Alias:<ALIA> /Sally/
Alias:<ALIA> of that /Ilk/
Richard I Normandy Duke of Normandy
Alias:<ALIA> The /Fearless/
Byname Richard the Fearless, (in French, Richard Sans Peur), was Duke of
Normandy from 942-996. He was the son of William I Longsword. Louis IV
of France took the boy-duke into his protective custody, apparently
intent upon reuniting Normandy to the crown's domains, but in 945,Louis
was capture by the Normans, and Richard was returned to his people.
Richard withstood further Carolingian attempts to subdue his duchy and in
987was instrumental in securing the French crown for his brother-in-law,
the Robertian Hugh Capet. (Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97)