Richard "Good" II Duke Normandy 963-1026

In 960 [his father] Richard "Fearless" I Duke Normandy [aged 27] and Emma of Paris Duchess of Normandy [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Duchess Normandy. She the daughter of Hugh "Great" Capet Count Paris and Hedwig Saxon Ottonian [aged 50]. He the illegitmate son of [his grandfather] William "Longsword" I Duke Normandy and [his grandmother] Sprota.

Before 23rd August 963 [his father] Richard "Fearless" I Duke Normandy [aged 30] and [his mother] Gunnora Countess Ponthieu were married. He the illegitmate son of [his grandfather] William "Longsword" I Duke Normandy and [his grandmother] Sprota.

On 23rd August 963 Richard "Good" II Duke Normandy was born to Richard "Fearless" I Duke Normandy [aged 30] and Gunnora Countess Ponthieu.

Around 989 [his brother] Robert Normandy Archbishop of Rouen [aged 1] was appointed Archbishop of Rouen.

On 20th November 996 [his father] Richard "Fearless" I Duke Normandy [aged 64] died. His son Richard [aged 33] succeeded II Duke Normandy.

Before 997 [his brother-in-law] Geoffrey Penthièvre I Duke Brittany [aged 16] and [his sister] Hawise Normandy Countess Rennes were married. She by marriage Countess Rennes. She the daughter of [his father] Richard "Fearless" I Duke Normandy and [his mother] Gunnora Countess Ponthieu. He the son of Conan "Crooked" Penthièvre III Duke Brittany and [his future mother-in-law] Ermengarde Gerberga Ingelger Duchess Brittany [aged 40].

In 1000 Richard "Good" II Duke Normandy [aged 36] and Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Duchess Normandy. She the daughter of Conan "Crooked" Penthièvre III Duke Brittany and Ermengarde Gerberga Ingelger Duchess Brittany [aged 44]. He the son of Richard "Fearless" I Duke Normandy and Gunnora Countess Ponthieu.

On 22nd June 1000 Robert "Magnificent" I Duke Normandy was born to Richard "Good" II Duke Normandy [aged 36] and [his wife] Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy [aged 18].

In 1002 King Æthelred II of England [aged 36] and Emma aka Ælfgyfu of Normandy Queen Consort England [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort England. She the daughter of [his father] Richard "Fearless" I Duke Normandy and [his mother] Gunnora Countess Ponthieu. He the son of King Edgar I of England and Aelfthryth Queen Consort England [aged 57].

In 1002 or 1004 [his son] Richard III Duke Normandy was born to Richard "Good" II Duke Normandy [aged 38] and [his wife] Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy [aged 20]. He married January 1027 his second cousin once removed Adela Capet Duchess Normandy.

Around 1002 [his daughter] Alice Normandy Countess Burgundy was born to Richard "Good" II Duke Normandy [aged 38] and [his wife] Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy [aged 20]. She married 1016 Reginald Ivrea I Count Burgundy, son of Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy and Ermentrude Countess Burgundy, and had issue.

Around 1004 [his brother-in-law] Odo Blois II Count Blois [aged 21] and [his sister] Maud Normandy Countess Blois were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. She the daughter of [his father] Richard "Fearless" I Duke Normandy and [his mother] Gunnora Countess Ponthieu. He the son of Odo Blois I Count Blois and Bertha Welf Queen Consort France [aged 40].

In 1006 [his sister] Maud Normandy Countess Blois died.

Around 1007 [his son] William Normandy was born to Richard "Good" II Duke Normandy [aged 43] and [his wife] Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy [aged 25].

Around 1011 [his son] Eleanor Normandy was born to Richard "Good" II Duke Normandy [aged 47] and [his wife] Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy [aged 29].

Around 1013 [his daughter] Matilda Normandy Countess Flanders was born to Richard "Good" II Duke Normandy [aged 49] and [his wife] Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy [aged 31]. She married her third cousin once removed Baldwin "Bearded" IV Count Flanders, son of Arnulf II Count Flanders and Rozala of Italy, and had issue.

In 1015 [his illegitimate half-brother] Geoffrey Normandy 1st Count of Eu [aged 53] died. His son Gilbert [aged 15] succeeded 2nd Count Eu.

In 1016 [his son-in-law] Reginald Ivrea I Count Burgundy [aged 30] and Alice Normandy Countess Burgundy [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of Richard "Good" II Duke Normandy [aged 52] and Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy [aged 34]. He the son of Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy [aged 56] and Ermentrude Countess Burgundy.

In 1017 [his wife] Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy [aged 35] died.

Before 1019 Richard "Good" II Duke Normandy [aged 55] and Poppa Envermeu Unknown Duchess Normandy were married. She by marriage Duchess Normandy. He the son of Richard "Fearless" I Duke Normandy and Gunnora Countess Ponthieu.

Around 1019 [his son] Mauger Normandy Archbishop of Rouen was born to Richard "Good" II Duke Normandy [aged 55] and [his wife] Poppa Envermeu Unknown Duchess Normandy.

Before 1020 [his illegitimate half-brother] William Normandy 1st Count of Eu [aged 41] and [his sister-in-law] Lesceline Countess Eu were married. She by marriage Countess Eu. He the illegitmate son of [his father] Richard "Fearless" I Duke Normandy.

In 1025 [his son] William Normandy [aged 18] died. He was buried at Fécamp Abbey, Fécamp.

In or before 1026, the year his father died, [his son] William Count of Talou aka Arques was born to Richard "Good" II Duke Normandy [aged 62] and [his wife] Poppa Envermeu Unknown Duchess Normandy. He married before 1053 his third cousin twice removed Beatrice of Ponthieu, daughter of Hugh II Count Ponthieu and Bertha Aumale Countess Aumale and Ponthieu.

Chronicon ex Chronicis by Florence and John of Worcester. 1026. Ælfric, archbishop of York, went to Rome, and received the pallium from pope John. Richard II [aged 62], duke of Normandy, died, and was succeeded by Richard III [aged 24], who, dying the same year, was succeeded by his brother Robert [aged 25].

On 28th August 1026 Richard "Good" II Duke Normandy [aged 63] died. His son Richard [aged 24] succeeded III Duke Normandy.