Count of Nantes and Cornouaille
Some authors give Hoël the number ‘II’.
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The estimated date of about 1030 is usually given. Morin gives about 1021.
Date of Death: 13 April 1084.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Morin. The Complete Peerage (10:780) gives 1084.
Relationships
Father: Alan Canhiart, count of Cornouaille.
This relationship is given by Everard (p. xv), by Morin, and by Dunbabin (genealogical table).
Mother: Judith.
This relationship is given by Everard (p. 28) and by Dunbabin (genealogical table).
Spouse: Hawise, daughter of Alan III, count of Rennes.
This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (10:780), by Morin, and by Everard (p. xv, p. 28).
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Alan IV Fergant, duke of Brittany, married (1) Constance of Normandy; married (2) Ermengarde of Anjou.
Matthew.
References
Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).
Dunbabin, Jean. France in the Making: 843-1180 (Oxford U.P. 2nd ed., 2000).
Everard, J.A. Brittany and the Angevins: Province and Empire 1158-1203 (Cambridge U.P., 2000).
Morin, Stéphane. Trégor, Goëlo, Penthièvre: Le pouvoir des Comtes de Bretagne du XIe au XIIIe siècle. (Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2010).