Mosier and Perrault family History
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Judhael de Rennes Comte de Rennes
(-Aft 969)
Gerbege
(-)
Conon I 'le Tort' de Rennes Duc de Bretagne
(927-992)

 

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Ermengarde d' Anjou

Conon I 'le Tort' de Rennes Duc de Bretagne 2

  • Born: 927 3
  • Marriage: Ermengarde d' Anjou about 973 1
  • Died: 27 Jun 992, Conqereuil, France at age 65 3
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bullet  General Notes:

Conon I de Rennes, Duc de Bretagne also went by the nick-name of Conon 'le Tort' (or in English, the Crooked). He gained the title of Duc de Bretagne in 990. He gained the title of Comte de Rennes. [thePeerage.com]

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Conan became ruler of Brittany after a period of civil and political unrest, through his father, Judicael Berenguer, count of Rennes and great-grandson of Duke of Brittany. He married Ermengarde of Anjou and had the following issue:
- Judith (982-1017), married Richard II, Duke of Normandy;
- Judicael, count of Porhoert (died 1037);
- Geoffrey of Brittany, his heir.
Conan died in battle and is buried in Mont St Michel Abbey.
Acceded: Count of Rennes, 970.
Acceded: Duke of Brittany, 987-990.

[source; Ketil Ken Nygaard's Genealogy, http://nygaard.howards.net/]


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Conon married Ermengarde d' Anjou, daughter of Geoffrey d' Anjou 4th Comte d'Anjou and Adélais de Vermandois, about 973.1


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Sources

1 Lundy, Darryl, "The Peerage.com - A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of England as well as the Royal Families of Europe" (http://www.thepeerage.com rev. 12 Mar 2006).

2 Ibid, John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 83.

3 Nygaard, Ken, "Ketil Ken Nygaard's Genealogy" (http://nygaard.howards.net/).

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