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Emma of Normandy

985 - 1052

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Emma of Normandy (referred to as Ælfgifu in royal documents; c. 984 – 6 March 1052) was a Norman-born noblewoman who became the English, Danish, and Norwegian Queen through her marriages to the Anglo-Saxon King Æthelred the Unready and the Danish King Cnut the Great. A daughter of the Norman ruler Richard the Fearless and Gunnor, she was Queen of England during her marriage to King Æthelred from 1002 to 1016, except during a brief interruption in 1013–14 when the Danish King Sweyn Forkbeard occupied the English throne. Æthelred died in 1016, and Emma married Sweyn's son Cnut. As Cnut's wife, she was Queen of England from their marriage in 1017, Queen of Denmark from 1018, and Queen of Norway from 1028 until Cnut died in 1035. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emma of Normandy is the 115th most popular companion (up from 128th in 2019), the 536th most popular biography from France (up from 641st in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Companion.

Emma of Normandy was most famous for being the wife of King Ethelred II of England.

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Among companions, Emma of Normandy ranks 115 out of 784. Before her are Pulcheria, Hecuba, Athaliah, Maria Amalia of Austria, Julia the Elder, and Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France. After her are Margaret Tudor, Caterina Sforza, Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, Isabella of Austria, Anna Pavlovna of Russia, and Nilüfer Hatun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 985, Emma of Normandy ranks 2. Before her is Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. After her are Radbot of Klettgau, Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad, Rodulfus Glaber, Adalbert, Margrave of Austria, Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany, Eilmer of Malmesbury, and Theobald II of Blois. Among people deceased in 1052, Emma of Normandy ranks 1. After her are Bi Sheng, Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany, Fan Zhongyan, Vladimir of Novgorod, and Guaimar IV of Salerno.

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In France

Among people born in France, Emma of Normandy ranks 536 out of 6,770. Before her are Pepin the Hunchback (770), Henri Barbusse (1873), Jean-Louis Tauran (1943), Marc Bloch (1886), Lucien Bonaparte (1775), and William II of England (1056). After her are Hippolyte Fizeau (1819), Joseph Joffre (1852), Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788), Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727), Louis Aragon (1897), and Jean Lannes (1769).

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Among COMPANIONS In France

Among companions born in France, Emma of Normandy ranks 14. Before her are Désirée Clary (1777), Elisabeth of Valois (1545), Claude of France (1499), Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (1635), Hortense de Beauharnais (1783), and Isabella of France (1295). After her are Queen Anne of Romania (1923), Anne of Foix-Candale (1484), Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (1162), Adela of Champagne (1140), Marie of Anjou (1404), and Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France (1290).

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