Biography of Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany 1063-1119
1087 King William "The Conqueror" Dies King William II Succeeds
1100 Death of William II Accession of Henry I
In 1058 [his grandfather] Alan Canhiart Count Cornouaille died. In 1058 His son [his father] Hoël Canhiart II Duke Brittany (age 27) succeeded V Count Cornouaille.
In or before 1063 [his father] Hoël Canhiart II Duke Brittany (age 32) and [his mother] Hawise Penthièvre Countess Cornouaille were married. She by marriage Countess Cornouaille. He by marriage II Duke Brittany. The date based on the birth of their first child Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany in 1063. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Alan Penthièvre III Duke Brittany and [his grandmother] Bertha Blois Duchess Brittany (age 57). He the son of [his grandfather] Alan Canhiart Count Cornouaille and [his grandmother] Judith Poher Countess Cornouaille and Nantes.
Around 1063 Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany was born to Hoël Canhiart II Duke Brittany (age 32) and Hawise Penthièvre Countess Cornouaille.
In 1063 [his future brother-in-law] Robert Curthose III Duke Normandy (age 12) was created Count Maine.
In 1080 Stephen Blois II Count Blois and Chartres (age 35) and [his future sister-in-law] Adela Normandy Countess Blois (age 13) were married at Chartres [Map]. She by marriage Countess Blois. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of [his future father-in-law] King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 52) and Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England (age 49). He the son of Theobald Blois III Count Blois (age 68) and Gersenda Maine Countess Blois. They were third cousins.
In 1084 [his father] Hoël Canhiart II Duke Brittany (age 53) died. In 1084 His son Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany (age 21) succeeded IV Duke Brittany.
In 1087 Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany (age 24) and Constance Normandy Duchess Brittany (age 30) were married. She by marriage Duchess Brittany. She the daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 59) and Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England. They were third cousins.
On 09 Sep 1087 [his father-in-law] King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 59) died at the Priory of St Gervaise, Rouen [Map]. He was buried at the Abbaye aux Hommes, Caen [Map], at a ceremony presided over by Gilbert Arques Bishop Evreux. [his brother-in-law] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 19) attended. His son [his brother-in-law] King William II of England (age 31) succeeded II King England. His son [his brother-in-law] Robert Curthose III Duke Normandy (age 36) succeeded III Duke Normandy.
In 1088 William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine (age 16) and [his future wife] Ermengarde Anjou Duchess Brittany and Aquitaine (age 20) were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. She the daughter of [his future father-in-law] Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 45) and Hildegarde Beaugency Countess Anjou (age 44). He the son of Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine and Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine (age 32). They were half first cousins.
On 13 Aug 1090 [his wife] Constance Normandy Duchess Brittany (age 33) died.
In 1093 Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany (age 30) and Ermengarde Anjou Duchess Brittany and Aquitaine (age 25) were married. She by marriage Duchess Brittany. She the daughter of Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 50) and Hildegarde Beaugency Countess Anjou (age 49). They were third cousin once removed.
In 1096 [his son] Conan "Fat" Canhiart III Duke Brittany was born to Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany (age 33) and [his wife] Ermengarde Anjou Duchess Brittany and Aquitaine (age 28).
On 02 Aug 1100 [his former brother-in-law] King William II of England (age 44) was killed whilst hunting, not known whether accidentally or otherwise, in the New Forest, Hampshire. His brother [his former brother-in-law] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 32) succeeded I King England. The brothers Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan (age 60) and Henry Beaumont 1st Earl Warwick (age 50), and Roger de Clare (age 34) and Gilbert de Clare (age 34) were present.
On 11 Nov 1100 [his former brother-in-law] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 32) and Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England (age 20) were married. Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England (age 20) was crowned Queen Consort England at which time Edith was renamed Matilda. She the daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland and Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland. He the son of [his former father-in-law] King William "Conqueror" I of England and Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England.
Before 25 Oct 1102 [his former brother-in-law] Robert Curthose III Duke Normandy (age 51) and Sybilla Conversano Duchess Normandy were married. She by marriage Duchess Normandy. He the son of [his former father-in-law] King William "Conqueror" I of England and Matilda Flanders Queen Consort England.
On 28 Sep 1106 [his former brother-in-law] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 38) defeated his older brother [his former brother-in-law] Robert Curthose III Duke Normandy (age 55) at the Battle of Tinchebray at Tinchebray, Orne.
William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey and Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan (age 66). Elias La Flèche De Baugency I Count Maine commanded the reserve. The following fought for Henry:
William "Brito aka Breton" D'Aubigny (age 20).
Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany (age 43).
Raoul Tosny (age 26).
William "Pincerna aka Butler" D'Aubigny (age 42).
Robert Grandesmil (age 28), and.
William Normandy I Count Évreux.
