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VANNES AND NANTES

VANNES COUNTY

[RENN301] Duke Alain I of Brittany m. [CORN302] Oreguen de Brittany
. [VANN311] Count Rudalt of Vannes m. ?
. . [VANN321] Count Alain of Vannes m. ?
. . . [RIEU331] Seigneur Rudalt de Rieux m. ?

32. [VANN311] Rudalt (born 879, son of [ALAI301] Alain I, see HOUSE OF RENNES), Count of Vannes. He died 912.

31. [VANN321] Alain, Comte de Vannes.

30.  [RIEU331] Rudalt/Ronald (son of Alain), Seigneur de Rieux, is described under RIEUX.

NANTES COUNTY

[NANT311] Count Matuedo of Porhoet m. [RENN312] --- de Brittany
. [NANT321] Duke Alain II of Brittany &. mistress Judith
. . [NANT331] Count Hoel of Nantes m. ?
. . . [NANT341] Count Judicael of Nantes m. [MAI2302] Melisende du Maine
. . . . [NANT352] Judith de Nantes m. [CORN351] Count Alain III of Cornouaille

36.  [NANT311] Matuedo I (of unknown origin) married [RENN312] --- (daughter of [RENN301] DUKE ALAIN I, see HOUSE OF RENNES), Count of Porhoet. After the Danes invaded Brittany (919), Matuedo fled to England.

35.  [NANT321] Alain II barbetorte, Count of Vannes & Nantes (936), DUKE OF BRITTANY (936-52), married 1. (943) Roscille (daughter of [ANJO281] Count Fulk le roux of Anjou); then 2. (before 951) [BLOI303] Gerberga (daughter of Count Thibaut de Blois, see CHAMPAGNE (HOUSE OF BLOIS) COUNTY). Alain also had a mistress, Judith. Also, at some point Gerberga married [ANJO291] Count Fulk II le bon, see ANJOU COUNTY for further comments. He died 952.

34.  [NANT331] Hoel de Nantes (born c.936, illegitimate son of Alain & his mistress Judith) was Count of Nantes. He was killed in 981.

33.  [NANT341] Judicael (born 970), Count of Nantes, married [MAI2302] Melisende (daughter of Count of Hughes III, see MAINE COUNTY). He died 1037.