• Source: Judith of Brittany

      • Judith of Rennes (c. 982–1017) was Duchess of Normandy from c. 1000 until her death.


      Life


      Judith, born in 982, was the daughter of Conan I, Duke of Brittany and Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou. She was a part of an important double marriage alliance between Normandy and Brittany first recorded by William of Jumièges.
      In 996, her brother Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany married Hawise of Normandy, daughter of Richard I, Duke of Normandy while in c. 1000 Judith married Richard II, Duke of Normandy, Hawise's brother. The duchess Judith died on 28 August 1017 and was buried in the abbey of Bernay, which she had founded in 1013.


      Family


      Judith married Richard II, Duke of Normandy in c. 1000. They had:

      Richard (c. 997/1001), Duke of Normandy.
      Alice of Normandy (c. 1002), married Renaud I, Count of Burgundy.
      Robert (b. 22 Jun 1000), 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. She died young and unmarried.


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      References




      Sources


      Bachrach, Bernard S. (1993). Fulk Nerra, the Neo-Roman Consul, 987-1040. University of California Press.
      Van Houts, Elisabeth, ed. (2000). The Normans in Europe. Manchester University Press.

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