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The kiss that named him heir cost him a childhood of exile and hostagehood
A ten-year-old kiss names him duke; held as a political hostage between Normandy and the Frankish king-what did it cost him?
The kiss that named him heir cost him a childhood of exile and hostagehood
In this episode, we trace the boyhood of Richard of Normandy from a single moment with his father to life under other men’s decisions. We follow how a declaration and a kiss turned him into a living political instrument, and ask how that shaped the man he became.
Person: Richard
Date: August 28, 932 (birth)
Event: William Longsword’s meeting and kiss; William’s death December 17, 942
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