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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“CONAN I le Tort, Duke of Brittany, son of Judicael Bérenger, Count of Rennes, by his wife, Gerberge. He was born about 922. He married about 973 ERMENGARDE OF ANJOU, daughter of Geoffroi I Grisegonelle, Count of Anjou, by his 1st wife, Adèle, daughter of Robert, Count of Troyes and Meaux [see Appendix, Line A, Gen. 8 for her ancestry]. They had four sons, Geoffroi (I) [Duke of Brittany], Judicael [Bishop of Vannes], Catuallon [Abbot of Redon], and Urvod, and one daughter, Judith. He was present at the court of Eudes, Count of Chartres, in 979. In 981 he fought a battle against Guerech, Count of Nantes, and his Angevin allies, which is called the "first" Battle of Conquereuil. In 990 he made a donation to Mont Saint-Michel. CONAN I, Duke of Brittany, was slain at the 2nd Battle of Conquereuil near Nantes 27 June 992.
Anselme Hist. de la Maison Royale de France 6 (1730): 3-21 (sub Anjou). Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 10 (1874): 175 (Ex Chronico S. Michaelis: "DCCCCXCII [A.D. 992]. Secundum bellum full in Concurrum, in quo Fulco Comes Andegavensis victor extitit; et Conanus Brito occisus est: Kal. Julii [1 July] filius Juhelli Berengarii."), 294 (Ex Chronico Kemperlegiensi: "Anno DCCCCXCII [A.D. 992]. Obiit Conanus Comes filius Judicaelis Berengarii Comitis Rhedonensis in bello Concurruc occisus est v Kal. Julii [27 June]."). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935), IX 8. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 75; 3 (1989): 116 (ancestry of Ermengarde d'Anjou). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): IX.3, X.6-X.9.
Children of Conan of Brittany, by Ermengarde d'Anjou:
i. GEOFFROI I, Duke of Brittany [see next].
ii. JUDITH OF BRITTANY, married RICHARD II, Duke of Normandy [see Appendix, Line A, Gen. 10].”
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