Conan I de Bretagne

927 - 992  (65 years)

• Name	Conan I de Bretagne
  Birth	927	Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Jun 992	Conquereuil, Loire, Bretagne, France
  Person ID	I23126	Master
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2019

  
  

  Family	Ermangarde de Anjou,   b. 960, Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France d. 27 Jun 992, Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	Le Mont Saint Michel, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
  Children	+ 1. Geoffrey I de Bretagne, S1015,   b. 980, Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d. 20 Nov 1008, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 28 years)
  Family ID	F6059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 927 - Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France Death - 29 Jun 992 - Conquereuil, Loire, Bretagne, France Marriage - - Le Mont Saint Michel, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Conan I (d. 27 June 992) nicknamed Le Tort (The Crooked) was the Duke of Brittany from 990 to his death. He was the son of Judicael Berengar, succeeding his father as Count of Rennes in 970.[1] Life He assumed the title of Duke of Brittany in the spring of 990 following his attack on Nantes and the subsequent death of Count Alan.[2] As duke his rule succeeded the Regency that governed Brittany during the life of Drogo and the fractured rule of Brittany after Drogo's death by his illegitimate brothers Hoël and Guerech, and the latter's son Alan.[3] The fractured rule over Brittany resulted in a short vacancy in the title Duke of Brittany. Conan I had to ally himself with the Odo I, Count of Blois in order to defeat Judicael Berengar before he could assume the title of Duke.[4] Mont Saint-Michel, endowed by Conan I, and his final resting place In a charter dated 28 July 990, Conan gave the lands of Villamée, Lillele and Passille to Mont Saint-Michel, all of which later became part of the seigneury of Fougères. Conan married Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou,[a][6] in 973, daughter of Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou and Adele of Vermandois.[1] Conan's alliance with the Odo of Blois [3] had helped him defeat Judicael Berengar. However the alliance with Blois became troublesome and he later needed to "rid himself of influence from Blois, [which he accomplished by signing] a pact with Richard I of Normandy; [this pact] established firm Breton-Norman links for the first time." [4] Richard I had married the daughter of Hugh I the Great, and after this marriage had re-asserted his father's claim as Overlord of the Breton duchy. [4] Conan I's pact with Normandy strengthened that assertion but the historical documentation for that Overlordship claim remains doubtful because it largely appears only in the less than authoritative writings of Dudo of Saint-Quentin. Conan died fighting his brother-in-law Fulk Nerra, Count of Anjou at the Battle of Conquereuil on 27 June 992. Conan is buried at Mont Saint-Michel Abbey. By his wife Ermengarde-Gerberga he had the following issue: Geoffrey (c.980-1008), the eventual heir. Judith (982–1017), married Richard II, Duke of Normandy. Judicael, count of Porhoët (died 1037). Hernod. Catuallon, Abbot of Redon