Geoffrey la Zouche: Roy Family Genealogy

Generation: 1

1. Geoffrey la Zouche (son of Alan la Zouche and Constance of Brittany).

Generation: 2

2. Alan la Zouche
Alan married Constance of Brittany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3.
Constance of Brittany (daughter of Conan III "le Gross", Duke of Brittany and Matilda).
Children:

1. Geoffrey la Zouche

Generation: 3

Conan III "le Gross", Duke of Brittany (son of Alan IV "Fergant", Duke of Brittany and Ermengarde of Anjou); died in 1148.

Other Events and Attributes:

History: birth to death

Notes:

History:
In 1112, he succeeded as the Duke of Brittany.

Conan married Matilda. Matilda (daughter of Henry I "Beauclerc", King of England and Duke of Normandy and unknown woman) was born in 1086; died on 25 Nov 1120. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matilda was born in 1086 (daughter of Henry I "Beauclerc", King of England and Duke of Normandy and unknown woman); died on 25 Nov 1120.

Other Events and Attributes:

History: Maud, the natural daughter of Henry I, King of England.

Notes:

Name:
Her name was also spelt Maud.

Died:
She died on board the "White Ship" when it sank.

Children:

Bertha of Brittany died before 1167.
3. Constance of Brittany
Hoël VI of Nantes died in 1156.

Generation: 4

12.

Alan IV "Fergant", Duke of Brittany was born about 1063 (son of Hoël, Duke of Brittany and Hawise); died on 13 Oct 1119 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France.

Other Events and Attributes:

General Information: He was also the Count of Nantes and the Count of Rennes.
Title(s): 1084; He became the Duke of Brittany in 1084.
Charter/Grant/Gift: 1092; Alan IV donated property to the Abbey of Redon by charter in 1092.
Military: 1098; Alan went on the First Crusade in 1098, as part of the army of Robert Curthose, leaving Ermengarde as his regent, and returned in 1101.
Title(s): 1112; In 1112, he abdicated. The former duke retired to the monastery of Redon.
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Notes:

Name:

Alan married Ermengarde of Anjou in 1093. Ermengarde (daughter of Fulk IV "Rechin", Count of Anjou and Hildegarde de Baugency) died on 1 Jun 1147. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Ermengarde of Anjou (daughter of Fulk IV "Rechin", Count of Anjou and Hildegarde de Baugency); died on 1 Jun 1147.

Notes:

Married:
Their marriage was a political alliance with Fulk IV of Anjou to counter Anglo-Norman influence.

Children:

Geoffroy of Brittany died in 1116.
Havide of Brittany
6. Conan III "le Gross", Duke of Brittany died in 1148.
Hawise died in 1072.

14.

Henry I "Beauclerc", King of England and Duke of Normandy was born in 1070 in Selby, Yorkshire, England (son of William I "the Conqueror", King of England and Maltilda of Flanders, Duchess of Normandy and Queen of England); died on 1 Dec 1135 in Lyons-la-Forêt, Normandy, France; was buried in Reading Abbey, Reading, Berkshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

General Information: He was the first King of England to use and grant a coat of arms.
Reign: From 1100 to 1135; King of England
Title(s): 1106; He succeeded as Duke of Normandy in 1106 having captured his brother Robert and deposing him.

Notes:

Birth: Sewell gives his birth as about September 1068.

Name:

Title(s):
He succeeded as Duke of Normandy having captured his brother Robert and deposing him.

Died:
He died from the effects of a purgative given for indigestion after eating too many lampreys.

Henry married unknown woman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

unknown woman

Children:

7. Matilda was born in 1086; died on 25 Nov 1120.
Elizabeth FitzRoy was born about 1095; died on 12 May 1166 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
Constance
William de Tracy died about 1135.