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Richard II, Duke of Normandy

Richard II, Duke of Normandy

Male Abt 970 - 1026  (56 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Richard II, Duke of Normandy was born about 970 in Évreux, Eure, Upper Normandy, France; died on 11 Aug 1026 in Fécamp, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France; was buried in Sep 1026 in Fécamp, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France.

    Richard married Judith of Brittany in 1000 in Le Mont-Saint-Michel, Manche, duchy of Normandy. Judith (daughter of Conan I, Duke of Brittany and Ermengarde-Gerberga D'Anjou, daughter of Conan I of Brittany and Ermengarde d'Anjou, daughter of Conan de Rennes,, Duke of Bretagne and Ermengarde D'ANJOU-DE TROYES DE VERMANDOIS, daughter of Conan I of Brittany and Ermengarde d Anjou) was born on 21 Mar 982 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France; was christened in 982 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France; died on 16 Jun 1017 in Fécamp, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France; was buried after 16 Jun 1017 in Bernay, Eure, Upper Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Richard III, Duke of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 997 in Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 6 Aug 1027 in Normandy, France; was buried after 6 Aug 1027 in Normandy, France.
    2. 3. Robert I, Duke of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jun 1000 in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died on 3 Jul 1035 in İznik, Bursa, Turkey; was buried in 1035 in Nicea Cathedral, The Byzantine Empire.
    3. 4. Adeliza of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Apr 1003 in Duchy of Normandy; died on 7 Jul 1037 in Bourgogne, Marne, France.
    4. 5. William Ponce, Count of Arques and Toulouse  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1007 in Normandy, France; died in Jun 1052 in England, United Kingdom.
    5. 6. Matilda de Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1013 in Normandy, France; died about 1033 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France; was buried in 1033 in France.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Richard III, Duke of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born in 997 in Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 6 Aug 1027 in Normandy, France; was buried after 6 Aug 1027 in Normandy, France.

    Family/Spouse: Concubine. Concubine was born in 998; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Nicolas, Abbot of Saint-Ouen  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1017 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France; died on 26 Feb 1092.
    2. 8. Alice, de Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Oct 1021 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died on 3 Aug 1098 in Bayeux, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France; was buried in Aug 1098.
    3. 9. Helena Normandie  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1027 in Normandy, France; died in 1070 in Devon, England.

  2. 3.  Robert I, Duke of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born on 22 Jun 1000 in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died on 3 Jul 1035 in İznik, Bursa, Turkey; was buried in 1035 in Nicea Cathedral, The Byzantine Empire.

    Robert married Herleve de Falaise about 1024 NOT married in Mistress. Herleve (daughter of Fulbert de Falais and Doda, de Falais) was born about 1003 in Falaise, Nord-Ouest, Haiti; died on 23 Apr 1050 in Eure, Upper Normandy, France; was buried after 23 Apr 1050 in Fatouville-Grestain, Eure, Upper Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. William "The Conqueror", King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died on 9 Sep 1087 in Rouen, Saint Michael, Barbados; was buried on 10 Sep 1087 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France.
    2. 11. Adélaïde de Normandie  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1029 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died in 1096 in Gournay, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France; was buried in 1096 in Aumale, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France.

  3. 4.  Adeliza of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born on 22 Apr 1003 in Duchy of Normandy; died on 7 Jul 1037 in Bourgogne, Marne, France.

  4. 5.  William Ponce, Count of Arques and Toulouse Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born about 1007 in Normandy, France; died in Jun 1052 in England, United Kingdom.

  5. 6.  Matilda de Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (1.Richard1) was born about 1013 in Normandy, France; died about 1033 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France; was buried in 1033 in France.


Generation: 3

  1. 7.  Nicolas, Abbot of Saint-Ouen Descendancy chart to this point (2.Richard2, 1.Richard1) was born about 1017 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France; died on 26 Feb 1092.

  2. 8.  Alice, de Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (2.Richard2, 1.Richard1) was born on 14 Oct 1021 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died on 3 Aug 1098 in Bayeux, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France; was buried in Aug 1098.

    Alice married Ranulph Mechines, Viscount of Bayeux about 1045 in Bayeux, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France. Ranulph (son of Vicount de Bayeaux Anciitel de Bayeux and Poppa de Senlis) was born in 1017 in Bayeux, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France; died on 21 May 1089 in Bayeux, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France; was buried in May 1089. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Viscount Ranulph de Briquessart  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1050 in Bayeux, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France; died in Nov 1120 in Bayeux, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France; was buried in Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.
    2. 13. Alice de Meschines  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1052 in Normandie, France; died in DECEASED.

