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Maud of Normandy

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Father
  
Richard the Fearless

Mother
  
Gunnora

Grandparents
  
William I Longsword


Name
  
Maud Normandy

Uncles
  
Rodulf of Ivry

Died
  
1006

Maud of Normandy

Parents
  
Richard I of Normandy, Gunnora

Cousins
  
John of Avranches, Emma of Ivry, Raoul of Ivry, Hugues de Bayeux

Great-grandparents
  
Rollo, Poppa of Bayeux

Maud of Normandy (died 1006) was the daughter of Richard the Fearless and Gunnora. Her siblings were Richard II "the Good", Duke of Normandy, Robert, Archbishop of Rouen, Count of Evreux, died 1037, Mauger, Count of Corbeil, Robert Danus, Emma of Normandy and Hawise of Normandy.

Maud was married to Odo II, Count of Blois but died young and without issue. After her death in 1006, Odo started a quarrel with his brother-in-law, Richard II of Normandy, over the dowry: part of the town Dreux. King Robert II, who had married Odo's mother, imposed his arbitration on the contestants in 1007, leaving Odo in possession of Dreux. Odo II, Count of Blois went on to marry Ermengarde, daughter of Robert I of Auvergne and have issue.

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Maud of Normandy Wikipedia


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