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1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“BERTHA OF BRITTANY, born about 1119. She married (1st) about 1137 ALAN III the Black, Count of Brittany, Earl of Richmond, seigneur of Tréguier, 2nd son of Stephen (or Etienne), Count of Brittany, by his wife, Hawise [see RICHMOND 4 for his ancestry]. He was born before 1100. They had one son, Conan (IV) [Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond] and two daughters, Constance (wife of Alan III, Vicomte of Rohan) and Enoguen (nun at St. Sulpice of Rennes). ALAN III, Count of Brittany, Earl of Richmond died in Brittany 15 Sept. 1146, and was buried at Begard. His widow, Bertha, married (2nd) in or before 1148 (as his 1st wife) EUDON II, Duke/Count of Brittany, Vicomte of Porhoët, seigneur of Josselin, Mohon, la Nouée, la Chèze, Loudeac, Pleucadeuc, Villejagu, etc., son of Geoffrey, Vicomte of Porhoët, by his wife, Hawise. They had one son, Geoffrey, and one daughter, Adelaide [Abbess of Fontevrault]. His wife, Bertha, was living in 1162, and died before 1167. Eudes married (2nd) in or before 1167 ALIENOR DE LEON, daughter of Guiomar, son and heir of Herve, Vicomte (or Count) of Leon. They had two sons, Eudon Fitz Count and Henri, and one daughter, Alix (wife of Guy Mauvoisin, Chev., seigneur of Rosny). Eudon, Count (or Duke) of Brittany, was living in 1185, and presumably died before 1195.
Morice Méms. pour Servir de Preuves à l'Hist. de Bretagne 1 (1742): 37, 698, 706-707. Morice Histoire Ecclesiastique et Civil de Bretagne 1(1750): xvii-xviii (Counts of Penthievre ped), ]xx--xxi (Porhoet ped.). Grimaldi Origines genealogicæ (1828): 14. Delisle Chronique de Robert de Torigni 2 (1873):42. Eyton Court, Household & Itinerary of Henry II (1878): 157. Demay Inventaire des Sceaux de la Normandie (1881): 5 (equestrian seal of Eudon, Duke of Brittany dated 1155). Bull. & Mémoires de la Société Archéologique du Déartement d'Ille-et-Vilaine 17 (1885): 348-350 (charter dated 1153 of Count Eudon, to Saint-Martin of Josselin Priory; charter granted with consent of his brothers, Josce vicomte and Alan Ceoche; charter mentions his father, Geoffrey), 350-351, 352-353 (charter dated 1153 of Hoël II [Count of Nantes], son of Count Conan, to Buzai Abbey; charter mentions his sister, Countess Bertha). Rosenzweig Cartulaire Général de Morbihan I (1895): 172 (charter dated 1130 which mentions Geoffrey the vicomte and Eudon his son), 179-180 (charter dated 1153 issued by Count Eudon ["Eudo comes"], given with the consent of his brothers, Josce the Vicomte and Alan Ceoche), 183-184 (charter of Eudon, Count of Brittany, dated 1164 which names his brother, Josce; his nephews, sons of his brother Josce; his uncle [patruus], Josce the vicomte; and his kinsman [cognato], Alan de Rohan; this charter is also witnessed by his brother, Étienne or Stephen). Bull. et Mémoires de la Société archéologique du Département d'Ille-et-Vilaine 27 (1898): 132-135. Delisle Recueil des Actes de Henri II, Roi d'Angleterre et Duc de Normandie (1909): 366 (biog. of Eudon, Count of Brittany). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) XIII 48 (died 15 Nov. 1146), XIII/32-323. C.P. 10 (1945): 780 (chart), 788-791 (sub Richmond); 11 (1949): Appendix D, 105-121. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 75. Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): XIII.28, XIV.43-XIV.45. Everard Brittany & the Angevins: Province & Empire, 1158-1203 (2000). Burton Cartulary of Byland Abbey (Surtees Soc. 208) (2004).
Child of Alan III of Brittany, by Bertha of Brittany:
i. CONAN (IV), Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond [see next].
