Matilda FitzRoy, Duchess of Brittany
Appearance
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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ King Stephen of England created Alan 1st Earl of Richmond and 1st Earl of Cornwall
References
[edit]- ^ Bryan 2016, p. 173.
- ^ a b Warren 1977, p. 75.
Sources
[edit]- 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.