Gunnora
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Gunnor or Gunnora ( – ) was Duchess of Normandy by marriage to Richard I of Normandy, 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.
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- Royalty.image
- Gonnor de crepon.jpg
- Royalty.succession
- Duchess consort of Normandy
- Royalty.reign
- 989–996
- Royalty.spouse
- Richard I, Duke of Normandy
- Royalty.consort
- yes
- Royalty.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
- Royalty.birth_place
- Not known
- Royalty.death_date
- - Aged approximately 80 to 95.
- Royalty.death_place
- Normandy, France
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- Gonnor de crepon.jpg
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- Gunnora, Duchess of Normandy
- date of birth
- 0950-01-01
- date of death
- 1031-01-01
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Gunnor or Gunnora ( – ) was Duchess of Normandy by marriage to Richard I of Normandy, 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.
==Life== The names of Gunnor's parents are unknown, but Robert of Torigni wrote that her father was a forester from the Pays de Caux and according to Dudo of Saint-Quentin she was of noble Danish ancestry. Gunnor was probably born . Her family held sway in western Normandy and Gunnor herself was said to be very wealthy. Her marriage to Richard I was of great political importance, both to her husband and her progeny. Her brother, Herfast de Crépon, was progenitor of a great Norman family. Her sisters and nieces married some of the most important nobles in Normandy.