Richard I of Normandy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Duke of Normandy
Date of Birth: 28-Aug-0933
Place of Birth: Fécamp, Normandy, France
Date of Death: 20-Nov-0996
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Richard I of Normandy
- Richard I (28 August 932 – 20 November 996), also known as Richard the Fearless (French: Richard Sans-Peur; Old Norse: Jarl Richart), was the Count of Rouen or Jarl of Rouen from 942 to 996.
- Dudo of Saint-Quentin, whom Richard commissioned to write the "De moribus et actis primorum Normanniae ducum" (Latin, "On the Customs and Deeds of the First Dukes of Normandy"), called him a Dux.
- However, this use of the word may have been in the context of Richard's renowned leadership in war, and not as a reference to a title of nobility.
- Richard either introduced feudalism into Normandy or he greatly expanded it.
- By the end of his reign, the most important Norman landholders held their lands in feudal tenure.
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