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Emma of Normandy
Emma of Normandy was a daughter of Duke Richard I of Normandy who was twice queen of England, first as wife of Æthelred the Unready from 1002 and then of Cnut the Great from 1017. She was the mother of the kings Harthacnut and Edward the Confessor. She commissioned the Encomium Emmae Reginae, a work in praise of herself and her family, and remained a powerful figure at court until her death in 1052.
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