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The Rennes Line
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The Rennes Line
Generation No. 1

Ridoredh of Nantes Count of Vannes
LINK
b c0810


The Rennes Line
Generation No. 2

king Alain I the Great Duke of Brittany King of Brittany [rt5] - LINK
b c850
d. 907 - 937?

He married Oreguen ~


The Rennes Line
Generation No. 3

Siblings Paskwitan II & Matuedo De Poher are both ancestors.
Matuedo De Poher's line is italisized to make it easier to follow.
The two lines merge again at Generation 7 when Eudon de Porhoet marries Agnes de Cornouaille

Paskwitan II Count of Rennes b c880
d. >903

He married unnamed daughter of Pepin II Count Berenger of Bretagne
LINK
b c880

Matuedo De Poher Duc De Bretagne
LINK
b c0870 Bretagne, France
d 0952


The Rennes Line
Generation No. 4

Juhel Berengar Count of Rennes LINK
b. c895/<931
d. 970/bef.952

m Gerberge

Alain 'Barbetorte' Comte De Bretagne
LINK
b c0900 Bretagne, France
d 0952

He married Roscille D'Anjou
LINK
b c0904 Anjou, France


The Rennes Line
Generation No. 5

Siblings Conan I 'le Tort'"The Crooked" & Martin de Rennes are both ancestors.
Martin de Rennes line is separated under the family name Vitr� to avoid confusion.

Conan I 'le Tort'"The Crooked" Count of Rennes Duke of Brittany ca 970-990
[rt5,6][rt9;39-21;121-21][S695] [S790] - LINK
b 927/948 Bretagne, Rennes, France
d 27/29 Jun 992 (murdered)

m c980

Ermengarde of Anjou
[rt9;39-21;121-21][S695] - B&B LINK
b c952
d >982

Martin de Rennes
LINK
b
d >992

Martin de Rennes line is separated under the family name Vitr� to avoid confusion
as his son became Seigneur de Vitr�.

Hoel II Comte De Nantes
LINK
b c0935 Bretagne, France
d 0981


The Rennes Line
Generation No. 6

Siblings Geoffrey & Judith are both ancestors.

Their spouses Hawise & Richard II "The Good" are also siblings.

Geoffrey I Duke of Brittany [rt5,6][rt9;39-22]
b. Abt 980, d. 20 Nov 1008

He married 996 Hawise of Normandy [rt9;39-22]
b c977
d 21 Feb 1034

Children -
Alan III Duke of Brittany
Eudon de Porhoet

Judith of Brittany Aka: Judith of Rennes, JUETTA
[rt9;121-22;132-22] B&B LINK
b 0970/982
d 1017

m 1000

Richard II "The Good" 4th Duke of Normandy
[rt9;132-22] - B&B LINK
Reigned 996-1026
b 958
d 28 Aug 1026/1027 Fecamp, Seine Inferieure, France
int Fecamp, Seine Inferieure, France

Judicael De Nantes Count of Nantes
LINK
b c0970 Bretagne, France
d 1037

m

Melisende Du Maine %Milicent of Maine
LINK
b c980
d


The Rennes Line
Generation No.7

Siblings Alan III & Eudon de Porhoet are both ancestors.

Alan III Duke of Brittany [rt5,6][rt9;39-23]
b. Abt 997, d. 1 Oct 1040

He married Abt 1027 Berthe of Blois ~ [rt9;39-23]
dau of Eudes Count of Blois & of Chartres Aka:Eudo ??Odo II Count of Blois??
b. Abt 990
d. Apr 1085

Judith of Nantes {4} B&B LINK - LINK
b c1005 Cornouaille, Bretagne, France
d 1064/c1058

m

Alain Caignhart Count of Cornouaille {4}
RES: FR
d 1058


Lineage = Rennes -> Fergant -> La Zouche ->
Greene -> Dyer -> Card -> Wilcox -> Saunders -> Barb�

Eudon de Porhoet %Eudes Compte de Penthievre Compte de Bretagne [son of Geoffrey]
LINK
b 999
d 7 January 1078/79

He married his distant cousin Agnes de Cornouaille
LINK
dau of Alan Canhiart Compte de Cornouaille
& Judith de Nantes [immediately above]
b c1018 Cornouaille, Brittany, France


The Rennes Line
Generation No. 8

Hawise of Brittany [Dau of Alan]
[rt6]{2,4,5}[rt9;39-24] B&B LINK
b. Aft 1027
d. 1072

She married Hoel Count of Cornoville
[rt6][rt9;39-24][www30]
jure uxoris Duke of Brittany 1066
d 13 Apr 1084

Lineage = Rennes -> Fergant -> La Zouche ->
Greene -> Dyer -> Card -> Wilcox -> Saunders -> Barb�

Stephen(Etienne) I Count of Brittany Lord Richmond [son of Eudon] %de Penthievre
[rt9;108-27] -
LINK
b 1065 Brittany, France
d 21 April 1136

He married Hawise de Guincamp %Havoise
LINK
b 1064
d >1135


The Rennes Line
Generation No. 9

Agnorie de Penthievre [rt9;108-27]

She married Alan de Dinan %Olivier
[rt9;108-27]

Lineage = -> Dinan -> Vitrie -> Salisbury -> Marshall -> Braiose -> Cantilupe -> La Zouche ->
Greene -> Dyer -> Card -> Wilcox -> Saunders -> Barb�


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Sources:

[rt1] Reference Texts

[www1] WWW References

[hs1] Prof. Dr. Herbert Stoyan references

[S418] Bonner & Bass references - change ending of URL below to find the source. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/sources/sou0003.html#S418


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