Alan III de Rohan (c. 1135/40 – 1195), was the son of Alan II, Viscount of Rohan.[1] He was the 3rd Viscount of Rohan and Lord of Corlay.[2]
Alan III of Rohan | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1135/40 |
| Died | 1195 |
| Noble family | Rohan |
| Spouse(s) | Constance of Penthièvre |
| Father | Alan II |
Life
editHe married Constance of Penthièvre, daughter of Alan of Penthièvre and Bertha, Duchess of Brittany.[3] They had six children:
- Alan IV, (c. 1166 - 1205);
- William (died after 1205);
- Josselin (died in 1251), Lord of Noyal, regent of the Viscounty of Rohan in 1235 married Maude of Montfort, Lady of Montfort and of Boutavan (1235-1279);[4]
- Margaret, who married Harvey I, Lord of Léon;
- Alix;
- Constance, who married Odo of Pontchâteau
Alan III and his wife Constance built the Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bon-Repos on 23 June 1184.
Constance died at an unknown date after 23 June 1184 and Alan married Françoise of Corbey.[5]
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References
edit- ^ Père Anselme, M. Potier de Courcy (ed.) Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, volume IV, 1868, p. 50.
- ^ Anatole de Barthélémy, Le Château de Corlay in Revue de Bretagne et de Vendée 1865, pp 71-77, 89-102, 385-397.
- ^ Père Anselme, M. Potier de Courcy (ed.) Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, volume IV, 1868, p. 50-51.
- ^ Josselin may also be the son of Alan and his second wife Françoise of Corbey
- ^ Morice, Pierre-Hyacinthe, Mémoires pour servir de preuves à l'histoire ecclésiastique et civile de Bretagne, 1750, volume 1, p 698.