Duke Alan IV Fergent of Brittany |
Duke Alan IV Fergent of Brittany<br>Birth name: Alan Iv Fergant<br>Also known as: Alain IV "Fergant" de Cornouaille, duc de BretagneAlain FergantAlain FergandusAlan "the strong"Alan lV, of Brittanyalain de CORNOUAILLEDuke of Brittany Alain IV<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: Jan 1 1067 - Cornouailles, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni<br>Christening: Brittany, France<br>Military Service: First Crusade - Between 1098 and 1101<br>Marriage: Spouse: Constance de Normandie - Circa 1086 - of Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France<br>Death: Oct 13 1119 - Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France<br>Burial: 1119 - Redon, Duchy of Brittany, France<br>Title of Nobility: Count of Nantes - Circa 1103<br>There seems to be an issue with this person's relatives. View this person on FamilySearch to see this information.<br> Additional information:
TitleOfNobility: Count of Rennes
TitleOfNobility: Duke of Brittany
TitleOfNobility: Comte de Cornouaille, de Rennes et de Nantes et enfin duc de Bretagne de 1084 à 1115.
LifeSketch: Alan IV (born circa 1063; died 13 October 1119) was Duke of Brittany from 1084 until his abdication in 1112. He was also Count of Nantes (from c. 1103) and Count of Rennes. His parents were Duchess Hawise and Duke Hoel II. He is also known as Alan Fergant. Through his father, he was of the Breton House of Cornouaille dynasty (Breton: Kerne dynasty). He was the last Breton-speaking Duke of Brittany. of 1064-1065 was the result of William the Bastard, Duke of Normandy (later to become known as William the Conqueror) support of rebels in Brittany against Alan's maternal uncle, Conan II.n II died in late 1066 during a campaign in Anjou, and was succeeded by Alan's parents, Conan's sister Hawise as Duchess and her husband Hoel II as Consort. Hoel ruled as Regent of Brittany from Duchess Hawise's death in 1072 until Alan reached his majority in 1084.ke Alan in 1087.The marriage ceremonies may have taken place in Bayeux in Normandy. William of Malmesbury wrote that Constance was unpopular at the Breton court because of her "severe and conservative" manner. However, Orderic Vitalis wrote that as duchess Constance did all she could to further the welfare of the Bretons, who grieved deeply at her death in 1090.property to the abbey of Redon by charter, and by 1093 married Ermengarde of Anjou, as a political alliance with Fulk IV of Anjou to counter Anglo-Norman influence.y I Boterel (eldest brother of Alan Rufus) died on 24 August 1093 in battle at Dol while in rebellion against the Duke.ed without issue and his county passed to Alan.rusade, as part of the army of Robert Curthose, leaving Ermengarde as his regent, and returned in 1101.039;s second marriage was to Ermengarde of Anjou in 1093. With Ermengarde he had three children:nt Baldwin VII of Flanders, also known as Hawise Fergant. They divorced and had no issue. Hawise remarried and had issue from this marriage with Geoffrey (1082-1141) - son of Odo I.de were separated upon his abdication as Duke in 1112.er his abdication in 1112, and separation from his wife Ermengarde. His only surviving son, Conan III succeeded him.
Life Sketch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_IV,_Duke_of_Brittany
Bur: Abbaye De Saint Sauvieur
TitleOfNobility: Count
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