Conan I, count of Brittany

Count of Rennes

Count of Brittany

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 27 June 992.

Place of Death: Conquereuil, near Nantes, in the second Battle of Conquereuil.

The date and place are given by Baldwin.

Relationships

Father: Juhel alias Bérenger, count of Rennes.

This relationship is given by Baldwin and by Devailly. Baldwin notes that Juhel’s ancestry is unknown, but that he was possibly the son of Pasweten, son of Alain le Grand.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Ermengarde, daughter of Geoffroy I, count of Anjou.

This relationship is given by Baldwin and Devailly.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin.)

Geoffroy I (died 1008), duke of Brittany, married Hawise de Normandie.

Judith married Richard II, duke of Normandy.

Judicaël. Bishop of Vannes.

Catuallon. Abbot of Redon.

Urvod.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Conan I” in The Henry Project.

Devailly, G. "Conon I. le Tors" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 3 (Stuttgart: 1986).