Duke Alan DE BRITTANY

997 - 1040  (43 years)

• Name	Alan DE BRITTANY
  Prefix	Duke
  Born	997	Rennes, Ile-Et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
  Gender	Male
  Cause of Death	Poisoned by Normans
  Died	1 Oct 1040	Vimoutiers, Normandy, France
  Person ID	I35217	Main
  Last Modified	19 May 2019

  
  

  Family	Bertha DE BLOIS,   b. Abt 1005, Chartres, France ,   d. 1080  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Married	1018
  Children	+ 1. Emma DE BRITTANY,   d. 1094
  Last Modified	19 May 2019
  Family ID	F12361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He was the s/o Duke Geoffrey I and Hawise of Normandy. Alan succeeded his father as Duke of Brittany in 1008. Because he was still a minor at his father's death, his mother acted as regent of Brittany while her brother Richard II, Duke of Normandy assumed guardianship over Brittany. In 1018 Alan married Bertha of Blois, daughter of Odo II, Count of Blois and his second wife Ermengarde of Auvergne. On 1 October 1040, while besieging a rebel castle near Vimoutiers in Normandy, Alan suddenly died. According to Orderic, he was poisoned by unnamed Normans. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_III,_Duke_of_Brittany.