Queen of England Emma de Normandie

985 - 1052  (66 years)

• Name	Emma de Normandie
  Title	Queen of England
  Birth	23 Jun 985	Normandel, Orne, Lower Normandy, France
  Gender	Female
  QUEEN+OF+ENGLAND+-+1ST+REIGN	From 1002 to 1013
  	Upon her marriage to King Æthelred, Emma was consecrated Queen of England.
  TOOK+THE+NAME+%C3%86LFGIFU+AS+REGNAL+NAME+	1002	Wessex
  	Upon her marriage to Æthelred the Unready, Emma became Queen of England and took the Anglo-Saxon name of Ælfgifu as her 'reginal name', this name was used for formal and official matters.
  +FLED+TO+HER+BROTHERS+COURT+IN+NORMANDY	1013
  	Æthelred sent Emma and her children to her brother Richard II, in Normandy to escape a pending invasion by Sweyn in 1013, he soon fled before Sweyn and joined his family.
  RETURNED+TO+ENGLAND	1014
  	Æthelred and Emma returned to England after Sweyn's death in 1014 at the request of the English nobles.
  QUEEN+OF+ENGLAND+-+2ND+REIGN	From 3 February 1014 to 23 April 1016
  	Emma returned from exile in Normandy in 1014, after the death of Sweyn, and resumed her queenship
  WIDOWED+WHEN+%C3%86TELRED+DIED+IN+LONDON+BESEIGED+BY+CNUT	23 Apr 1016	London, Middlesex, England
  	Æthelred died while besieged in London with his son Edmund and their remaining army, surrounded by the forces of Cnut. Emma may have been there also or may have been safely in Normandy.
  MARRIED+CNUT	1017
  	In 1017 Emma married Cnut and became Queen consort of England for a 2nd time. At this time her sons by Æthelred were sent to live in Normandy with her brother.
  QUEEN+OF+ENGLAND-+3RD+REIGN%2C+AS+WIFE+OF+CNUT	From July 1017 to 12 November 1035
  	After marrying Cnut, Emma was again Queen of England
  QUEEN+CONSORT+OF+DENMARK	From 1018 to 1035
  	When Cnut succeeded as King of Denmark, Emma became Queen consort of Denmark.
  QUEEN+CONSORT+OF+NORWAY	From 1028 to 1035
  	When Cnut became King of Norway in 1028, Emma became Queen consort of Norway.
  REGENT+FOR+ABSENTEE+KING	From 1035 to 1037
  	Emma's son Harthacnut succeeded Cnut as king in both England and Denmark, however the situation in Denmark required he remain there. In his absence Emma and Earl Godwin ruled England in Harthacnut's name.
  WIDOWED+A+2ND+TIME	12 Nov 1035
  	Cnut died 12 November 1035 and Emma was widowed for a 2nd time.
  SON+MURDERED	5 Feb 1036	Ely Circuit, Cambridgeshire, England
  	After Cnut's death Emma's son Alfred Ætheling returned to England. He was captured by Earl Godwin on the orders of Harold Harefoot and blinded. Alfred died from his wounds.
  FLED+TO+BRUGES%2C+LIVED+IN+EXILE+THERE	From 1037 to 1040	Bruges, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
  	Fed up with Harthacnut's continued absence, England supported Harold Harefoot's assumption of the throne. Emma was forced to flee to Bruges, Flanders, where she sought refuge by Baldwin V, Count of Flanders.
  RETURNED+TO+ENGLAND+WITH+KING+HARTHACNUT	17 Jun 1040	Sandwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom
  	After Harold Harefoot's death Emma returned to England at the side of her son King Harthacnut "seven days before Midsummer". Harthacnut was invited back but returned with an invasion force, prepared to fight.
  Title of Nobility	Co-regent of Norway
  Title of Nobility	Princess of Normandy
  Title of Nobility	Queen consort of England
  Title of Nobility	Queen Consort of England, Queen Consort of Denmark, Queen Consort of Norway
  _FSFTID	L8W6-443
  Burial	1052	Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
  Death	6 Mar 1052	Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I35947	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Comte de Rouen Richard Ier 'Sans Peur' de Normandie,   b. 28 Aug 933, Normandy, France d. 20 Nov 996, Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Upper Normandy, France (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Comtesse de Rouen Gunnor,   b. Abt 946   d. From 4 January 1031 to 8 January 1031, Fécamp, Normandy, France (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	972
  Family ID	F14649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	King of the English Æthelred 'the Unready' of Wessex,   b. 19 Mar 968, England d. 23 Apr 1016, London, Middlesex, England (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	5 Apr 1002	Winchester, Hampshire, England.
  Children	1. Edward the Confessor Wessex,   b. 1003, Islip, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 5 Jan 1066, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, Middlesex, England (Age 63 years)   2. Godgifu Goda,   b. 14 Sep 1004, Devon, England, United Kingdom d. 19 Jul 1055, Lewes, Sussex, England (Age 50 years)   3. Ælfred Ætheling,   b. Abt 1005, Northumberland beyond Tyne, Scotland d. 5 Feb 1036, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F14550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Family 2	King of Denmark, England, and Norway Cnut the Great Sweynsson,   b. Abt 995, Jelling, Tørrild herred, Vejle amt, Danmark d. 12 Nov 1035, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	1017	England
  Family ID	F17106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023