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The Rest of the Story: The Ancestors of Sarah May Paddock Otstott
| The Rest of the Story: The Ancestors of Sarah May Paddock Otstott |
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Conan I OF RENNES (927-992)
| Name: | Conan I OF RENNES 1 |
| Sex: | Male |
| Father: | Judicael (Berengar) OF RENNES ( - ) |
| Mother: | - |
Individual Events and Attributes
| Birth | 0927 | |
| Occupation (1) | frm 0958 to 27 Jun 0982 (age 30-55) | Count of Rennes |
| Occupation (2) | frm 0990 to 27 Jun 0992 (age 62-65) | Duke of Burgundy |
| Death | 27 Jun 0992 (age 64-65) | the Battle of Conquereuil |
| Child Count | 6 | |
| Marriage Count | 1 |
Additional Information
| Death | Cause: battle
against his brother-in-law Fulk Nerra, Count of Anjou |
Marriage
| Spouse | Ermengarde OF ANJOU ( - ) | |
| Children | Judith OF BRITTANY (982-1017) | |
| Marriage | 0980 (age 52-53) | |
Individual Note
Conan I (927 – June 27, 992) was the count of Rennes from 958 and duke of Brittany from 990 to his death. He became ruler of Brittany after a period of civil and political unrest, having first succeeded his father Judicael Berengar, as count of Rennes.
Family and children
He married Ermengarde of Anjou, daughter of Geoffrey I of Anjou and Adele of Vermandois and had the following issue:
Judith (982–1017), married Richard II, Duke of Normandy
Judicael, count of Porhoet (died 1037)
Geoffrey, the eventual heir
Catuallon, abbot of Redon
Hernod
Conan died in battle against his brother-in-law Fulk Nerra, count of Anjou at the Battle of Conquereuil and is buried in Mont Saint Michel Abbey.
SOURCES:
Dukes of Brittany family tree2
Sources
| 1 | Weis, Frederick Lewis & Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other Historical Individuals". p 118, 121-21; 121, 121E-21. |
| 2 | "Wikipedia". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_I_of_Rennes. |