Child of Eudon II of Porhoet, by Aliénor de Leon:
i. EUDON FITZ COUNT, seigneur of Josselin, Mohon, la Chèze, la Nouée, Loudéac, Pleucadeuc, Villejagu, etc., son and heir, of age before 1195. He married MARGUERITE ___. They had three daughters, Mathilde, Elienor (wife of Alan V, Vicomte of Rohan and Pierre de Chemillé), and Jeanne (wife of Olivier de Montauban, seigneur of Montauban). He appears in charters dated variously pre-1195, 1201, 1221, 1225, and 1231. In 1231 he gave property with his body to Marmoutier Abbey for the remembrance of the anniversary of his death. EUDON FITZ COUNT died in 1231. His widow, Marguerite, was living in 1248. Morice Memoires pour Servir de Preuves à l'Hist. de Bretagne 1 (1742): 698, 793 (charter of Eudon Fitz Count dated 1201), 874 (charter of Eudon Fitz Count dated 1231), 890-891, 901-902, 907, 919-920, 933-935. Morice Histoire Ecclesiastique et Civil de Bretagne 1 (1750): xx-xxi (Porhoet ped.), 173. Rosenzweig Cartulaire général de Morbihan 1(1895): 206, 209-210, 215-216 (charters of Eudon Fitz Count rEudo filius Comitisl dated 1221,1225, and 1231), 223-225. Bull. et Mémoires de la Société archéologique du Département d'Ille-et-Vilaine 27 (1898): 132-135.
Child of Eudes Fitz Count, by Marguerite ___:
a. MATHILDE OF PORHOËT, married GEOFFREY DE FOUGÈRES, seigneur of Fougères in Brittany [see FOUGÈRES 6].
ii. HENRI. He witnessed a charter with his brother, Eudes Fitz Count, sometime before 1195. Morice Memoires pour Servir de Preuves a l'Hist. de Bretagne 1 (1742): 698.”
2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“MAUD (or MATHILDE) OF ENGLAND, illegitimate daughter, married CONAN III le Gros, Duke of Brittany, son and heir of Alain IV Fergant, Duke of Brittany [see ENGLAND 1.vi], by his 2nd wife, Ermengarde, daughter of Fulk IV "le Rechin," Count of Anjou. They had one son, Hoel [II] [Count of Nantes], and two daughters, Bertha and Constance. In 1139 he confirmed the rights of the Abbey of Saint-Melaine of Rennes regarding the tithe of moneying. CONAN III, Duke of Brittany, died in 1148.
Morice Méms. pour Servir de Preuves a l'Hist. de Bretagne 1 (1742): 37, 579 (charter of Conan, Duke of Brittany dated 1139; charter witnessed by his mother, Ermengarde). Banks Genealogical Hist. of Divers Fams of the Ancient Peerage of England (1826): 301-305. Guizot Hist. des Ducs de Normandie par Guillaume de Jumiège (1826): 284-286 (Guillaume de Jumièges, Histoire des Normands, Liv. VIII, Chap. XXIX). Bull. & Mémoires de la Société Archéologique du Département d'Ille-et-Vilaine 17 (1885): 70-72 (charter dated 1129-36 of Conan III, Duke of Brittany to the Abbey of Saint Nicholas of Angers; charter names his mother, Countess Ermengarde), 72-73 (charter dated 1136 of Conan III, Count of Brittany to Livre Priory), 74-75 (charter dated 1120-42 of Conan, Duke of Brittany to monks of Marmoutier), 75-76 (charter dated 1132-46 of Conan III, Duke of Brittany, and Ermengarde his mother to Tiron Abbey; charter witnessed by Aimery son of the Count)), 76-78 (charter dated 1143-46 of Conan, Duke of Brittany to the monks of Marmoutier), 78-81 (charter dated 1146 of Conan, Duke of Brittany, son of Alan Fergant to Quimperle Abbey), 81-82 (charter dated 1146 of Conan III, Count of Brittany to the monks of Saint-Florence of Saumur), 82-83 (charter dated 1147 of Conan III, Duke of Brittany to Savigny Abbey), 83-84 (charter dated 1112-48 of Conan III, Duke of Brittany, son of Count Alan to Machecoul Priory), 84-87, 341-343 (charter dated 1112-40 of Conan III, Duke of Brittany to Mont Saint-Michel Abbey; charter witnessed by Countess Mathilde his wife and Hawise sister of Count Conan), 344 346 (charter dated 1128 Conan III, Duke of Brittany to the monks of Saint-Melaine of Rennes; charter witnessed by his mother, Ermengarde, and his wife, Mathilde). C.P. 10 (1945): 780 (chart) (sub Richmond); 11 (1949): Appendix D, 105-121. Schwennicke Europäische Stanmtaf eln 3(2) (1983): 354 (illegitimate children of King Henry I of England). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): XII.40, XII.661, XIII.1006-XIII.1008. Everard Brittany & the Angevins: Province & Empire, 1158-1203 (2000). Hollister Henry 1(2003). Jour. of Medieval Hist. 29 (2003): 129-151. Green Henry I, King of England & Duke of Normandy (2006): Appendix I, Chart 2 (chart).
Children of Maud (or Mathilde) of England, by Conan III of Brittany:
i. BERTHA OF BRITTANY [see next].
ii. CONSTANCE OF BRITTANY, married GEOFFROI II DE MAYENNE, seigneur of Mayenne [see MAYENNE 4].”
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
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