Gunnor confirming a charter of the abbey of the Mount-Saint-Michel, 12th century (from archive of the abbey). Here she attested using her title of countess.[1]
Duchess consort of Normandy
Tenure
989–996
Born
c. 936 - 950 Not known
Died
c. 1031- Aged approximately 80 to 95. Normandy, France
Spouse
Richard I, Duke of Normandy
Issue
Richard II Robert II, Archbishop of Rouen, Count of Evreux Mauger, Count of Corbeil Robert Danus Emma, Queen of England Hawise, Duchess of Brittany Maud, Countess of Blois
Gunnor or Gunnora (c. 950[2] – c. 1031) was Duchess of Normandy by marriage to Richard I of Normandy,[a][4][5] having previously been his long-time mistress. She functioned as regent of Normandy during the absence of her spouse, as well as the adviser to him and later to his successor, their son Richard II.
^David Crouch, The Image of Aristocracy in Britain, 1000-1300 (London: Routledge, 1992), p. 57
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^van Houts, Elisabeth (2019). Married Life in the Middle Ages, 900-1300. Oxford University Press. p. 79.
^Farrer, William; Clay, Charles Travis, eds. (2013). Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 8, The Honour of Warenne. Vol. 8. Cambridge University Press. p. 42.
^Chibnall, Marjorie. "England and Normandy, 1042-1137". In Luscombe, David; Riley-Smith, Jonathan (eds.). The New Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. 4, C.1024–c.1198, Part 2. Cambridge University Press. p. 196.
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