Richard II, Duke of Normandy

Richard II, called the Good ( le Bon ) (* unknown, † 1026 in Fécamp ) was the second Duke of Normandy.

He was the son of Richard I the Fearless and his wife Gunnora and succeeded his father as Duke 996. He defended his property against a peasant uprising, supported King Robert II of France against the Duke of Burgundy, and had an attack of the Anglo-Saxon king Æthelred II on the Cotentin peninsula back.

He married around 996 Judith († 1017 ), daughter of Duke Conan I of Brittany, after whose death his second wife Papia.

Judith was the mother of:

  • Richard III.
  • Robert I.
  • Wilhelm ( † 1025), a monk at Fécamp.
  • Adelheid ∞ Rainald I, Count of Burgundy
  • Eleonore ∞ Baldwin IV Count of Flanders
  • Matilde († 1033 ).

Papia was the mother of:

  • Mauger, Archbishop of Rouen.
  • William, Count of Arques.
  • Rolloniden
  • Duke (Normandy)
  • Born in the 10th century
  • Died in 1026
  • Man
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