  3. 9.  Helena Normandie Descendancy chart to this point (2.Richard2, 1.Richard1) was born in 1027 in Normandy, France; died in 1070 in Devon, England.

  4. 10.  William "The Conqueror", King of England Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Richard1) was born on 14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died on 9 Sep 1087 in Rouen, Saint Michael, Barbados; was buried on 10 Sep 1087 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France.

    William married Matilda of Flanders, Queen of England in 1053 in Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. Matilda (daughter of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders and Adèle, de France) was born about 1032 in Flanders, Belgium; died on 2 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France; was buried in Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Robert II Curthose, Duke of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1052 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died on 3 Feb 1134 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom; was buried in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.
    2. 15. Richard of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1054 in Caen, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France; was christened in 1055; died about 1081 in New Forest, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.
    3. 16. Adelizia de Normandie  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1055 in Normandy, France; died before 5 Jan 1066 in France.
    4. 17. William II " Rufus", King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1056 in Normandy, France; died on 2 Aug 1100 in New Forest, Hampshire, England; was buried in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
    5. 18. Cecilia, de Normandie  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1056 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France; died on 13 Jul 1126 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France; was buried in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France.
    6. 19. Agatha Of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1060 in Normandy, France; died before 1074 in Normandy, France.
    7. 20. Matilda de Normandie  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1061 in Normandy, France; died about 1086 in England.
    8. 21. Adela, de Normandie  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 May 1062 in Rouen, Normandy, France; died on 8 Mar 1137 in France; was buried in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France.
    9. 22. Constance de Normandie, Duchess Consort of Brittany  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1066 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France; died on 13 Aug 1090 in Brittany, France.
    10. 23. Henry I “Beauclerc”, King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Jun 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 5 Aug 1100 in Selby, Yorkshire, England; died on 1 Dec 1135 in Chateau de Lyon la Foret Lyons la Foret, Normandy, France; was buried in Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England.

  5. 11.  Adélaïde de Normandie Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert2, 1.Richard1) was born in 1029 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died in 1096 in Gournay, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France; was buried in 1096 in Aumale, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Viscount Ranulph de Briquessart Descendancy chart to this point (8.Alice3, 2.Richard2, 1.Richard1) was born about 1050 in Bayeux, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France; died in Nov 1120 in Bayeux, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France; was buried in Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.

    Ranulph married Margaret le Goz, de Avranches in 1069 in Normandie Province, France. Margaret was born on 19 Aug 1050 in Avranches, Manche, Lower Normandy, France; was christened in Aug 1050 in Normandy, France; died in 1109 in Bayeux, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France; was buried on 21 May 1109 in Calvados, Lower Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Richard de Briquessart  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1069; died about 1080.
    2. 25. Ranulf de Meschines, 3rd Earl of Chester  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jun 1070 in Normandy, France; died on 29 Jan 1128 in Cumberland, England; was buried in 1128 in Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.
    3. 26. William le Meschin, Lord of Copeland  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1078 in Normandy, France; died in From 1130 to 1135.
    4. 27. Agnes de Briquessart  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1097 in Bayeux, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France; died about 1128 in Saint-Évroult-de-Montfort, Orne, Lower Normandy, France.

  2. 13.  Alice de Meschines Descendancy chart to this point (8.Alice3, 2.Richard2, 1.Richard1) was born about 1052 in Normandie, France; died in DECEASED.

  3. 14.  Robert II Curthose, Duke of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (10.William3, 3.Robert2, 1.Richard1) was born about 1052 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died on 3 Feb 1134 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom; was buried in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.

  4. 15.  Richard of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (10.William3, 3.Robert2, 1.Richard1) was born in 1054 in Caen, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France; was christened in 1055; died about 1081 in New Forest, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.

  5. 16.  Adelizia de Normandie Descendancy chart to this point (10.William3, 3.Robert2, 1.Richard1) was born in 1055 in Normandy, France; died before 5 Jan 1066 in France.

  6. 17.  William II " Rufus", King of England Descendancy chart to this point (10.William3, 3.Robert2, 1.Richard1) was born about 1056 in Normandy, France; died on 2 Aug 1100 in New Forest, Hampshire, England; was buried in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

  7. 18.  Cecilia, de Normandie Descendancy chart to this point (10.William3, 3.Robert2, 1.Richard1) was born in 1056 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France; died on 13 Jul 1126 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France; was buried in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France.

