#d6mar

[thebritishmonarchycouk]

On This Day In Royal History . 6 March 1052 . Emma of Normandy died . . ◼ Emma of Normandy (born. c. 985) was a queen consort of England, Denmark & Norway . ◼ She was the daughter of Richard I, Duke of Normandy (aka Richard the fearless), & his second wife, Gunnora . ◼ Through her marriages to king Æthelred the Unready (reigned.1002-1016) & king Cnut the Great (r.1017-1035), she became the Queen Consort of England, Denmark, & Norway. . ◼ Æthelred & Emma were married in 1002. They had two sons, Edward the Confessor & Alfred (Ælfred Æþeling, meaning Alfred the Noble), & a daughter, Goda of England (or Godgifu). . ◼ Emma & Æthelred’s marriage ended with Æthelred’s death in London in 1016. . ◼ In July 1017 Emma married king Cnut the Great, becoming Queen consort of England again, and now Queen consort of Denmark & Norway. . ◼ They had two children ; were king Harthacnut; & Gunhilda of Denmark. . ◼ After her death in 1052 Emma was interred alongside king Cnut & their son king Harthacnut in the Old Minster, Winchester before being transferred to the new cathedral built after the Norman Conquest. During the English Civil War, their remains were disinterred & scattered about the Cathedral floor by parliamentary forces. . 👑 As Anne J. Duggan notes, Emma is the “first of the early medieval queens” portrayed visually & she is the central figure within the Encomium Emmae Reginae, a critical source for the history of early 11th-century English politics. . . . #Onthisdayinhistory #Thisdayinhistory #TheYear1052 #EmmaofNormandy #QueenConsort #History #EnglishMonarchy #HouseofNormandy #QueenConsort #England #d6mar #britishmonarchy #Normandy #Normandie #France #Anglosaxon #KingCnut #ethelredtheunready #Historic #Englishhistory #Queen #Medieval #Medievalqueen #Onthisday #Royalhistory #anglosaxonhistory #Winchester (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ZwRZ0HiWn/?igshid=bvvqgh90qtxf

[thebritishmonarchycouk]

On this day in history . 6th March 1052 . Emma of Normandy died . . ◼ Emma of Normandy (born. c. 985) was a queen consort of England, Denmark & Norway . ◼ She was the daughter of Richard I, Duke of Normandy (aka Richard the fearless), & his second wife, Gunnora . ◼ Through her marriages to king Æthelred the Unready (reigned.1002-1016) & king Cnut the Great (r.1017-1035), she became the Queen Consort of England, Denmark, & Norway. . ◼ Æthelred & Emma were married in 1002. They had two sons, Edward the Confessor & Alfred (Ælfred Æþeling, meaning Alfred the Noble), & a daughter, Goda of England (or Godgifu). . ◼ Emma & Æthelred’s marriage ended with Æthelred’s death in London in 1016. . ◼ In July 1017 Emma married king Cnut the Great, becoming Queen consort of England again, and now Queen consort of Denmark & Norway. . ◼ They had two children ; were king Harthacnut; & Gunhilda of Denmark. . ◼ After her death in 1052 Emma was interred alongside king Cnut & their son king Harthacnut in the Old Minster, Winchester before being transferred to the new cathedral built after the Norman Conquest. During the English Civil War, their remains were disinterred & scattered about the Cathedral floor by parliamentary forces. . 👑 As Anne J. Duggan notes, Emma is the "first of the early medieval queens" portrayed visually & she is the central figure within the Encomium Emmae Reginae, a critical source for the history of early 11th-century English politics. . . . #Onthisdayinhistory #Thisdayinhistory #TheYear1052 #EmmaofNormandy #QueenConsort #History #EnglishMonarchy #HouseofNormandy #QueenConsort #England #d6mar #britishmonarchy #Normandy #Normandie #France #Anglosaxon #KingCnut #ethelredtheunready #Historic #Englishhistory #Queen #Medieval #Medievalqueen (at Winchester, Hampshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/BurjgnaFx44/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=hzuzxc9g6a1f