Estrid Svendsdatter 1
Another name for Estrid was Estrith (Margaret) of Denmark. General Notes: Living in 1020. Estrid married Ulv jarl Torgilsson, son of Torgils Sprakalegg and Unknown, in 1015. (Ulv jarl Torgilsson was born circa 998 and died in 1027 in Roskilde, Denmark.) Estrid next married Richard II the Good of Normandy, son of Richard I the Fearless of Normandy and Gunnor of Crêpon, in 1017. The marriage ended in divorce. (Richard II the Good of Normandy was born between 958 and 962 in Courcy, Normandy and died on 23 Aug 1027 in Abbaye de Fécamp., S-Infr, France.) Estrid next married Robert I the Magnificent of Normandy, son of Richard II the Good of Normandy and Judith (de Rennes) of Brittany, in 1031. The marriage ended in divorce in 1032. (Robert I the Magnificent of Normandy was born 999 or 1000 in Normandy, France and died on 22 Jul 1035 in Nicea, Bythynia, Turkey.) |
1 Tore Nygaard, Tore Nygaard's Genealogy (http://www.nygaard.home.se). Politiken's Danmarks Historie, Bind 2 (1963), side 244, 266, 442; Bind 3 (1969), side 29, 49, 62. Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Bind 6 (1935), side 452-453, Bind 24 (1943), side 455. Mogens Bugge: Våre forfedre, nr. 517. Bent og Vidar Billing Hansen: Rosensverdslektens forfedre, side 45.
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