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Also known as Richard II of Normandy, Richard II the Good, Richard II, Duke of Normandy, Duke Richard II of Normandy, Richard the Good, Duke of Normandy, Richard II the Good, Duke of Normandy, Richard le Bon

Duke of Normandy from 996 until 1026

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Richard II, also known as Richard le Bon, was a male feudatory and Duke of Normandy belonging to the House of Normandy. Born on August 23, 963, in Normandy, he was the son of Richard I of Normandy and Gunnora. He held the noble title of duke and was a citizen of the Duchy of Normandy.

During his life, Richard II was married to Judith of Brittany, Papia of Envermeu, and Estrid Svendsdatter. His children included Richard III, Alice of Normandy, Robert I, Duke of Normandy, and Eleanor of Normandy. He had several siblings, including Geoffrey, Count of Eu, William, Count of Eu, Robert le Danois, and Hawise of Normandy.

Richard II died on August 23, 1026, in Fécamp. He was buried at Rouen Cathedral.

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Person · Open Library

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Listeners · Last.fm

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Total plays
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5 total works indexed

  1. The Measurement of Observer Agreement for Categorical Data

    · 1977 · cited 63,349x

  2. The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools

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  3. Fast and accurate short read alignment with Burrows–Wheeler transform

    · 2009 · cited 47,650x

  4. ImageNet: A large-scale hierarchical image database

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  5. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,586x

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Key facts

Reign
996–1026
Predecessor
Richard I
Successor
Richard III
Born
c. 980
Died
28 August 1026, Normandy
Spouses
Judith of Brittany Poppa of Envermeu (possibly)
Issue more
Richard III of Normandy Alice of Normandy Robert I of Normandy Eleanor of Normandy Mauger (archbishop of Rouen) William of Talou
House
Normandy
Father
Richard I, Duke of Normandy
Mother
Gunnor

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Encyclopedic overview

Richard II (c. 980 – 28 August 1026), called the Good (French: Le Bon), was the duke of Normandy from 996 until 1026.

Life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Richard II” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.