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Alan III, Duke of Brittany

Male Abt 997 - 1040  (43 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Alan III, Duke of Brittany was born about 997 (son of Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany and Hawise of Normandy); died on 1 Oct 1040.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: He was the guardian of the young Duke William.

    Notes:

    Died:
    He was murdered.

    Alan married Bertha of Blois in 1018. Bertha (daughter of Eudes II, Count of Blois and Champagne and Ermengarde of Auvergne) died between 11 Apr 1085 and 13 Apr 1085. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Weis (1982) has their marriage date as about 1027.

    Children:
    1. Emma de Brittany
    2. Hawise was born about 1037; died on 19 Aug 1072.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany was born about 980 (son of Conan I "le Tort", Duke of Brittany, Count of Rennes and Ermengarde d'Anjou); died on 20 Nov 1008.

    Geoffrey married Hawise of Normandy between 996 and 999. Hawise (daughter of Richard I "the Fearless", Duke of Normandy and Gunnor of Crêpon) died on 21 Feb 1034. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Hawise of Normandy (daughter of Richard I "the Fearless", Duke of Normandy and Gunnor of Crêpon); died on 21 Feb 1034.
    Children:
    1. 1. Alan III, Duke of Brittany was born about 997; died on 1 Oct 1040.
    2. Eudes, Count of Brittany and Penthievre was born in 999; died on 7 Jan 1079.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Conan I "le Tort", Duke of Brittany, Count of Rennes (son of Juhel Berenger, Count of Rennes and Gerberga); died on 27 Jun 992 in Conquereuil, Pays de la Loire, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    History:
    Le Tort means "the Crooked".

    About 970, he became the Duke of Brittany.

    Died:
    He was killed in battle.

    Conan married Ermengarde d'Anjou in 980. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Ermengarde d'Anjou (daughter of Geoffrey I "Grisgonelle", Count d'Anjou and Adele of Troyes and Vermandois).
    Children:
    1. 2. Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany was born about 980; died on 20 Nov 1008.
    2. Judith of Brittany was born in 982 in Brittany, France; died on 28 Aug 1017 in Normandy, France; was buried in Bernay Abbey, Bernay, Normandy, France .
    3. daughter

  3. 6.  Richard I "the Fearless", Duke of Normandy was born in 933 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France (son of William I "Longsword", Duke of Normandy and Sporte de Bretagne); died on 20 Nov 996 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title(s): 942; In 942, he succeeded as the Duke of Normandy.

    Richard married Gunnor of Crêpon about 978. Gunnor (daughter of Herfast de Crépon) was born about 936; died on 1027 or 1031 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Gunnor of Crêpon was born about 936 (daughter of Herfast de Crépon); died on 1027 or 1031 in France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: She was also known as Gunora of Denmark.

    Children:
    1. Richard II "the Good", Duke of Normandy was born on 23 Aug 963 in Normandy, France; died on 28 Aug 1026 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France.
    2. William, Count of Eu and Exemes was born about 0955 in Normandy, France; died on 26 Jan 1057.
    3. Mauger, Earl of Corbeil
    4. Robert, Count of d'Évreux, Archbishop of Rouen was born in 964 in Normandy, France; died on 16 Mar 1037.
    5. Matilda
    6. Emma of Normandy was born about 986; died on 14 Mar 1052.
    7. 3. Hawise of Normandy died on 21 Feb 1034.
    8. Beatrice of Normandy died on 18 Jan 1035.
    9. Godfrey of Brionne & Eu died about 1015.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Juhel Berenger, Count of Rennes (son of Paskwitan II, Count of Rennes and daughter); died in 970.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: 931 - 970

    Notes:

    History:
    He was a leader against the Norseman and was living in 931.

    Juhel married Gerberga. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Gerberga
    Children:
    1. 4. Conan I "le Tort", Duke of Brittany, Count of Rennes died on 27 Jun 992 in Conquereuil, Pays de la Loire, France.

  3. 10.  Geoffrey I "Grisgonelle", Count d'Anjou was born about 940 (son of Fulk II "the Good", Count d'Anjou and Gerberga of the Gatinais); died on 21 Jul 987.

    Geoffrey married Adele of Troyes and Vermandois on Yes, date unknown. Adele (daughter of Robert de Vermandois, Count of Troyes and Meaux and Adelaide of Vergy, Troyes, and Vermandois) was born in 950; died in 16 Mar 975 - 978. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Adele of Troyes and Vermandois was born in 950 (daughter of Robert de Vermandois, Count of Troyes and Meaux and Adelaide of Vergy, Troyes, and Vermandois); died in 16 Mar 975 - 978.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: She was also known as Adelaide de Vermandois.

    Children:
    1. 5. Ermengarde d'Anjou
    2. Gerberge of Anjou
    3. Fulk III "the Black", Count of Anjou was born before 976 in Anjou, France ; died on 21 Jun 1040 in Metz, Moselle, Grand Est, France.

  5. 12.  William I "Longsword", Duke of NormandyWilliam I "Longsword", Duke of Normandy was born about 900 in Normandy, France (son of Rolf Ragnvaldsson, Duke of Normandy and Poppa de Bayeux); died on 17 Dec 943 in France; was buried in Rouen Cathedral, Rouen, Normandy, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: He was also known as Guillaume Longue-espee, in French. In 927, he succeeded as the Duke of Normandy, upon the death of his father. Most of William's career was spent in relative obscurity, but in the late 930s he suddenly emerged onto the stage of Frankish royal politics, first because of his war with Arnulf of Flanders, and then because of his support for King Louis IV (d'Outremer) at a time when Louis' star seemed to be fading. In December 942, at the peak of his good relations with Louis, Arnulf called for a peace conference with William. At the conference, William was murdered (traditionally, Arnulf is said to have arranged the murder). [see picture below] A Planctus (mourning poem) was composed probably shortly after William's death. Jules Lair suggests plausibly if not definitively that it was in 943. This poem, although it survives only in corrupt and incomplete versions and is largely hagiographic in content, nevertheless is a critical source for early Norman history. It is by far the earliest work written about the Normans from a Norman point of view, and some historical nuggets can be gleaned from it. [see picture below]

    William married Sporte de Bretagne about 932. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Sporte de Bretagne

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: She was a Breton captive, who became known as William's "Danish Wife".

    Notes:

    Married:
    The were married under pagan rites.

    Children:
    1. 6. Richard I "the Fearless", Duke of Normandy was born in 933 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France; died on 20 Nov 996 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France.
    2. Raoul D'Ivry

  7. 14.  Herfast de Crépon was born about 911 in Normandy, France (son of Senfrie).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: His name was also spelt "Herfast de Crêpon". He was a forester in Arques.

    Children:
    1. Osbern, Steward of Normandy died in 1040 in Normandy, France.
    2. [no first name] de Crépon died in 1059.
    3. Avelina de Crepon was born about 974 in Longueville, Normandy, France.
    4. Sibell de Crêpon
    5. 7. Gunnor of Crêpon was born about 936; died on 1027 or 1031 in France.


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