorum" gave "suam…germanam Margaretam pro foedere" to "comitis Nortmannorum Rikardi" and after, she was repudiated by Richard, to "Wolf duci Angliæ". Saxo Grammaticus also records her betrothal. The Chronicon Roskildense records that "Kanutus" gave "sororem…Estrith" to "Richardo", who repudiated her, after which she married "duci Ulf" without her brother´s consent. She later married Ulf Thrugilson Jarl [Wulfsige Sprakeling].

m secondly PAPIA [Poppa], daughter of --- (-after 1047). Guillaume of Jumièges records that Duke Richard II married secondly after the death of his first wife "Papiam" by whom he had "Malgerium...archipræsulem et Willelmum Archacensem". She is named "Poppa", Duke Richard's second wife, by Orderic Vitalis. The Chronicon Fontanellense names "Papia" as second wife of Duke Richard, adding that "cuius fratres Ansfredus et Osbernus" were monks at Fontanelle. "Osbernus et Anfredus fratres, tempore Ricardi secundi comitis, qui eorum sororem Papiam in coniugio habebat" donated "alodum...in monasterio Odelerii cum capella S. Desiderii" to Saint-Wandrille by charter dated to [1024]. "Ricardus princeps et dux Normannorum, filius Ricardi seniroris" donated "villam...Fontes in Braio...Brendelcurt cum ecclesia...æcclesiam de Nouobosco, æcclesiam de Bosmesnil..." to Saint-Wandrille, at the request of "Yvonis...militis",by charter dated to [1024], subscribed by "Riccardi principis Normannorum, Papie comitisse, Roberti archipresulis fratris eiusdem principis, Yvonis militis...Hugonis Baiocensis episcopi, Girardi Flagitelli...". "Duke Richard [II]" donated property to the abbey of Mont Saint-Michel by charter dated to [1024/26], subscribed by "…Papie uxoris comitis". "Guillelmus Archensis comes et frater meus Malgerius Archiepiscopus" donated the vill of Periers sur Andelle to the monastery of Saint-Ouen at Rouen, at the request of "matris mee Paveie" and the consent of "Guilielmo Normannorum comite", by charter dated to [1047/50].

Duke Richard II & his first wife had six children: Adélaïde, Richard, Robert, Éléonore, Guillaume and a daughter.

Duke Richard II & his second wife had two children: Guillaume and Mauger. ¹

Richard married Judith de Bretagne, daughter of Conan [I] de Rennes Duc de Bretagne and Ermengarde d'Anjou, about 1000 in Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel, Mont-Saint-Michel, Manche, Basse-Normandie, 50170, FR.¹ (Judith de Bretagne was born in 982 and died on 16 Jun 1017.)

Richard next married Papie. (Papie died after 1047.)