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- Countess of Renes
- Duchess of Brittany
- 992-994: Regent of Brittany
Ermengarde of Anjou was born before 967 to Geoffrey I of Anjou (-987) and Adele of Meaux (c950-c980) . She married Conan I of Rennes (927-992) . She married Guillaume IV Taillefer d'Angoulême (c952-1028) 993 JL .
Biography
Ermengarde of Anjou, (c. 956 - c. 1024),[lower-alpha 1] was the Countess of Rennes, Regent of Brittany (992–994) and also Countess of Angoulême.
Ermengarde-Gerberga was born c. 956,[1] the daughter of Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou and Adele of Meaux.[2] She married Conan I of Rennes, Count of Rennes, in 973.[3] Her husband Conan of Rennes opposed her father and brother Fulk even though the marriage was apparently designed to form a political alliance between Anjou and Brittany.[4]
Even after Conan had been killed by Fulk at the Battle of Conquereuil in 992, and during the period 992-994 when Ermengarde was Regent for their son Geoffrey, she remained loyal to her brother Fulk III, Count of Anjou.[4] In 992, following the interests of her brother, and functioning as Regent, she accepted Capetian over-lordship for Rennes while rejecting that of Odo I, Count of Blois.[5]
About 1000[6] her brother Fulk III arranged his widowed sister to marry, secondly, William II of Angoulême, one of his close allies.[7]
Marriage Alliance & Family
1st Marriage
Conan married Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou,[lower-alpha 2][10] in 973, daughter of Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou and Adele of Vermandois.[11]
Conan's alliance with Odo of Blois [12] had helped him defeat Judicael Berengar.
Conan and his wife Ermengarde-Gerberga had:
- Geoffroi I de Bretagne (980-1008) the eventual heir.[13]
- Judith of Brittany (982-1017) married Richard II, Duke of Normandy in a double marriage / political alliance c. year 1000.[13]
- Judicael of Rennes (aft980-1037), count of Porhoët .
- Catualon of Rennes (aft980-1040), Abbot of Redon
- Hernod of Rennes (?-?)
- Urvod of Rennes (?-?)
2nd Marriage: Count of Angouleme
Between 994 and 1000 she married William II 'Taillefer' Count of Angoulême and had the following children:
- Alduin, Count of Angoulême (d. 1032), married Alaisia de Gasçogne.[6]
- Geoffrey, Count of Angoulême (d.1048), married 1st Petronille d'Archiac, 2nd Anceline.[6]
- Fulk of Angoulême, married Aynors.[6]
- Odon (flourished c. 1030).[6]
- Arnauld (died young).[6]
- William (died young).[6]
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Geoffroi I de Bretagne (980-1008) | 980 | 1008 | Hawise of Normandy (c978-1034) |
| Judith of Brittany (982-1017) | 982 | 1017 | Richard II, Duke of Normandy (963-1027) |
| Judicael of Rennes (aft980-1037) | 980 | 13 June 1037 | |
| Catualon of Rennes (aft980-1040) | 980 | 1040 | |
| Hernod of Rennes (?-?) | |||
| Urvod of Rennes (?-?) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Ève of Angoulême (983-c1030) | 983 | 1030 | Aymeric I de Rochechouart (965-1018) |
| Audouin II of Angoulême (988-1032) | 988 | 1032 | Alauzie de Fronsac (1000-?) |
| Geoffroy I Taillefer of Angoulême (991-1048) | 991 | 1048 | Pétronille of Archiac (1000-1043) |
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Ermengarde of Anjou (bef967-) | 967 | Conan I of Rennes (927-992) Guillaume IV Taillefer d'Angoulême (c952-1028) | |
| Gottfried of Anjou (?-987) | 987 | ||
| Fulk III, Count of Anjou (972-1040) | 972 | 21 June 1040 Metz, France | Élisabeth de Vendôme (c979-999) Hildegarde de Beaugency (c990-) |
| Geoffrey of Anjou (971-977) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Maurice of Anjou (980-1012) | 980 | 1012 | Unknown de Saintes (?-?) |
See Also
External Links
- wikipedia:en:Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou
- Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou at Wikidata
- Ermengarde d'Anjou at thePeerage
- Gerberge d'Anjou at thePeerage
- Gerberge d'Anjou at thePeerage
- Ermengarde-Girberge d'Anjou at Genealogics
- Ermengarde, *ca 952, +after 982 on Anjou 1 on genealogy.euweb.cz
- Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou - Geni.com
- Ermengarde D'Anjou Bretagne De Rennes at Find A Grave
- http://yewenyi.net/FH/14651.html
- http://yewenyi.net/FH/14662.html
- ERMENGARDE d'Anjou (before 965-after 982) - Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Ancestry Trees
- Rollo Family Ancestry
- Charlemagne Family Ancestry
- Duke of Brittany
Royal Succession Charts
Ermengarde of Anjou (bef967-) House of Ingelger
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| Preceded by Aremburge of Ancenis |
Duchess consort of Brittany | Succeeded by Hawise of Normandy |
References
- ^ She is called Ermengarde in northern [French] sources however at least one early southern source calls her Gerberga. Angevins were known to give daughters two names as evidenced by her aunt, called Adelaide-Blanche. See: Bachrach, 'Henry II and the Angevin Tradition', Albion, Vol. 16, No. 2, (1984), p. 117 n. 35; Crisp, 'Consanguinity and the Saint-Aubin Genealogies, Haskins Society Journal 14 (2005), p. 114; also: Bachrach, ""Fulk Nerra, (1993), p. 42.
- ^ Raoul Glaber in his Histories [Bk. II, Ch. 3, para. 4] was openly hostile to Conan and stated that after he married Ermengarde-Gerberga, Fulk Nerra's sister, he was "the most insolent of principes (Latin: leader, first among his people)."[8][9]
Footnotes (including sources)
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- ^ Bernard S. Bachrach, Fulk Nerra the Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040 (University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1993), p. 9
- ^ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 1 (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 49
- ^ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 75
- ^ a b Bernard S. Bachrach, Henry II and the Angevin Tradition of Family Hostility, Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies, Vol. 16, No. 2, (Summer, 1984), p. 117
- ^ Bernard S. Bachrach, Henry II and the Angevin Tradition of Family Hostility, Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies, Vol. 16, No. 2, (Summer, 1984), p. 117 n. 38
- ^ a b c d e f g Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 4 (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany. 1989), Tafel 817
- ^ Archibald R. Lewis, The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718-1050 (University of Texas Press, 1965, p. 337) Online copy viewable here.
- ^ Bachrach 1993, p. 42 & n. 99.
- ^ Glaber 1989, p. 58-61.
- ^ Bachrach 1993.
- ^ Bachrach 1993, p. 262.
- ^ Delumeau 1969.
- ^ a b Bachrach 1993, p. 266.