Gunnora
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Gunnora or Gunnor (circa 936 – 1031) was the wife and consort of Richard I of Normandy. Her parentage is unknown, but her brother was Herefast de Crepon.
She was living with her sister Seinfreda, the wife of a local forester, when Richard passed by hunting. He is said to have approached Seinfreda with amorous intentions, but the lady rejected his advance, suggesting that her unmarried sister Gunnor might prove more receptive. They became lovers, Gunnor first acting as his mistress and eventually marrying him.
They were parents to six children:
- Richard II "the Good", Duke of Normandy (966)
- Robert, Archbishop of Rouen, Count of Evreux, died 1037.
- Mauger, Earl of Corbeil, died after 1033; his alleged grandson (or perhaps great-grandson) was Robert Fitzhamon, an important Anglo-Norman baron.
- Robert Danus, died between 985 and 989
- Emma of Normandy (c.985-1052) wife of two kings of England.
- Maud of Normandy, wife of Odo II of Blois, Count of Blois, Champagne and Chartres
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