RICHMOND EARLDOM

(Richmondshire in Yorkshire)

[PENT353] Count Eudes I of Brittany m. [CORN362] Orguen de Brittany
. [RICH351] Count Stephen of Richmond m. Countess Hawise of Guincamp
. . [RICH362] Olive of Richmond m1. [FOUG361] Seigneur Henri de Fougeres
. . [RICH363] Alianore de Richmond m. [DINA361] Vicomte Alan de Dinan
. . [RICH364] Maud de Richmond m. [GANT354] Walter de Gaunt
. . [RICH361] Earl Alan III of Richmond m. [CORN392] Bertha de Brittany
. . . [RICH371] Earl Conan IV of Richmond m. [DUNK463] Margaret of Huntingdon
. . . . [RICH383] Countess Constance of Richmond m3. [THOU362] Vicomte Guy de Thouars

29. [RICH351] Stephen aka Etienne de Treguier (born c.1060, youngest son of [PENT359] Count Eudes of Penthievre, see BRITTANY (HOUSE OF RENNES) COUNTY) married (before c.1084) Hawise, Countess of Guingamp. He was 3rd Count of Richmond (1110), and died at York (1135-36).

28. [RICH362] Olive (daughter of Stephen) married 1. [FOUG361] Seigneur Henri (see FOUGERES); then 2. William of Saint-John.
28. [RICH363] Alianore (daughter of Stephen) married [DINA361] Alan de Dinan (see DINAN).
26. [RICH364] Maud (daughter of Stephen) married [GANT354] Walter de Gaunt (see GANT).

28. [RICH361] Alan III niger [black] (born before 1100, 2nd son of Stephen) married [RENN391] Bertha (daughter of DUKE CONAN III, see BRITTANY (HOUSE OF RICHMOND) COUNTY). He was 1st Earl of Richmond (1136-46). He seized the castle of Galclint (1140) from [ARUN361] Earl William (see LINCOLN (AUBIGNY) EARLDOM). He was granted the County of Cornwall by King Stephen (1140), but he withdrew his forces from the kings' army before the Battle of Lincoln (which took place on 2nd February 1141), and was subsequently captured by the [BAYE341] Earl Ranulph of Chester (who sided with EMPRESS MATILDA). Alan then surrendered the castle of Galclint to Earl Ranulf. Also during his imprisonment he also lost the County of Cornwall, and never regained it. He died in Brittany (15th September 1146). Afterwards Bertha married 2. (before 1148) Eudon, Vicomte de Porhoet, 13th Count of Brittany. Bertha died sometime between 1162-67.

27. [RICH371] Conan IV le petite (born before July 1138, son & heir) married (1160) [DUNK469] Margaret (daughter of Earl Henry, see HUNTINGDON (DUNKELD) EARLDOM). He was 2nd Earl of Richmond (1146-66), 14th Count of Brittany (1156-66), and died 20th February 1171. Afterwards Margaret married 2. (before 1175) [HERE451] Humphrey de Bohun (see HEREFORD (BOHUN) EARLDOM).

26. [RICH383] Constance (born 1163, daughter & heiress of Conan IV), Countess of Richmond and of Brittany, married 1. (1181) Geoffrey (3rd surviving son of King Henry II, by Eleanor), died 1186; then 2. (February 1187-88) Ranulph, Earl of Chester, repudiated for consanguinity (c.1198); then 3. (1199) [THOU362] Vicomte Guy (see THOUARS). She died 1201.