Judith of Brittany [SEP] position held
Judith of Brittany
Judith of Brittany, also called Judith of Rennes (982–1017), was Duchess of Normandy from until her death.
Life.
Judith, born in 982, was the daughter of Conan I, Duke of Brittany and Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou. She was the mother of Robert I, Duke of Normandy and paternal grandmother of William the Conqueror.
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
the two houses. The church-sanctioned marriage ceremonies were held at Mont Saint-Michel, on the Breton-Norman border, and while Geoffrey married Hawise of Normandy, daughter of Richard I of Normandy and sister of Richard II, Richard married Judith of Brittany, Geoffrey's sister.
Geoffrey and Hawise had four children:
- Alan III of Brittany (997-1040)
- Evenus (born c. 998, died after 1037)
- Odo, Count of Penthièvre (died 1079)
- Adela