Ermengarde of Anjou | |
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Born | c. 956 |
Died | circa 1024 |
Noble family | Ingelger |
Spouse(s) |
Conan I of Rennes William II of Angoulême |
Father | Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou |
Mother | Adele of Meaux |
Ermengarde of Anjou ( c. 956 - c. 1024) [a] 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]
Ermengarde married Conan I 'le Tort' Count of Rennes, she had the following children:
William II 'Taillefer' Count of Angoulême, married Gerberga and had the following children:
Ermengarde of Anjou | |
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Born | c. 956 |
Died | circa 1024 |
Noble family | Ingelger |
Spouse(s) |
Conan I of Rennes William II of Angoulême |
Father | Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou |
Mother | Adele of Meaux |
Ermengarde of Anjou ( c. 956 - c. 1024) [a] 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]
Ermengarde married Conan I 'le Tort' Count of Rennes, she had the following children:
William II 'Taillefer' Count of Angoulême, married Gerberga and had the following children: