Ricard I Eorl of Normandige

Ricard I ðæs binama wæs 'se feohlæssa' was Eorl of Normandige fram 942 oð 996 and in his tid weax his rices strengþu fram Roðme ofer eall Þæt land Þæt hatte Normandig.

Ricard
Fæder	Willelm I
Modor	Sprota
Geboren	28 Weodmonað 933 Uescam
Deaþ	20 Blotmonað 996 Uescam

Ricardes dohtor Ymma beweddode Æþelred II Engla Cyning and weard Engla Cwen. Æfter Æþelræd deað beweddode hie Cnut þone Miclan and wæs Engla, Dena and Normanna Cwen.

In Ricardes geoguþ befæstede hine Hloðwig IV Francena Cyning. Ðan he wæs aliesed brohtede Ricard wigan fram Harold I Dena Cyning and mid him feahtede Ricard wiþ Hloðwig Cyning and acnyttede his eorldom.

Æþelred Engla Cyning befleah to Ricardes rice þan Swegn adraf him of Engla rice:

“ ⁊ seo hlæfdige gewende þa ofer sæ to hire breðer Ricarde ⁊ ælfsige abbud of Buruh mid hire, ⁊ se cyning sende ælfun bisceop mid þam æþelingum Eadwerde ⁊ ælfrede ofer sæ þæt he hi bewitan sceolde. ⁊ se cyning gewende þa fram ðam flotan to þam middan wintra to Wihtlande, ⁊ wæs ðær þa tid, ⁊ æfter þære tide wende ofer ða sæ to Ricarde ⁊ wæs ðær mid him oþ þone byre þæt Swegen wearð dead. ”