  8. 19.  Agatha Of Normandy Descendancy chart to this point (10.William3, 3.Robert2, 1.Richard1) was born about 1060 in Normandy, France; died before 1074 in Normandy, France.

  9. 20.  Matilda de Normandie Descendancy chart to this point (10.William3, 3.Robert2, 1.Richard1) was born about 1061 in Normandy, France; died about 1086 in England.

  10. 21.  Adela, de Normandie Descendancy chart to this point (10.William3, 3.Robert2, 1.Richard1) was born on 12 May 1062 in Rouen, Normandy, France; died on 8 Mar 1137 in France; was buried in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France.

    Adela married Étienne II de Blois, Comte de Chartres et de Meaux in 1080. Étienne was born in 1045 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France; was christened in France; died on 19 May 1102 in West Bank, Palestine; was buried on 27 May 1102 in West Bank, Palestine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. William De Bloise, Comte de Sully et de Chartre  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1082 in Chartres-de-Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France; died in From 11 October 1159 to 1160 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France; was buried on 21 Oct 1160 in Montmorillon, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
    2. 29. Éléonore de Blois  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1089 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France; died after 1148 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France; was buried in Oct 1142.
    3. 30. Étienne III de Blois, roi d'Angleterre  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1094 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France; died about 17 Aug 1153 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England; was buried in Faversham, Kent, England.
    4. 31. Henri de Blois, évêque de Winchester  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1096 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France; died on 1 Jul 1171 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; was buried in 1171 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.
    5. 32. William X "the Saint", Duke D'Aquitaine  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Oct 1099 in Toulouse-le-Château, Jura, Franche-Comté, France; died on 9 Apr 1137 in Santiago, La Coruña, Galicia, Spain; was buried in La Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
    6. 33. Alix de Blois  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1100 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France; died about 1145 in Joigny, Yonne, Burgundy, France; was buried about 1145.

  11. 22.  Constance de Normandie, Duchess Consort of Brittany Descendancy chart to this point (10.William3, 3.Robert2, 1.Richard1) was born in 1066 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France; died on 13 Aug 1090 in Brittany, France.

  12. 23.  Henry I “Beauclerc”, King of England Descendancy chart to this point (10.William3, 3.Robert2, 1.Richard1) was born on 13 Jun 1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 5 Aug 1100 in Selby, Yorkshire, England; died on 1 Dec 1135 in Chateau de Lyon la Foret Lyons la Foret, Normandy, France; was buried in Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Matilda of Scotland, Queen of England. Matilda (daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland and Queen Margaret Aethelling, of Wessex) was born on 1 May 1080 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland; was christened on 1 May 1080 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland; died on 1 May 1118 in Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England; was buried in May 1118 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Matilda of England, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Feb 1102 in Sutton Courtenay, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, England; was christened on 7 Apr 1102 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; died on 10 Sep 1169 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France - Notre Dame; was buried on 10 Sep 1169 in Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
    2. 35. William Atheling, Duke of Normandy  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Aug 1103 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; died on 25 Nov 1120 in Barfleur, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; was buried in 1120 in Drowned at Sea in "White Ship", Barfleur, Manche, France.

    Family/Spouse: unknown Mistresses. unknown was born in England, United Kingdom; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 36. Robert de Caen, 1st Earl of Gloucester  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1090 in Caen, Calvados, Lower Normandy, France; died on 31 Oct 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in 1147 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
    2. 37. Matilda FitzRoy, Duchess of Brittany  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1091 in Bretagne, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France; died in 1128 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France.
    3. 38. Richilde Mable FitzRoy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1092 in Normandy, France; died in DECEASED.
    4. 39. Elizabeth FitzRoy, of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1095 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; died on 12 May 1166 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
    5. 40. Constance Matilda FitzRoy, Vicountess de Maine  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1098 in Selby, Yorkshire, England; died in 1173 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France.
    6. 41. Alix FitzRoy, d'Angleterre  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1099 in Selby, Yorkshire, England; died in 1141 in Montmorency, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France.
    7. 42. Matilda Fitz Roy, Abbess of Montivilliers  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1115 in England; died on 26 Nov 1148 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France.
    8. 43. Emma Guyon FitzRoy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1120 in England; died in 1157.



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