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Personal data Alain "Canhiart" (Cangnard) de Cornouaille Comte de Cornouaille, duc de Bretagne 

• He was born about 990 in Cornouaille, Duchy of Bretagne (now Brittany, France).
• He died on April 13, 1058 in Cornouaille, Duchy of Bretagne.
• He is buried in Brittany, France.
• A child of Benedict de Cornouaille and Guigo√´don or Guiguoedon de Vannes
• This information was last updated on November 26, 2018.

Household of Alain "Canhiart" (Cangnard) de Cornouaille Comte de Cornouaille, duc de Bretagne

He is married to Judith Dinham (de Nantes).

They got married.

Child(ren):

1. Agn√®s de Cornouaille  ± 1015-± 1078 
2. Ho√´l II (V) de Cornouaille  1030-± 1086 

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her father

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Comte de Cornouaille Alain "Canhiart" (Cangnard) de Cornouaille, Comte de Cornouaille
Gender:
Male
Birth:
circa 990
Cornouaille, Duchy of Bretagne (now Brittany, France)
Death:
April 13, 1058 (64-72)
Cornouaille, Duchy of Bretagne
Place of Burial:
Brittany, France
Immediate Family:
Son of Geoffroy I, duc de Bretagne and Hawise, Duchess of Brittany
Husband of Judith de Nantes
Father of Agnès de Cornouaille; Hoël II (V), duke of Brittany and Adelinde de Cornouaille
Brother of Alain III, duc de Bretagne; Odo, count of Penthièvre; Adela de Bretagne and Evenus

Alain Cangnard, comte de Cornoüaille, married Judith de Nantes, daughter of Judicaël, comte de Nantes and UNKNOWN du Maine, before 1005.
Alain was Prince of Cornouaille in Brittany, France. He was the successor of Budig Castellin, Prince of Cornouaille; Prince of Cornouaille, his grandfather.
Alain died in 1026 at the age of 51.
See "My Lines"
( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p336.htm#i8424 )
from Compiler: R. B. Stewart, Evans, GA
( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/index.htm )

Spouse: Judith DE NANTES

Children:
1. Emma DE BRETAGNE+
2. Agnes DE CORNOUAILLE+
3. Hoël V DE CORNOUAILLE Duke of Brittany+

Alain Canhiart (died 1058) was the Count of Cornouaille from 1020-1058. He was the son of Benoît de Cornouaille and the father of Hoel II, Duke of Brittany. His family name, Canhiart, is understood to be derived from the old Breton Kann Yac'h and was translated into the Latin texts of his era as Bellator fortis

According to Paul Le Baud, Alain was a descendant of Rivallon Mur Marzou and therefore was a male line descendant of the early Kings of Brittany. As Count of Cornouaille he inherited his regnal rights from the family that appears to have ruled the Cornouaille region of Brittany from about the 10th century His father Benoît (or Benedic) died between 1008 and 1029. He was the Count-Bishop of Cornouaille; he had been elected Bishop of Quimper circa 990 and exercised the offices jointly but kept them separated. His mother was Guigoëdon (or Guiguoedon); she was the daughter of Orscand le Grand, the Bishop of Vannes She was a member of the family of Alan I, King of Brittany.
Alain became Count of Cornouaille circa 1020 when his father renounced this title. Alain's brother Orscand succeeded their father as Bishop of Cornouaille.
At one point Alain supported rebels who opposed Alan III, Duke of Brittany. Alan III prevailed and punished Count Alain by confiscating his territories, in particular Belle-Île-en-Mer. Alain returned to the Duke's good graces by facilitating his marriage to Berthe of Blois, the daughter of Count Odo; the duke allowed Alain to recover the property that had been seized that belonged to the dowry of Alain's mother.
Alain married Judith of Nantes and through her gained a claim on the County of Nantes. In part as a result of his rising power, he was attacked by Alan III but was able to push back the Duke's army in 1031 in a battle near Locronan. In this battle Alain was assisted by Saint Ronan. Alan III and Alain were again reconciled.

After this second battle with the Duke of Brittany, Alain faced difficulties with his vassals in the Viscounty of Leon, most notably Guyomarch I. Guyomarch I allied with Morvan, Viscount of Faou, to oppose Alain. Alain was successful in putting down these revolts.
Around 1029, after a serious illness, Alain founded the Abbey of Sainte-Croix of Quimperlé with the assistance of his brother Orscand, the Bishop. He included Belle-Île in his donation to the Abbey.
In 1050, at the death of his wife's nephew, Mathias I of Nantes, Alain confirmed her inheritance and his rights to rule Nantes as regent for his son Hoel, the eventual Count of Nantes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Canhiart

Around 1026, Alain married Judith of Nantes, the daughter of Judicael of Nantes, who became the heir to the County of Nantes after the death of her nephew, Matthew, in 1050. As was the custom of the period, under the dowry arrangements Alain obtained five villages in Quistillic and half of the church of Cluthgual with the sepulcure and all appertaining rights.
Alain and Judith had six children
·Ä¢Hoel II- Count of Nantes, Count of Rennes, and eventually Duke of Brittany (jure uxoris)
ဢGuérech (Quiriac) (1030-1079) - elected Bishop of Nantes in 1059, consecrated 7 January 1061
·Ä¢Budic - died 1091
·Ä¢Hodiern - Abbess of Locmaria de Quimper
ဢBenoît - Abbot of the Abbey of Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé in 1066, elected Bishop of Nantes in 1079, consecrated in 1081; retired in 1114 and murdered in 1115
·Ä¢Agnes - wife of Odo I of Penthievre.

Alain died in 1058. He was buried at Quimperle. His tomb was destroyed during the French Revolution.
He was succeeded as Count of Cornouaille by his son Hoel.

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