Maud of Normandy [SEP] mother
Maud of Normandy
Maud of Normandy (died 1006) was the daughter of Richard the Fearless and Gunnora. Her siblings were Richard II "the Good", Duke of Normandy, Robert, Archbishop of Rouen, Count of Evreux, died 1037, Mauger, Count of Corbeil, Robert Danus, Emma of Normandy and Hawise of Normandy.
Maud was married to Odo II, Count of Blois but died young and without issue. After her death in 1006, Odo started a quarrel with his brother-in-law
authority although his career was spent in endless feudal warfare with his neighbors and suzerains, many of whose territories he tried to annex.
About 1003/4 he married Maud, a daughter of Richard I of Normandy. After her death in 1005, and as she had no children, Richard II of Normandy demanded a return of her dowry: half the county of Dreux. Odo refused and the two warred over the matter. Finally, King Robert II, who had married Odo's mother, imposed his arbitration on the contestants in