Eudes, Viscount of Porhoet
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Eudes/Odo II, count of Porhoet was the son of Geoffroy, Vicomte de Porhoët, and his wife Hawise (possibly Fergant). In 1148, after his marriage to Bertha, Duchess of Brittany, he became Duke of Brittany
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His first marriage was to Bertha, Duchess of Brittany
. It was her second marriage, her first being to Alain 'le Noir' de Penthièvre, Lord of Richmond (Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond). On Bertha's death, Eudes/Odo denied her son Conan IV of Penthièvre, Duke of Brittany
his inheritance. Eudes/Odo allied with his brother-in-law, Hoèl, Count of Nantes, in his effort to deny Conan III, Duke of Brittany
his succession.
Deposed by his stepson in 1156, he was taken prisoner by Raoul de Fougères
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A possible second marriage, in 1167, was to Jeanne/Eléonore de Léon, daughter of Guiomar III, Vicomte de Léon & his unnamed wife. Although Robert of Torigny records the marriage, he does not name her.
Children: (with Bertha)
Children: (with Jeanne/Eléonore)
Possible child (with Jeanne/Eléonore)
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Duke of Brittany
The Duchy of Brittany was a medieval tribal and feudal state covering the northwestern peninsula of Europe,bordered by the Alantic Ocean on the west and the English Channel to the north with less definitive borders of the Loire River to the south and Normandy to the east...
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His first marriage was to Bertha, Duchess of Brittany
Bertha, Duchess of Brittany
Bertha of Cornwall , also known as Bertha of Brittany , was hereditary Duchess of Brittany between 1148 until her death. Bertha was the eldest daughter of Conan III of Brittany by Maude, the illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England...
. It was her second marriage, her first being to Alain 'le Noir' de Penthièvre, Lord of Richmond (Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond). On Bertha's death, Eudes/Odo denied her son Conan IV of Penthièvre, Duke of Brittany
Conan IV, Duke of Brittany
Conan IV of Penthièvre , called "the Young", was duke of Brittany, from 1156 to his death. He was son of Alan the Black, 1st Earl of Richmond and Bertha of Brittany. He was his mother's heir as Duke Conan III...
his inheritance. Eudes/Odo allied with his brother-in-law, Hoèl, Count of Nantes, in his effort to deny Conan III, Duke of Brittany
Conan III, Duke of Brittany
Conan III of Cornwall or the Fat , was duke of Brittany, from 1112 to his death. He was son of Duke Alan IV and Ermengarde of Anjou....
his succession.
Deposed by his stepson in 1156, he was taken prisoner by Raoul de Fougères
Fougères
Fougères is a commune and a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany, in north-western France.-Sights:Fougères' major monument is a medieval stronghold built atop a granite ledge, which was part of the ultimately unsuccessful defence system of the Duchy of Brittany against...
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A possible second marriage, in 1167, was to Jeanne/Eléonore de Léon, daughter of Guiomar III, Vicomte de Léon & his unnamed wife. Although Robert of Torigny records the marriage, he does not name her.
Children: (with Bertha)
- Geoffroy de Porhoëthttp://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BRITTANY.htm#EudesPorhoetdied1170
- Adelaide de Porhoëthttp://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BRITTANY.htm#EudesPorhoetdied1170( died in 1220). Abbess of Fontevrault.
Children: (with Jeanne/Eléonore)
- Herve de Porhoët
- Eudes/Odo III de Porhoëthttp://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BRITTANY.htm#EudesPorhoetdied1170 ( died 1231). He was married, but the name of his wife is not known.
Possible child (with Jeanne/Eléonore)
- Elenore, wife of Conan de Penthièvrehttp://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BRITTANY.htm#Conandiedafter1202 de La Roche-Derrien, son of Henri de Bretagne, Comte de Tréguier et de Guingamp, and Mathilde de Vendôme.
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