Earl Richard

Also known as: Richard · Family: Normans · Role: father of Ethelred's widow · First appears: A.D. 999–1005

Life events

• 1017 · King Knute ordered the widow of King Ethelred, daughter of Richard, brought to him as wife.(A.D. 1015–1018)
  • With: King Knute King Ethelred
  • “and before the calends of August the king gave an order to fetch him the widow of the other king, Ethelred, the daughter of Richard, to wife.”

A.D. 999–1005

• child: Emma “Then, in the same Lent, came the Lady Elfgive Emma, Richard's daughter, to this land.”

A.D. 1015–1018

• child: Emma “and before the calends of August the king gave an order to fetch him the widow of the other king, Ethelred, the daughter of Richard, to wife.”

A.D. 1036–1041

• child: Emma “They were both sons of Elfgive Emma, who was the daughter of Earl Richard.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.