Richard I, duke of Normandy (born 932)

Richard I of Normandy

Duke of Normandy from 942 to 996

Richard I, also known as Richard the Fearless, was the count of Rouen from 942 to 996. Dudo of Saint-Quentin, whom Richard commissioned to write the "De moribus et actis primorum Normanniae ducum", called him a dux. However, this use of the word may have been in the context of…