Robert Curthose III Duke Normandy (age 55) was captured and spent the next twenty-eight years in prison; never released.
William Mortain Count Mortain 2nd Earl Cornwall (age 22) was also captured. He spent the next thirty or more years in prison before becoming a monk. Earl Cornwall forfeit.
King Edgar Ætheling II of England (age 55) was captured and subsequently released; Henry had married to Edgar's niece Edith aka Matilda Dunkeld Queen Consort England (age 26) in 1100.
Robert II Belleme 2nd Count Ponthieu 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 50) escaped.
Robert Stuteville was captured.
On 14 Apr 1109 [his father-in-law] Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 66) died. In 1109 His son [his brother-in-law] Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem (age 20) succeeded V Count Anjou.
In 1110 [his brother-in-law] Fulk "Young" King Jerusalem (age 21) and Ermengarde La Flèche De Baugency Countess Anjou were married. She by marriage Countess Anjou. She the daughter of Elias La Flèche De Baugency I Count Maine and Matilda Chateau Du Loir Countess Maine. He the son of [his father-in-law] Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou and Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France (age 40).
Before 1113 [his son] Conan "Fat" Canhiart III Duke Brittany (age 17) and [his daughter-in-law] Matilda Fitzroy Duchess Brittany were married. She by marriage Duchess Brittany. She the illegitmate daughter of [his former brother-in-law] King Henry I "Beauclerc" England (age 44). He the son of Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany (age 49) and [his wife] Ermengarde Anjou Duchess Brittany and Aquitaine (age 44). They were fourth cousins.
On 13 Oct 1119 Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany (age 56) died. His son [his son] Conan "Fat" Canhiart III Duke Brittany (age 23) succeeded III Duke Brittany.
On 01 Jun 1146 [his former wife] Ermengarde Anjou Duchess Brittany and Aquitaine (age 78) died.
[his daughter] Hawise Canhiart Countess Flanders was born to Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany and Ermengarde Anjou Duchess Brittany and Aquitaine.
[his son] Geoffrey Canhiart was born to Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany and Ermengarde Anjou Duchess Brittany and Aquitaine.
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Great x 1 Grandfather: Benoît Canhiart Bishop Cornouaille
GrandFather: Alan Canhiart Count Cornouaille
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudalt Comte de Vannes
Great x 3 Grandfather: Orscand I Vannes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Orscand II "Le Grand" Vannes
Great x 1 Grandmother: Guigoëdon Vannes
Father: Hoël Canhiart II Duke Brittany
Great x 4 Grandfather: Mathuedoï Poher I Count Poher
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alan "Twisted Beard" Poher II Duke Brittany
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hoël Poher I Duke Brittany
Great x 1 Grandfather: Judicaël Poher I Duke Brittany
GrandMother: Judith Poher Countess Cornouaille and Nantes
Alan Canhiart IV Duke Brittany
Great x 4 Grandfather: Pascweten Vannes
Great x 3 Grandfather: Judicael Berengar Penthièvre I Count Rennes
Great x 2 Grandfather: Conan "Crooked" Penthièvre III Duke Brittany
Great x 1 Grandfather: Geoffrey Penthièvre I Duke Brittany
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Good" Ingelger 2nd Count Anjou
Great x 3 Grandfather: Geoffrey "Greygown" Ingelger 1st Count Anjou
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gerberge Unknown Viscountess Anjou
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ermengarde Gerberga Ingelger Duchess Brittany
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Vermandois Count Meaux Count Châlons
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adele Vermandois Countess Anjou
GrandFather: Alan Penthièvre III Duke Brittany
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rollo Normandy Duke Normandy
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Longsword" Normandy I Duke Normandy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Poppa Unknown Duchess Normandy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard "Fearless" Normandy I Duke Normandy
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sprota Unknown
Great x 1 Grandmother: Hawise Normandy Countess Rennes
Great x 3 Grandfather: Unknown Unknown
Great x 2 Grandmother: Gunnora Countess Ponthieu
Mother: Hawise Penthièvre Countess Cornouaille
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald "Elder" Blois
Great x 3 Grandfather: Theobald "Trickster" Blois I Count Blois
Great x 2 Grandfather: Odo Blois I Count Blois
Great x 4 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois II Count Vermandois II Count Soissons II Count Meaux
Great x 3 Grandmother: Luitgarde Vermandois Duchess Normandy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Capet Countess Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux
Great x 1 Grandfather: Odo Blois II Count Blois
Great x 4 Grandfather: Rudolph "Pious" II King Burgundy II King Italy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Conrad I King Burgundy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bertha Welf Queen Consort France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gerberga Saxon Ottonian Queen Consort West Francia
GrandMother: Bertha Blois Duchess Brittany
Great x 2 Grandfather: William IV Auvergne
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ermengarde Auvergne Countess Blois