Emma of Normandy, Queen of England ¹

  General Notes:

Emma of Normandy (c. 984 \endash 6 March 1052) was a queen consort of England, Denmark and Norway. She was the daughter of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, and his second wife, Gunnor. Through her marriages to Æthelred the Unready (1002\endash 1016) and Cnut the Great (1017\endash 1035), she became the Queen Consort of England, Denmark, and Norway. She was the mother of three sons, King Edward the Confessor, Alfred Ætheling, and King Harthacnut, as well as two daughters, Goda of England, and Gunhilda of Denmark. Even after her husbands' deaths Emma remained in the public eye, and continued to participate actively in politics. She is the central figure within the Encomium Emmae Reginae, a critical source for the history of early 11th-century English politics. As Catherine Karkov notes, Emma is one of the most visually represented early medieval queens.[2]

Emma married Cnut "the Great" Sweynsson King of England (1016-1035), King of Denmark (1018-1035), King of Norway (1028-1035). (Cnut "the Great" Sweynsson King of England (1016-1035), King of Denmark (1018-1035), King of Norway (1028-1035) was born about 990 and died on 12 Nov 1035 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England.)

Emma next married Æthelred "the Unready" King of England, son of Edgar "The Peaceful" King of England and Æthelflæd or Wulfthryth, in 1002. (Æthelred "the Unready" King of England was born about 966, died on 23 Apr 1016 in London, England and was buried in Old St Paul's Cathedral, London, England.)