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  Flanders, Brittany, Burgundy, Anjou, Normandy, Blois, Champagne, Toulouse, etc.
Eudes IV married the heiress, Jeanne, of the Free County of Burgundy, and then his grandson Philip was preparing to marry the heiress, Margaret, of the County of Flanders.
Dukes of Gascony, 768-1038 AD The culture of the South of France in the 12th century is one of the first signs of the revival of civilization in Francia after the "second Dark Age" of the 9th and 10th centuries.
Duke William V had three wives, and subsequent Dukes were descendants of William VIII, son of William V and Agnes of Burgundy.
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  Normandy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Normans were a mixture of the indigenous Gauls and of the Viking invaders under the leadership of Rollo, who besieged Paris and was given the area of Normandy (Treaty of St.-Claire-sur-Epte, 911) in return for defending it against future pirate attacks.
Rollo's descendant William, Duke of Normandy, invaded England in 1066 and became king William I of England.
However, she is not regarded as Duke of Normandy outside her realms since claims by English monarchs to the title were given up by the Treaty of Paris of 1259.
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 Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eudes IV (1295 – 3 April 1350) was Duke of Burgundy from 1315 until his death and Count of Burgundy and Artois between 1330 and 1347.
Eudes was closely related to the French royal family, the Capetians.
Eudes was a loyal vassal of Philip of Valois after he succeeded to the French throne as Philip VI.
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 reagenealogy - pafg163 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Eudes II of Burgundy, Duke of Burgundy was born in 1118.
Eudes I "The Red" Borel, Duke of Burgundy [Parents] was born in 1058.
Hugh II of Burgundy, Duke of Burgundy was born in 1085.
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 Conan IV, Duke of Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Conan IV (1138 – February 20, 1171) was duke of Brittany, from 1156 to his death.
From his father’s side, Conan was great grandson of duke Geoffrey I and grandson of Eudes of Brittany.
To sustain the unrest, the duke appealed to the help of Henry, who, in return, demanded the engagement of Conan’s only daughter and heiress Constance with his son Geoffrey Plantagenet.
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 Conan Iv, Duke Of Brittany info here at en.90of100e.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Brittany - Conan III, Duke of Brittany (1112-1148); Burgundy (county)...
From father’s side, Conan was pronounced grandson of duke Geoffrey I and grandson of Eudes of Brittany.
In 1156, Hoel was expelled and Conan was noteworthy in wresting supremacy of the Duchy from stepfather Eudes.
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 A Parallel History of France and England Consisting of Outlines and Dates.
Montfort, duke of Brittany, was greatly hated for his English propensities, and quarrels ran so high between him and the Constable de Clisson, that he caused the Constable to be attacked in the streets of Paris.
The marriage was exceedingly disliked in England, and the Duke of Suffolk was hated, as having instigated it.
The Duke of Brittany and the Duke of Orleans (next heir to the throne) were jealous of her authority, and were resolved on striking a blow for the old influence of the great princes of France.
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 Brittany
She md Richard II of Normandy, Duke of Normandy, "le Bon", abt 988, son of Richard I of Normandy, Duke of Normandy, and Gunnora.
Eudes of Brittany [b], Count of Brittany and Penthievre, b 999, Bretagne, France, d 7 Jan 1079.
Eudes' youngest son, he succeeded his brother Alan the Black in the honor of Richmond, as well as succeeding to the Breton lands.
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 Banks/Dean Genealogy - Person Page 91
Bertha of Chartres married Alan III of Brittany, son of Duke Geoffrey of Brittany and Hawise of Normandy (?), in 1018.
Duke Geoffrey of Brittany was born circa 980.
Hawise of Normandy (?) married Duke Geoffrey of Brittany, son of Duke Conan I of Brittany and Ermengarde of Anjou, in 996.
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 Edwards - pafg102 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Vsevolod I YAROSLAVOVIC Grand Duke of Kiev was born in 1030 in Of, Pereyaslavl, Kiev, Ukraine.
Duke of Brittany Count of Brittany Geoffroy I De BRETAGNE was born in 980.
Countess of Brittany Hedwig Hawise Havoise De NORMANDIE was born in 980 in Normandy, France.
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 Ancestors and Family of Conan II of Brittany
Conan II of Rennes (died 1066) was duke of Brittany, from 1040 to his death.
Brittany was ruled by his uncle Eudes of Brittany in the first twenty years as duke.
Conan faced numerous threats to the duchy of Brittany, including revolts from his nobles and attacks by William, duke of Normandy, afterwards king of England.
