Ancestry of
Herman Melville

Author of Moby Dick

Richard I of Normandy

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• • 26th Great-grandfather of Herman Melville — 29th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 383525312 
  • Father:
  • William I of Normandy 
  • Mother:
  • Sprota of Bretagn   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 Aug 0933 
  • Birth Location:
  • Fecamp Normandy, France 
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  • Death Date:
  • 20 Nov 0996 
  • Death Location:
  • Fecamp Normandy, France 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Gunnora of Denmark
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  • Child:

  Richard II of Normandy (Ahnentafel No:191762656 )

  • Notes: 

  • Count of Normandy

    aka The Fearless

• Additional marriages for Richard I of Normandy

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• Sources for Richard I of Normandy

  • ¹ Fraser, ed. Antonia, The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England, New York: Alfred A. Knopf (1975), 25.
  • ² Hemingway, Patricia S., The Hemingways: Past and Present and Allied Families, Rev. Ed., Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc. (1988), 5.
  • ³ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and Some of their . . ., 5th edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (Third Printing, 2006), 188.
  • ⁴ Wikipedia, "Richard I, Duke of Normandy", (accessed 02/21/2010).