NORMANDY, Richard de III^[1]

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• Name	NORMANDY, Richard de
  Suffix	III
  Birth	28 Aug 1001	Rouen, Haute-Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Aug 1027	Normandie, France
  Death	6 Aug 1027	Normandie, France
  WAC	26 Mar 1924	MANTI
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  Person ID	I8627	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

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  Family	FRANCE, Countess Alix Capet ,   b. 5 Mar 1009, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, Franced. 8 Jan 1079, L'ordest Benoist, Messines, France (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	2 Jan 1027
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Jan 1026 ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 29 Sep 1992, PROVO.
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  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Published: BIOGRAPHY: Richard III, Duke of Normandy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Richard III Richard trois statue in falaise.JPG Richard III as part of the Six Dukes of Normandy statue in the town square of Falaise. Duke of Normandy Reign28 August 1026 – 6 August 1027 PredecessorRichard II SuccessorRobert I Born997/1001 Died6 August 1027 Normandy SpouseAdela of France, Countess of Flanders IssueAlice Nicolas HouseHouse of Normandy FatherRichard II, Duke of Normandy Richard III (997/1001 – 6 August 1027) was the eldest son of Richard II who died in 1026.[1] Richard's short reign lasted less than a year. It opened with a revolt by his brother and finished in his death by unknown causes. Around 1020, Richard's father sent him in command of a large army to rescue his brother-in-law, Reginald, later Count of Burgundy, by attacking bishop and count Hugh of Chalon, who had captured and imprisoned Reginald.[2] When Richard II died in August of 1026, his eldest son, Richard III became Duke of Normandy. Shortly after his reign began his brother Robert, discontented with his province of Hiemois on the border of Normandy, revolted against his brother. He laid siege to the town of Falaise, but was soon brought to heel by Richard who captured him, then released him on his oath of fealty. No sooner had Richard disbanded his army and returned to Rouen, when he died suddenly (some say suspiciously). The duchy passed to his younger brother Robert I.[3] Marriage[edit] In January of 1027 he was married to Adela, of a noble lineage. She is usually identified with Adela,[4] a younger daughter of King Robert II of France,[4] who after Richard's death 6 August 1027,[1] remarried to Baldwin V, Count of Flanders.[4] Issue[edit] Richard's marriage to Adela was childless. By an unknown woman, he had two children: Alice/Alix, who married Ranulph, Viscount of Bayeux[1][5] Nicolas, Monk at Fecamp, Abbot of Saint-Ouen, Rouen (died 26 Feb 1092)[1][6] References[edit] Portal iconNormandy portal Portal iconBiography portal ^ Jump up to: a b c d Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 1, Herzogs und Grafenhäuser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Andere Europäiche Fürstenhäuser (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 79 Jump up ^ François Neveux, A Brief History of the Normans, trans. Howard Curtis (Constable & Robbinson, Ltd, London, 2008), pp. 97-8 Jump up ^ David Crouch, The Normans: The History of a Dynasty, (Hambledon Continuum, 2007), p. 46 ^ Jump up to: a b c Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 1, Herzogs und Grafenhäuser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Andere Europäiche Fürstenhäuser (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 11 Jump up ^ See David C. Douglas, William the Conqueror (1977): 93 (“At the beginning of Duke William’s reign the vicomte of the Bessin was Rannulf, who was the son of a vicomte named Anschitil. He married a daughter of Duke Richard III and was among the defeated rebels at Val-ès-Dunes. None the less, the office continued in the family, for he was succeeded by another Rannulf (II) who was established at Avranches before the Norman conquest, and who survived until after April 1089. Moreover, this second Rannulf married Maud, daughter of Richard, vicomte of the Avranchin, thus linking together two powerful vice-comital dynasties which were later in turn to determine the succession of the earldom of Chester.”). Jump up ^ David C. Douglas, William the Conqueror (University of California Press, 1964), p. 32. See also Wailly et al., Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 23 (1894): 379 (E Directorio Monasterii Sancti Audoeni Rotomagensis, Ex Calendario: “26 Febr. Obiit Nicholas abbas.”), 385 (“Selon cheu qui est contenu es croniques des Normans, Richart li tiers, duc de Normendie, fix du secont Richart duc, out un fix appelé Nichole, qui fu moine à Fescampe, et après fu abbe de l’abaie de Saint-Ouen de Rouen”), 387 (Extrait des Chroniques de Saint-Ouen de Rouen: Nicholas, Abbot of Saint-Ouen, Rouen styled “son of Duke Richard III” [Nichole, fix au tiers duc Richart de Normendie]). Richard III was the eldest son of Richard II, who died in 1027. Before succeeding his father, perhaps about 1020, he had been sent by his father in command of a large army, to attack bishop/count Hugh of Chalon in order to rescue his brother-in-law, Reginald, later Count of Burgundy, who the count/bishop had captured and imprisoned. He was betrothed to Adela, countess of Corbie, second daughter of Robert II of France and Constance of Arles, but they never married. After his father's death, he ruled the Duchy of Normandy only briefly, dying mysteriously, perhaps by poison, soon after his father. The duchy passed to his younger brother Robert I. By unknown women, he had two known children: Alice/Alix of Normandy who married Ranulf, Viscount of Bayeux. Nicolas, the Lay Abbot of Rouen (b? - d. 27 Feb 1092). He helped his cousin, Duke William the Conqueror with the contribution of 15 ships and 100 soldiers for the invasion of England in 1066. He would probably have been chosen to succeed his father as Duke of Normandy if he had not been "immediately relegated first to the monastery of Fécamp and then to that of Saint-Ouen in Rouen."

  
  

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  [S985] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM), (June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998).