Emma of Normandy

Emma of Normandy was a queen consort of England, Denmark and Norway. She was the daughter of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, and his second wife, Gunnora. Through her marriages to thelred the Unready and Cnut the Great , she became the Queen Consort of England, Denmark, and Norway. She was the mother of three sons, Edward the Confessor, Alfred, and 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. As Anne J. Duggan notes, Emma is the first of the early medieval queens portrayed visually and she is the central figure within the Encomium Emmae Reginae, a critical source for the history of early 11thcentury English politics.

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