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Judicaël Comte de Rennes
(-Abt 0970)
Gerberge
Geoffroi Comté d'Anjou
(Abt 0938-0987)
Adelaide of Vermandois
(0950-0975/0978)
Conan I Count of Rennes, Duke of Brittany
(Abt 0927-0992)
Ermengarde of Anjou
(Abt 0952-0992)
Judith of Brittany
(Abt 0982-1017)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Richard II Duke of Normandy

Judith of Brittany 1 2 3

  • Born: Abt 982, <Bretagne, (France)>
  • Marriage (1): Richard II Duke of Normandy about 996 in Normandy, France
  • Died: 16 Jun 1017, Normandy, France about age 35

   Another name for Judith was Judith de Bretagne.

  Research Notes:

First wife of Richard II. Founded abbey of Bernay, Normandy, abt 1026.

Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 132A-22

From Wikipedia - Judith of Brittany :

Judith of Brittany (982 - 1017) was the daughter of Conan I, Duke of Brittany and the mother of Robert the Magnificent .

She was the first wife of Richard the Good, Duke of Normandy , whom she married in 996. They had six children:
Richard (c. 1002/4), duke of Normandy
Adelaide (c. 1003/5), married Renaud I, Count of Burgundy
Robert (c. 1005/7), duke of Normandy
William (c. 1007/9), monk at Fécamp , d. 1025
Eleanor (c. 1011/3), married to Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders
Matilda (c. 1013/5), nun at Fecamp, d. 1033

The duchess Judith died in 1017 and was buried in the abbey of Bernay, which she had founded.


Judith married Richard II Duke of Normandy, son of Richard I Duke of Normandy and Gunnora de Crepon, about 996 in Normandy, France. (Richard II Duke of Normandy was born about 985 in Normandy, France, died on 28 Aug 1027 in Fécamp, (Seine-Maritime), Normandy, France and was buried in Fécamp, (Seine-Maritime), Normandy, France.)


Sources


1 Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, <i>Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700</i> (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 132A-22.

2 <i>http://www.familysearch.org</i>, Cit. Date: 6 Aug 2009.

3 <i>Wikipedia.org</i>, Judith of Brittany. Cit. Date: 5 Sep 2009.


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