Richard I of Normandy
Count of Rouen
Died when: 64 years 84 days (770 months)Star Sign: Virgo

Richard I (28 August 932 – 20 November 996), also known as Richard the Fearless (French: Richard Sans-Peur;Old Norse: Jarl Rikard), 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" (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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