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
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