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 31st Generation (cont.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
BIOGRAPHY: William was known as The Conqueror, or The Bastard, or William Of Normandy, or (in French) Guillaume Le Conquérant, or Le Bâtard, or Guillaume De Normandie He was the duke of Normandy (as William II) from 1035 and king of England from 1066, one of the greatest soldiers and rulers of the Middle Ages.
William took him on a campaign into Brittany, and in connection with this Harold swore an oath in which, according to Norman writers, he renewed Edward's bequest of the throne to William and promised to support it.
Eudes Capet de Bourgogne I, Duke of Burgundy "Borel the Red" was born 1058 and married 1080.
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 Blois
Eudes II of Blois, Count of Blois, b abt 989, d 15 Nov 1037, Lorraine, France.
She md Alan III of Brittany, Duke of Brittany, abt 1028, son of Geoffrey of Brittany, Duke of Brittany, and Hawise.
She md Eudes II of Burgundy, Duke of Burgundy, 1145, son of Hugh II of Burgundy, Duke of Burgundy, and Mathilde de Mayenne.
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 A rough draft of my family tree (Q1 2007 Edition) - Person Page 2
Conan I "the Crooked" Duke of Brittany died in 992.
Eleanor of Aquitaine married Henry II "Curt Mantel" King of England, son of Geoffrey V Plantagenet Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and Matilda Queen of England and Empress of Germany, on 18 May 1152 at Bordeaux, Gironde, France.
Elizabeth de Burgh married Lionel of Antwerp Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III King of England and Philippa of Hainault.
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 Paradox Interactive Forums - The Greed of the Dukes - Toulouse 1187
Richilde, mother of the dead Charles de Toulouse and grandmother of the current duke, Eudes, sat in her bed and cried.
Eudes gathered his soldiers into two armies, he lost much control over his realm this way but he could fought without losing when challenging the english.
The english took almost all of Eudes' domains in northen France, but they couldn't hold them long and while the english were marching around all of France, Eudes took county after county in the english domains of Aquitaine.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: France
Its climate ranges from the foggy promontories of Brittany to the sunny shores of Provence; from the even temperature of the Atlantic to the sudden changes which are characteristic of the Mediterranean.
Feudalism was the seething-pot, and the imperial edifice was crumbling to dust.
Towards the close of the tenth century, in the Frankish kingdom alone, twenty-nine provinces or fragments of provinces, under the sway of dukes, counts, or viscounts, constituted veritable sovereignties, and at the end of the eleventh century there were as many as fifty-five of these minor states, of greater or lesser importance.
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 List of state leaders in 1084 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Poland - Władysław I Herman, Duke of Poland (1079-1102)
Swabia - Frederick I, Duke of Swabia (1079-1105)
Styria - Ottokar VI, Duke of Styria (1082-1122)
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Vannes
In 1008, Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany, asked Gauzlin, Abbot of Saint Benoit on the Loire, for religious to re-establish the monastery of St. Gildas of Rhuis.
Eudes de Kerlivio d'Hennebond, disciple of St. Vincent de Paul, and Father Huby, S.J., contributed greatly to the religious revival of the Diocese of Vannes, by the foundation of the seminary (1681).
From the earliest centuries, Brittany had erected a chapel to Saint Anne; it was destroyed at the close of the eighth century, but popular tradition forbade the sowing of the field of Bocenno, where the chapel had been erected.
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 Hoel III, Duke of Brittany information - Search.com
Hoel III of Cornwall (died 1156) was duke of Brittany, from 1148 to his death.
He was son of Duke Conan III and Maud of England, an illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England.
Thus his sister Bertha became heiress to Duke Conan's lands in Brittany, alongside her husband, while Hoel was allowed to remain Count of Nantes.
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 1004: The year 1004 - events and people France England
King and Holy Roman Emperor, son of Duke Henry II (the Quarrelsome) and of the Burgundian Princess Gisela; b.
Early in the century Eudes was often in conflict with Fulk Nerra of Anjou over unresolved border issues and simultaneous territorial ambitions.
Hugh Capet was present with his brother Henry of Burgundy and his brother in law, Richard the Fearless, duke of Normandy.
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 My Family
Parents: Geoffrey I BRITTANY -Duke and Hawise BRETAGNE -Duchess.
Children were: Conan III BRITTANY -Duke, Hawise FERGANT.
She was married to Alan IV Fergant BRITTANY -Duke in 1093.
