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Name:
Gunnor of Arques
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Richard I "the Fearless" of Normandy
Children:
Frasende of Normandy
Born: Normandy
Died: ABT 1057
Hawise of Normandy
Born:
Died: 21 FEB 1034
Emma of Normandy
Born:
Died: 6 MAR 1051/1052 Winchester, Hampshire, England
Richard II "the Good" of Normandy
Born: ABT 963 Normandy, France
Died: 28 AUG 1026 Fecamp, Normandy
B Normandy
Born:
Robert de Rouen dÕEvreux
Born:
Died: 16 MAR 1037 Normandy
Death:
bet 1027 - 1031
Remarks:

She was Danish, and has been called the daughter of the forester of Arques, but there is no source that names her father. Although Richard married her he had been betrothed about 945 to Emma, daughter of Hugh Capet, Count of Paris. He married Emma in 960. After Emma's death about 968, he married Gunnor in a Christian marriage in order to legitimize their children. The story is that he saw GunnorÕs mother, the wife of the local forester, when he was out riding, possibly hunting, and became infatuated with her. The wife substituted her sister, Gunnor.

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