arrow arrow arrow arrow
Godfrey of Brittany
(980-1008)
Havise of Normandy
(977-1034)
Odo II (Eudes) of Blois
(Cir 990-1037)
Emelia
(-)
Alan III of Bretaign
(997-1040)
Bertha of Chartres
(-1084)
Conan II of Brittany
(Bef 1040-1066)

 

Family Links

Conan II of Brittany 1 2

  • Born: Bef 1040
  • Died: 1066

  General Notes:

Conan II of Rennes (died 1066) was duke of Brittany, from 1040 to his death. He was son of Duke Alan III and Bertha of Blois. Brittany was ruled by his uncle Eudes of Brittany in the first twenty years as duke. Conan faced numerous threats to the duchy of Brittany, including revolts from his nobles and attacks by William, duke of Normandy, afterwards king of England. He was succeeded by his brother-in-law.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Duke of Brittany, 1040.


Sources


1 Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).

2 Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/).

Updated 14 June 2008. Contact: Ken Nygaard    My Home Page