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Matilda FitzRoy, Duchess of Brittany

For other people with the same name, see Matilda FitzRoy.

Maud or Matilda Fitzroy, was a duchess consort of Brittany by her marriage to Conan III, Duke of Brittany. She was an illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England by one of his unknown mistresses.[1]

Duchess consort of Brittany

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Matilda married, before 1113, Conan III, Duke of Brittany, and had:

  • Hoel (1116–1156) – disinherited from the Ducal crown; Count of Nantes;[2]
  • Bertha (1114 – after 1155) – married Alan of Penthièvre;[2][a] upon Alan's death in 1146, she returned to Brittany.
  • Constance (1120–1148) – married Sir Geoffroy II, Sire de Mayenne, son of Juhel II, Seigneur de Mayenne.

Notes

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  1. ^ King Stephen of England created Alan 1st Earl of Richmond and 1st Earl of Cornwall

References

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  1. ^ Bryan 2016, p. 173.
  2. ^ a b Warren 1977, p. 75.

Sources

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  • Bryan, Elizabeth J. (2016). "Matthew Parker and the Middle English Prose Brut". In Rajsic, Jaclyn; Kooper, Erik; Hoche, Dominique (eds.). The Prose Brut and Other Late Medieval Chronicles. York Medieval Press.
  • Warren, Wilfred Lewis (1977). Henry II. Yale University Press.
Preceded by Duchess consort of Brittany
ca. 1113–1148 		Succeeded by


 

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