Emma of Normandy

E100968
historical figure noblewoman queen consort regent

Emma of Normandy was a powerful 11th-century queen of England, married to both Æthelred the Unready and Cnut the Great, and a key political figure as the mother of King Edward the Confessor.

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Label Occurrences
Emma of Normandy canonical 8

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical figure ⓘ
noblewoman ⓘ
queen consort ⓘ
regent ⓘ
associatedWith Danish royal house ⓘ
House of Wessex ⓘ
birthPlace Normandy ⓘ
burialPlace Winchester Cathedral ⓘ
child Alfred Aetheling ⓘ
Edward the Confessor ⓘ
Godgifu ⓘ
Harthacnut ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Duchy of Normandy ⓘ
dynasty House of Normandy ⓘ
father Richard I, Duke of Normandy ⓘ
floruit c. 1002–1052 ⓘ
fullName Emma of Normandy self-link ⓘ
givenName Emma ⓘ
influenced succession of Edward the Confessor ⓘ
succession of Harthacnut ⓘ
marriedToKingOf Denmark ⓘ
England ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
mother Gunnor ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Normandy ⓘ
notableEvent Danish conquest of England ⓘ
Viking invasions of England ⓘ
marriage to Cnut the Great ⓘ
marriage to Æthelred the Unready ⓘ
notableWork Encomium Emmae Reginae ⓘ
politicalRole power broker between Anglo-Saxon and Danish elites ⓘ
positionHeld Queen consort of Denmark ⓘ
Queen consort of England ⓘ
Queen consort of Norway ⓘ
relative William the Conqueror ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Rouen ⓘ
Winchester ⓘ
roleIn Anglo-Saxon royal succession politics ⓘ
sibling Richard II, Duke of Normandy ⓘ
spouse Cnut the Great ⓘ
Æthelred the Unready ⓘ
stepChild Harold Harefoot ⓘ
subjectOf Encomium Emmae Reginae ⓘ
timePeriod 11th century ⓘ
title Queen of Denmark ⓘ
Queen of Norway ⓘ
Queen of England ⓘ
surface form: Queen of the English

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward the Confessor → mother → Emma of Normandy ⓘ
House of Wessex → hasNotableMember → Emma of Normandy ⓘ
Emma → notableBearer → Emma of Normandy ⓘ
Emma of Normandy → fullName → Emma of Normandy self-link ⓘ
Edith of Wessex → predecessor → Emma of Normandy ⓘ
Æthelred the Unready → spouse → Emma of Normandy ⓘ
Harthacnut → mother → Emma of Normandy ⓘ
Cnut the Great → spouse → Emma of Normandy ⓘ