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- c1000-1017: Duchess of Normandy
- AKA: Judith of Rennes
Judith of Brittany was born 982 to Conan I of Rennes (927-992) and Ermengarde of Anjou (bef967-) and died 1017 of unspecified causes. She married Richard II, Duke of Normandy (963-1027) 996 JL .
Biography
Leaden sarcophagus of Judith of Brittany
Judith, born in 982, was the daughter of Conan I, Duke of Brittany and Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou.[1]
Sarcophagus Discovery
- Leaden Sarcophagus of Judith of Brittany;
The sarcophagus was made in the 11th century and found in the 19th century in the foundations of the church of the abbey Notre-Dame in Bernay. The skeleton in the sarcophagus was that of an important woman of small body height with a congenital deformation of the haunch. Deformations of this kind were common among women of Brittany.
Marriages and children
Richard II, Duke of Normandy (963-1027) married firstly, c.1000, Judith of Brittany (982-1017), daughter of Conan I of Brittany,[2]
She was a part of an important double marriage alliance between Normandy and Brittany first recorded by William of Jumièges.[3]
In 996, her brother Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany married Hawise of Normandy, daughter of Richard I, Duke of Normandy while in c. 1000 Judith married Richard II, Duke of Normandy, Hawise's brother.[4] The duchess Judith died on 28 August 1017 and was buried in the abbey of Bernay, which she had founded in 1013.[5]
The Duke of Brittany had been a major foe of Normandy, but Richard forged a marriage alliance with Duke Geoffrey I of Brittany by marrying his sister Hawise of Normandy (c978-1034) to him and by his own marriage to Geoffrey's sister, Judith.[6] (See Siblings table below.)
By this marriage he had the following issue:
- Richard III of Normandy (997-1027), successor Duke of Normandy[7]
- Adelaide of Normandy (1002-1038), married Count Reginald I of Burgundy[7]
- Robert II, Duke of Normandy (c1000-1035), Duke of Normandy after early death of his older brother[7]
- William of Normandy (c1008-aft1025), monk at Fécamp, buried at Fécamp Abbey[8]
- Eleanor of Normandy (c1012-aft1071), married to Count Baldwin IV of Flanders[7]
- Matilda of Normandy (c1014-aft1033), nun at Fecamp, .[9]
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Richard III of Normandy (997-1027) | 997 | 1027 | Adèle Unknown (c1000-) |
| Adelaide of Normandy (1002-1038) | 1002 | 1038 | Renaud I de Bourgogne (c990-1057) |
| Robert II, Duke of Normandy (c1000-1035) | 1000 Normandy, France | 22 July 1035 Nicaea, Bithynia, Turkey | Herleva of Falaise (1003-1050) Estrid Svendsdatter of Denmark (c997-c1065) |
| William of Normandy (c1008-aft1025) | 1008 | 1025 | |
| Eleanor of Normandy (c1012-aft1071) | 1012 | 1071 | Baldwin IV of Flanders (980-1036) |
| Matilda of Normandy (c1014-aft1033) | 1014 | 1033 | |
Siblings
| 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 (?-?) | |||
See Also
Bibliography
- Crouch, David (2007). The Normans: The History of a Dynasty. Hambledon Continuum.
- Douglas, David C. (1964). William The Conqueror. University of California Press.
- Neveux, François (2008). A Brief History of The Normans. Constable and Robinson.
- Potts, Cassandra (1997). Monastic Revival and Regional Identity in Early Normandy. The Boydell Press.
- Searle, Eleanor (1988). Predatory Kinship and the Creation of Norman Power, 840-1066. University of California Press.
- Van Houts, Elizabeth M.C., ed (1992a). The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis, and Robert of Torigni. I. Clarendon Press.
- Van Houts, E., ed (1992b). The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni. 2. Clarendon Press.
- Van Houts, Elisabeth, ed (2000). The Normans in Europe. Manchester University Press.
- Bachrach, Bernard S. (1993). Fulk Nerra, the Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040. University of California Press.
- Van Houts, Elisabeth, ed (2000). The Normans in Europe. Manchester University Press.
External Links
- wikipedia:en:Judith of Brittany
- Judith of Brittany at thePeerage
- Judith of Brittany - Geni.com
- Judith of Brittany at Find A Grave
- Norman Dukes 911-1204 - Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Ancestry Trees
Judith is a 10th generation descendant of Charlemagne (747-814) through her mother. There are two disputed lines (through her father and her maternal grandfather) that place her in generations 9.
- Rollo Family Ancestry
- Charlemagne Family Ancestry
- House of Normandy
- Duke of Normandy
- Statue of William the Conqueror - includes this person, located in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy.
- Henry II of England's ancestor, number 49.
Royal Succession Charts
| Preceded by Gunnor |
Duchess consort of Normandy 996–1017 |
Succeeded by Papia of Envermeu |
References
- ^ Bachrach 1993, p. 266.
- ^ Douglas 1964, p. 15.
- ^ K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, 'Poppa of Bayeux And Her Family', The American Genealogist, Vol. 72 No. 4 (July/October 1997), p. 192 n. 12
- ^ David C. Douglas, William the Conqueror (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1964), p. 29
- ^ Edward Bell, 'The Abbey Church of Bernay', The Archaeological Review, Vol. IV (August, 1899–January, 1890), p. 57
- ^ Neveux 2008, p. 74.
- ^ a b c d Van Houts 2000, p. 294.
- ^ Potts 1997, p. 27.
- ^ Douglas 1964, p. 31.