| Name |
Emma Princess Of Normandy |
| Suffix |
[QUEEN OF ENGLAN |
| Birth |
23 Jun 985 |
Normandy, France  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Also Known As |
Emma of Normandy Queen consort of the English,Queen consort of Denmark, Queen consort of Norway |
| Fact |
1002 |
Kingdom of Wessex, Anglo-Saxon Britain |
| TOOK THE NAME ÆLFGIFU AS REGNAL NAME . Upon her marriage to Æthelred the Unready, Emma became Queen of England and took the Anglo-Saxon name of Ælfgifu as her 'reginal name', this name was used for formal and official matters. |
| Fact |
1013 |
| FLED TO HER BROTHERS COURT IN NORMANDY. Æthelred sent Emma and her children to her brother Richard II, in Normandy to escape a pending invasion by Sweyn in 1013, he soon fled before Sweyn and joined his family. |
| Fact |
1014 |
| RETURNED TO ENGLAND. Æthelred and Emma returned to England after Sweyn's death in 1014 at the request of the English nobles. |
| Fact |
23 Apr 1016 |
London, England |
| WIDOWED WHEN ÆTHELRED DIED IN LONDON BESEIGED BY CNUT. Æthelred died while besieged in London with his son Edmund and their remaining army, surrounded by the forces of Cnut. Emma may have been there also or may have been safely in Normandy. |
| Fact |
From 1035 to 1037 |
| REGENT FOR ABSENTEE KING. Emma's son Harthacnut succeeded Cnut as king in both England and Denmark, however the situation in Denmark required he remain there. In his absence Emma and Earl Godwin ruled England in Harthacnut's name. |
| Fact |
12 Nov 1035 |
| WIDOWED A 2ND TIME. Cnut died 12 November 1035 and Emma was widowed for a 2nd time. |
| Fact |
5 Feb 1036 |
Ely Circuit, Cambridgeshire, England |
| SON MURDERED. After Cnut's death Emma's son Alfred Ætheling returned to England. He was captured by Earl Godwin on the orders of Harold Harefoot and blinded. Alfred died from his wounds. |
| Fact |
From 1037 to 1040 |
Bruges, Flanders |
| FLED TO BRUGES, LIVED IN EXILE THERE. Fed up with Harthacnut's continued absence, England supported Harold Harefoot's assumption of the throne. Emma was forced to flee to Bruges, Flanders, where she sought refuge by Baldwin V, Count of Flanders. |
| Fact |
17 Jun 1040 |
Sandwich, Kent, England |
| RETURNED TO ENGLAND WITH KING HARTHACNUT. After Harold Harefoot's death Emma returned to England at the side of her son King Harthacnut "seven days before Midsummer". Harthacnut was invited back but returned with an invasion force, prepared to fight. |
| Death |
6 Mar 1052 |
Winchester, Hampshire, England |
| Burial |
Aft 6 Mar 1052 |
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England |
| WAC |
8 Jan 1915 |
MANTI |
| _FSFTID |
L8W6-443 |
| _UID |
C54717AE93D5F24EB8294D91EBA36AE5159E |
| Person ID |
I7511 |
Ken Tree |
| Last Modified |
14 Jun 2025 |
| Father |
Richard Ier 'Sans Peur' de Normandie, comte de Rouen, b. 28 Aug 932, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute- Normandie d. 20 Nov 996, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, France (Age 64 years) |
| Mother |
Gonnor De Crepon, [DUCHESSOFNOR, b. From 936 to 950, Rouen, Dept. de la Seine-Martime, Haute, Normandie d. 4 Jan 1031, Fecamp, Dept. de la Seine- Maritime, Haute, Normandie (Age 95 years) |
| Marriage |
962 |
Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Normandie |
| _UID |
107A22AA0C3C6944B4533E83DEDB127553D0 |
| Family ID |
F4455 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Ethelred Ii "the England, b. Abt 968, Of, , Wessex, England d. 23 Apr 1016, , London, Middlesex, England (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage |
1002 |
Of Normandy, France |
| _UID |
6EAFCAD1B0513A4F8E7CA34C731E309995D1 |
| Children |
| | 1. Alfred Prince Of England, b. Abt 1002, , , Wessex, England d. Abt 1036, , , , England (Age 34 years) |
| | 2. Edward Iii "the England, b. Abt 1004, , Islip, Oxfordshire, England d. 5 Jan 1066, , , , England (Age 62 years) |
| | 3. Goda (Godgifu) Princess England, [COUNTESS OF VEX, b. Abt 1004, Of, , Wessex, England d. Abt 1055, , , , England (Age 51 years) |
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| Family ID |
F4454 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
1 Apr 2026 |
985 - 1052 (66 years)