Richard II of Normandy
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Known as "Richard The Good", (French, "Le Bon"). He was the son and heir of Richard I the Fearless and the Duchess Gunnor. Succeeded his father as Duke of Normandy in 996.
Richard held his own against a peasant insurrection, and helped Robert II of France against the duchy of Burgundy. He also repelled an English attack on the Cotentin Peninsula that was led by the Anglo-Saxon King Ethelred II the Unready. He pursued a reform of the Norman monasteries.
Spouse:
- m. (ca. 996), Judith, (d. 1017), daughter of Conan I, Duke of Brittany.
- m. Papia
Children from Judith
- Richard III of Normandy
- Robert the Magnificent
- William, monk at Fécamp, d. 1025.
- Adélaide
- Eleanor (or perhaps Ainor or Judith).
- m. Count Baldwin IV of Flanders
- Matilda, d. 1033.
Children from Papia
- Mauger, Archbishop of Rouen.
- William, Count of Arques.
| Preceded by: Richard I | Duke of Normandy 996–1026 | Succeeded by: Richard III
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