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Personal data Bertha "Berthe de Bretagne" 

• Nickname is Berthe de Bretagne.
• She was born about 1112 in England.
• Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on January 15, 1924.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on January 15, 1924.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on January 15, 1924.
• Alternative: Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on January 15, 1924.
• Profession: Duquesa da Bretanha.
• She died about 1160 in Richemont, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France.
• She is buried about 1160.
• A child of Conan and Maud fitzRoy
• This information was last updated on January 22, 2019.

Household of Bertha "Berthe de Bretagne"

She is married to Alan de Penthièvre.

They got married about 1123 at Of, Richemont, Charente, France.

Child(ren):

1. Conan Iv of Penthièvre  ± 1138-1171 

Notes about Bertha "Berthe de Bretagne"

[alfred_descendants10gen_fromrootsweb_bartont.FTW]

(Weis 119-26).

[BIGOD-Mel Morris,10Gen Anc.FTW]

Almost positive that this is the "Eudes de Porhoet, Count ofBrittany".......................

[BIGOD-Mel Morris,10Gen Anc.FTW]

Almost positive that this is the "Eudes de Porhoet, Count ofBrittany".......................

{geni:about_me} * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha,_Duchess_of_Brittany '''Bertha, Duchess of Brittany'''] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
* Bertha of Brittany (Breton: Berthe Breizh)
Bertha of Cornwall (b.c 1114, died 1156), also known as Bertha of Brittany (Breton: Berthe Breizh ), was hereditary Duchess of Brittany between 1148 until her death. Bertha was the eldest daughter of Conan III of Brittany by Maude, the illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England.She was the last member of the Cornwall family to reign over Brittany.

By 1138 Bertha was married to Alan Count of Penthièvre, who was created created 1st Earl of Richmond by Stephen of England for his support against the dispossessed Empress Matilda during the English Civil War.The marriage between Bertha and Alan may have been intended to bring Brittany on the side of Stephen in the war.

Bertha had three children with Alan,

Conan IV, Duke of Brittany, b. 1138, their son and heir.

Constance of Brittany, who married Alan III, Vicomte of Rohan.

Enougen, abbess of St. Sulpice.

By 1146 her husband Alan had died, and Bertha returned home to Brittay where she married Eudes, Viscount of Porhoet.Two years later her father Duke Conan III died, and on his deathbed he had renounced Hoèl as illegitimate and no son of his, designating Bertha as his heiress. However, Hoel would remain as count of Nantes.

When Bertha died in 1156 war broke out between Bertha's son Conan IV and her second husband Eudes. With her death the ducal throne passed to her son. Eudas may have made a compact with his brother-in-law, Hoel of Nantes to divide Brittany between them. However in late 1156 Conan IV was able to defeat Eudas and secure his maternal inheritance.

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Bertha, Duchess of Brittany

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bertha of Cornwall (b.c 1114, died 1156), also known as Bertha of Brittany (Breton: Berthe Breizh ), was hereditary Duchess of Brittany between 1148 until her death.[1] Bertha was the eldest daughter of Conan III of Brittany by Maude, the illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England.[1] She was the last member of the Cornwall family to reign over Brittany.

By 1138 Bertha was married to Alan Count of Penthièvre, who was created created 1st Earl of Richmond by Stephen of England for his support against the dispossessed Empress Matilda during the English Civil War.[1][2] The marriage between Bertha and Alan may have been intended to bring Brittany on the side of Stephen in the war.

Bertha had three children with Alan,

Conan IV, Duke of Brittany, b. 1138, their son and heir.

Constance of Brittany, who married Alan III, Vicomte of Rohan.

Enougen, abbess of St. Sulpice.

By 1146 her husband Alan had died, and Bertha returned home to Brittay where she married Eudes, Viscount of Porhoet.[1] Two years later her father Duke Conan III died, and on his deathbed he had renounced Hoèl as illegitimate and no son of his, designating Bertha as his heiress. However, Hoel would remain as count of Nantes.[1]

When Bertha died in 1156 war broke out between Bertha's son Conan IV and her second husband Eudes.[1] With her death the ducal throne passed to her son. Eudas may have made a compact with his brother-in-law, Hoel of Nantes to divide Brittany between them. However in late 1156 Conan IV was able to defeat Eudas and secure his maternal inheritance.

[edit]References

^ a b c d e f Brittany Genealogy extracted Feb 1, 2008

^ Cockayne, G. E., edited by H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, & Lord Howard de Walden, The Complete Peerage, London, 1945, vol.x, p.788.

Berta was the daughter/heiress of Conan lll,reigning Duke deBrittany.Bertha also was the great grandaughter of William the Conquerorand hiswife Mathilda, who was daughter of Baldwin V, the Count ofFlanders, whowas 5th in descent from Ethelwida,daughter of Alfred theGreat, and 10thin descent from Charlemagne. Comparing the Crawford Coatof Arms with theone of Brittainy bears out this claim.

From: Clements, EJT, the History of the Crawford Family,published inOurAncestors:Editor: Miss Pauline
Young, Box 129, Liberty, SC Jan 1953, Vol 1 No 10 gives her lineage.

Irish Pedigrees, Vol. II, p. 147 & 742

Duchess of Brittany

Duchess of Brittany

Irish Pedigrees, Vol. II, p. 147 & 742

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