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In an attempt to pacify Normandy, King Æthelred of England married Emma in 1002. [6] Similarly Richard II, Duke of Normandy hoped to improve relations with the English in the wake of recent conflict and a failed kidnapping attempt against him by Æthelred. [7]
Her brother, Richard II, duke of Normandy (d. 1026), sent her to marry the English king, Æthelred the Unready, following a dispute regarding Viking forces that were attacking England and Normandy. When in England, Emma was sometimes known by the English name Ælfgifu.
20 Μαρ 2021 · King Aethelred II And The Danish Massacre On St Brice's Day. Emma could not understand how her husband, the English King, allowed the Danes to take over his kingdom. Aethelred II understood he must prove himself to his wife and regain the respect of his people, but what could he do?
Born around 985 in Normandy; died on March 6, 1052, in Winchester, Hampshire, England; buried at Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire; daughter of Duke Richard I of Normandy and Gunnor of Denmark (d. 1031); married Aethelred or Ethelred II the Unready, king of England (r. 979–1016), in 1002 (died 1016); married Cnut or Canute I the Great, king of ...
3 Απρ 2023 · Ethelred himself died on St George’s Day, 23 April 1016. His son and heir, Edmund II Ironside, succeeded him, but died shortly after, leaving Canute to claim the English throne. Ethelred was buried at the old St Paul’s Cathedral, but both the tomb and the cathedral were lost in the Great Fire of London in 1666.
4 Δεκ 2021 · Annals Britannica tells of Emma of Normandy (984-1052) who was the second wife and queen of two kings of England and gave birth to sons from each marriage who also ruled England. Ethelred’s Queen Ethelred the Unready took Emma, daughter of the Duke of Normandy, to be his second wife.
Emma (c. 985–March 6, 1052 in Winchester, Hampshire), called Ælfgifu, was daughter of Richard the Fearless, Duke of Normandy, by his second wife Gunnora. She was Queen consort of the Kingdom of England twice, by successive marriages: initially as the second wife to Ethelred (or Æthelred) of England (1002-1016); and then to Canute the Great ...
