BRETAGNE Alan

0997 - 1040  (~ 43 years)

• Name	BRETAGNE Alan
  Birth	0997	Bretagne, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	01 Oct 1040	Vimoutiers, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
  Notes	Count Alan of Brittany was appointed one of the guardians for the young William of Normandy while his father Robert, Duke of Normandy was on pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1035. [1] [2] This profile appears to require splitting up and other work. The MEDLANDS website distinguishes several Alains of Brittany. Alain II, son of Matuedo count of Poher. He is the one who married a de Blois and also a Judith from Nantes. (He also had a first wife from Anjou.) This is the one who had a son named Hoël. Alain III. This Alain was son of Geoffrey son of Conan. His mother was Hawise of Normandy. His legitimate children were Conan and Hawise. Sources ↑ Wikipedia : Alan III, Duke of Brittany] ↑ 1066 The Year of the Three Battles : Duke William of Normandy by Frank McLynn pub:Jonathan Cape 1998 Evergates, Theodore, ed., Aristocratic Women in Medieval France (University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1999) "Adela of Blois: Family Alliances and Female Lordship" by Kimberly A. LoPrete. Page 12.
  Person ID	I59997	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	BRETAGNE Geoffrey,   b. Abt 0980, Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d. 20 Nov 1008, Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy (Age 28 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	NORMANDIE Hawise,   b. 0978, Rouen, Seine Maritime, Normandy, France d. 21 Feb 1034, Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France (Age ~ 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	0996
  Family ID	F26638	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BLOIS Berthe,   b. Aft 1005, Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d. 13 Apr 1085, Chartres, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France (Age < 78 years)
  Marriage	1018
  Children	1. AMIENS Ada,   b. 1030, Amiens, Somme, Picardie, France d. 03 Mar 1066, Ponthieu, France (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26637	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026