Hoël I of Brittany was an illegitimate son of Alan II and Judith. He was Count of Nantes and Duke of Brittany from 960 to 981. Upon the death of Drogo...
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granddaughter of the illegitimate son of Duke Alan II of Brittany. Hoël started the House of Cornouaille of Brittany, which ruled the duchy until 1156. Hoël became...
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at least two illegitimate sons, Hoël and Guerech, who would each succeed Drogo during the fractured rule of Brittany after Drogo's death. Alan was buried...
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II of Rennes (c. 1033 – 11 December 1066) was Duke of Brittany, from 1040 to his death. Conan was the eldest child and heir of Alan III, Duke of Brittany...
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to his death. Alan was the son of Duke Geoffrey I and Hawise of Normandy. Alan succeeded his father as Duke of Brittany in 1008. Because he was still a...
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to his death. He was the son of Alan IV, Duke of Brittany and Ermengarde of Anjou. Conan III allied himself with Stephen of England in the Anarchy, Stephen's...
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Charles of Blois-Châtillon (1319 – 29 September 1364), nicknamed "the Saint", was the legalist Duke of Brittany from 1341 until his death, via his marriage...
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October 1119) was Duke of Brittany from 1072 until his abdication in 1112. He was also Count of Nantes (from c. 1103) and Count of Rennes. His parents...
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Young, was the Duke of Brittany from 1156 to 1166. He was the son of Bertha, Duchess of Brittany, and her first husband, Alan, Earl of Richmond. Conan...
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brother Hoël I upon his death. Guerech had been brought up at the Abbey of Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, near Orléans. He was appointed bishop of Nantes in...
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brothers Hoël and Guerech, and the latter's son Alan. The fractured rule over Brittany resulted in a short vacancy in the title Duke of Brittany. Conan I had...
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Brittany through the marriage of his daughter Bertha to her cousin Alan, whose father inherited two of the provinces of Brittany. Hoël was given Nantes for his...
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of Penthièvre and Agnes of Cornouaille, sister of Hoël II, Duke of Brittany. In 1093, he succeeded to the title of Count of Tréguier; in 1098, he succeeded...
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Hoel is a king of Brittany in the Arthurian legend. Hoel may also refer to: Hoël I, Duke of Brittany (reigned 960–981) Hoël II, Duke of Brittany (c.1031–1084)...
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hereditary Duchess of Brittany. She married Hoël of Cornouaille. Hoel ruled as Hoel II, Duke of Brittany and started the House of Kernev which continued...
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Drogo was the count of Vannes and Nantes and duke of Brittany from 952, when he succeeded his father, Alan Wrybeard, until his death in 958. Drogo was...
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1201) was Duchess of Brittany from 1166 to her death in 1201 and Countess of Richmond from 1171 to 1201. Constance was the daughter of Duke Conan IV by his...
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of Nantes in 937. 938 – 952 Alan I Barbetorte, grandson of Alan I, King of Brittany, also Duke of Brittany 952 – 960 Drogo, his son 960 – 981 Hoël I,...
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youngest of the three sons of Duke Geoffrey I of Brittany and Hawise of Normandy, daughter of Richard I of Normandy. Eudon married Agnes of Cornouaille...
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Judicaël of Nantes (c. 979–1004) was Count of Nantes from 992 to his death in 1004. Judicaël was the illegitimate son of Hoël I, Duke of Brittany. He was...
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Louis VI of France confirmed the bishop of Nantes. No other Duke of Brittany repeated Alan II's homage until Arthur I recognised Philip II of France as...
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duchess consort of Brittany by her marriage to Conan III, Duke of Brittany. She was an illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England by one of his unknown mistresses...
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Hywel the Great (redirect from Hoel of Brittany)
King Hoel (Breton: Hoel I Mawr, lit. "Hoel the Great"; Latin: Hoelus, Hovelus, Hœlus), also known as Sir Howel, Saint Hywel and Hywel the Great, was a...
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seldom appeared at the court of Duke Conan III, Duke of Brittany. During the reign of Conan’s brother-in-law and heir Hoël of Cornouailles, he even joined...
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Alan Canhiart (category Year of birth unknown)
1058) was the count of Cornouaille from 1020 to 1058. He was the son of Benoît de Cornouaille and the father of Hoël II, Duke of Brittany. His family name...
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technically Duke Consort and then Regent for his son Alan IV; also known as Hoël V, Count of Cornouaille Alan IV, Duke of Brittany, son-in-law of William...
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Herfast (or Arfast), Norman Lord Chancellor Hoël II, duke of Brittany (House of Cornouaille) Saw Lu, king of the Pagan Kingdom (b. 1049) "Henry IV, Holy...
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(recognized), Queen of Brittany Saint Salomon - Saint (by tradition), King of Brittany Saint Judicael - son of a Hoel; King of Domnonia & then Brittany; declared...
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Angevin Empire (category House of Plantagenet)
suggests that Hoël was illegitimate and instead he was only recognised as Count of Nantes. Hoël's sister Bertha became Duchess of Brittany, ruling alongside...
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Conan IV, Duke of Brittany and her second husband Odo. Odo may have made a compact with his brother-in-law, Hoel of Nantes, to divide Brittany between them...
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