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 JERUSALEM
[28], suggests that the mother of Duke Salomon was the sister of Nominoë Duke of Brittany, assuming that "consobrinus" should be interpreted in its strict sense.  m
EUDES de Bretagne (-1062).  Guillaume de Jumièges names "Alain et Eudes" as the two sons of Geoffroy and Havise
GUILLAUME IX Duke of Aquitaine [GUILLAUME VII Comte de Poitou], daughter of FOULQUES IV "le Rechin" Comte d'Anjou and his first wife Hildegarde de Baugency ([1068]-Jerusalem 1 Jun 1146, bur Redon).  The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines refers to the daughter of "Fulco" as "comitissam Redonensem" but does not name her
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 Froissart125-`49   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The earl of Blois, nephew to the king of France, and the duke of Lorraine, his brother-in-law, with their troops, made a gallant defence; but they were surrounded by a troop of English and Welsh, and slain in spite of their prowess.
THE duke of Normandy, whom we left before Aiguillon, which he was besieging, and sir Walter Manny and the other knights who were within it, made, about the middle of August, a skirmish before the castle, which increased so much that almost his whole army was engaged in it.
When the duke of Normandy heard of it, he went immediately to the king, and remonstrated and demanded that he should, as soon as possible, be set at liberty; otherwise it would be said that he had betrayed him.
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 The Pye Family History - Sandy Smith (pye)
Eudes was first married to Agnes Canhiart and to Lucia de Baladon, daughter of Drogo de Baladorn.
Eudes (Endowain) was the son of Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, and his wife, Hawise if Normandy.
The half-brother of Vicountess Adeliza was Brian Fitz Count, a son of Eudes and Lucia de Baladon, another daughter of Drogo de Baladon.
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 decendants of Nominoe of Brittany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Geoffrey of_Brittany [13920] ---- duke of Brittany b.ca.980 d.1008 Hawise of_Normandy [3517] ------- natural daughter of Richard I, duke of Normandy countess of Rennes b.ca.977 m.ca.997 wife of Geoffrey, duke of Brittany d.21_Feb_1034
Alan IV of_Brittany [13944] ----- (Fergent) duke of Brittany d.1119 Ermengarde of_Anjou [11553] ----- b.ca.1075 m.ca.1089 wife of William VII of Aquataine m.ca.1093 wife of Alan IV, duke of Brittany d.1_Jun_1147, Jerusalem
Eudes of_Brittany [13918] ------- count of Brittany count of Penthievre b.999 d.7_Jan_1079 Agnes Canhiart [13960] ---------- wife of Eudes of Brittany
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 All My Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Parents: CONAN I Duke of Brittany and ERMENGARDE of Anjou.
Parents: CHARLES OF LORRAINE Duke of Lower Lorraine and ADELHEID.
She was married to GISELBERT Duke of Lorraine in 929.
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 Genealogical Quest III - stc09.htm
Allan_III of_Brittany Count of Bretaig was born about 997 and died 1 Oct 1040.
Eudes of_Brittany was born about 999 and died 7 Jan 1078/1079.
Malger of_St_Clair Archbishop was born 970 and died 1040.
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 Moore Rankin
Conan invaded Brittany in 992 and was slain on the plain of Conquercus.
Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, succeeded his father as Count of Rennes in 992 and held Brittany as a duchy under the sceptre of Normandy.
Alan, Duke of Brittany and guardian of his bastard kinman, WILLIAM, Duke of Normandy, Conqueror of England..
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 Chateau Josselin
Duke of Brittany to pull down some of the main fortifications, (Which had made it one of the strongest castles in Brittany,)
Alain IX was a strong supporter of his brother-in-law Duke Jean V of Brittany, and the enmity between Rohans and
In 1488 Duke Francois II is said to have had part of Josselin demolished as a punitive measure.
www.peterjoslin.btinternet.co.uk /chateau_josselin.htm   (983 words)

  
 The Forsythe Saga
Conan, I, Duke of Brittany [Conan le Tort] and Ermengarde, of Anjou
Richard, I, Duke of Normandy [Richard the Fearless] and Gunnora, Duchess of Normandy
Richard, I, Duke of Normandy [Richard the Fearless] and Unknown
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 The Forsythe Saga
Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany and Hawise, of Normandy
Eudes, II, Count of Blois and Ermengarde, of Auvergne
Hugh Magnus, Duke of France and Burgundy [Hugh the Great] and Adelaide de Vermandois, Countess of Vermandois and Valois
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 09aug06 - Name Index - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
, Clodius Mellobaude, Duke of the East Franks b.311
, Conan, Earl of Richmond, Duke of Brittany
, Dagobert Malaric, Duke of the East Franks b.286
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