Hawise, Duchess of Brittany
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Hawise of Rennes (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) (c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1024-1037 – 19 August 1072) was Duchess of Brittany from 1066 until her death.
Hawise was daughter and heiress of Alan III, Duke of Brittany, by his wife, Bertha of Blois,Template:Sfn and as such, a member of the House of Rennes. She had two siblings: Conan IITemplate:Sfn and Emma of Brittany. Hawise succeeded her older brother Conan, who was assassinated by poisoning on 11 December 1066.[1]
Little is known of the life of Hawise of Rennes. She was married to Hoël of Cornwall some time before 1058.Template:Sfn Hoel exercised authority jure uxoris and continued to control the government after her death in 1072 acting as regent for their son, Alan IV.
Family
Hawise married Hoel of Cornwall. They had:
- Orwen de Cornouailles (1050–1103)
- Hildeberge de Cornouaille (1067–1095)
- Alain IV Fergant de Cornouaille, (circa 1067 – October 19, 1119) Duke of Brittany, Count of Rennes, Count of NantesTemplate:Sfn
- Matthew, inherited the county of Nantes.
References
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Sources
- Jean-Christophe Cassard, Houel Huuel : comte de Cornouaille puis duc de Bretagne (c. 1030–1084), t. CXVII, Société archéologique du Finistère, Quimper, 1988 (ISSN 0249-6763), pp. 95–117
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