Emma of Normandy Queen of England
d. 1052
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✓ Emma (AElfgifu), daughter of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, by Gunnor; m. 1stly (1002) AEthelred II, King of England, 2ndly (1017) Cnut; mother by AEthelred of Edward the Confessor, Alfred the Aetheling and Godgifu, and by Cnut of Harthacnut; d. 6 Mar 1052 at Winchester (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; standard accounts). Enters this tree as mother of Godgifu, wife of Dreux de Mantes. Wired via her daughter's Medieval Lands entry; her own parentage is the standard account (ASC; William of Jumieges) - RING to Richard I of Normandy if present. Source: Medieval Lands (Charles Cawley, fmg.ac), read in the browser 27 Oct 2026, 'Untitled English Nobility D-K' - EWIAS, and 'England Earls 1067-1122' - HEREFORD (Mantes), citing the Gloucester St Peter cartulary, Gesta Stephani, Red Book of the Exchequer, Domesday, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Florence of Worcester, Orderic Vitalis and Simeon of Durham. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 27 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.] ||27 Oct 2026 - PARENTS WIRED (✓)|| Richard I 'the Fearless', Duke of Normandy, and Gunnor (F99728), already in the tree as parents of Richard II and Archbishop Robert - Emma is their daughter in every standard account (William of Jumieges; ASC). RING 27 Oct 2026.