the ledger of connections
The Connections of Emma of Normandy
Norman princess and mother of Edward the Confessor Every person recorded alongside Emma of Normandy in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Emma of Normandy in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Richard I of Normandy, Gunnora
- Children
- Edward the Confessor, Goda of England, Alfred Aetheling, Harthacanute, Gunhilda of Denmark, unknown daughter (?)
- Siblings
- Hawise of Normandy, Maud of Normandy, Geoffrey, Count of Eu, William, Count of Eu, Richard II, Robert le Danois, Mauger, Count of Corbeil
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 987 CE to 1052.
Medieval era
William the Conqueror
November 8, 1028 – September 9, 1087
King of England from 1066 to 1087, Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087 (1028–1087)
Medieval era
Ibn al-Haytham
965 CE – 1038
Arab physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c. 965 – c. 1040)
Medieval era
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
980 CE – June 18, 1037
Persian polymath whose Canon of Medicine taught Europe for 600 years
Medieval era
Al-Biruni
September 4, 973 CE – December 9, 1048
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
Medieval era
Murasaki Shikibu
978 CE – 1014
Japanese novelist and poet (c.973–c.1014)
Medieval era
Ferdowsi
940 CE – 1020
Persian poet, author of Shahnameh (940–1020)
Medieval era
Omar Khayyam
May 18, 1048 – December 4, 1131
Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
Medieval era
Leif Erikson
972 CE – 1020
Norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
Medieval era
Ali Hujwiri
1009 – September 25, 1072
Sufi mystic
Medieval era
Rabia Balkhi
b. c. 1000
Persian poet, first woman poet of Islamic period
Medieval era
Su Shi
January 8, 1037 – August 24, 1101
Chinese writer and politician (1037–1101)
Medieval era
Sei Shonagon
966 CE – 1025
Japanese author and court lady