Geoffrey I Duke of Brittany 
Geoffrey I Duke of was born about 0980 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France. Geoffrey I Duke of's father was Conan I Duke of Brittany , Comte de Rennes and his mother was Ermengarde d' Anjou. His paternal grandparents were Judicael (Juhel) II Berenger Comte de Rennes and Gerberge; his maternal grandparents were Geoffrey I Grisegonelle Comte d' Anjou and Adelaide Comtessa de Vermandois Chalons. He had a sister named Judith of. He was the older of the two children. He died on November 20th, 1008 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Anjou/Pays de la Loire, France.General Notes
GEOFFREY, DUKE OF BRITTANY, married Hawise, daughter of Richard I, DUKE OFNORMANDY, and died in 1008, leaving two sons, Alan and Eudon. During their mother's lifetime the two brothers seem to have been joint rulers of Brittany, but on her death, on 21 February 1034, dissensions broke out between them; peace was restored by a settlement under which Eudon received a territory corresponding roughly to the dioceses of Dol, St. Mialo, St. Brieuc and TrÈguier, reduced in the hands of his successors to the two last-named dioceses, while Alan retained the rest of Brittany. After the death of Alan in 1040 Eudon seized the government of Brittany to the exclusion of his nephew Conan, who recovered it in 1057. Eudon died 7 January 1079. He married Orguen, whose parentage is unknown. [Complete Peerage X:779-81, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
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I will have to research where I picked up that Geoffrey died in Nantes (maybe he was one his way to the Holy Lands or on his way back). The following information, indicating that Geoffrey died on pilgrimage, came from Curt Hofemann, curt_hofemann@@yahoo.com:
Not sure whether you are saying that Weis & CP give the date & place or just the date & that your source of the place is from elsewhere, but please consider:
... in 1008, Geoffrey of Brittany had likewise set forth on pilgrimage to the Holy Land. [Ref: Wm Conqueror p35]
On Geoffrey's departure in 1008 on the pilgrimage during which he died, his two sons Alan III and Eudo, then of tender age, were left under the tutelage of their Norman mother... [Ref: Wm Conqueror p29]
Prof. Douglas indcates that Geoffrey died either on his way to/from or in the Holy Land. I am interested to know your source for his place of death. Thanks.
Other info:
Geoffrey of Rennes, who was subsequently count of Brittany [Ref: Wm Conqueror p29]
Count of Bretagne, Rennes [Ref: Turton]
Duke of Brittany [Ref: CP X:779-81, Weis AR7 39:22]
Duke of Brittany 992-1008 [Ref: Tapsell p203]
Regards,
Curt
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0800 in Brittany, France d.Nov 0857
- b.~ 0845 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.0888
- b.~ 0875 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.0930
- b.~ 0910 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.0970
- b.0847 in Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France d.0886 in Viking attack at Bayeaux, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0880 in Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0825 in Rennes, France
- b.~ 0855 in Rennes, France
- b.~ 0825 in Brittany, France
- b.~ 0950 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.29 Jun 0992 in killed
- b.~ 0925 in France
- b.~ 0980 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.20 Nov 1008 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Anjou/Pays de la Loire, France
- b.0845 in Anjou, France d.0888 in St Martin, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.0870 in Anjou, France d.0941
- b.~ 0854 in Tours, Touraine, France
- b.~ 0909 in Anjou, France d.11 Nov 0958 in Tours, France
- b.~ 0848 in Loches, Touraine, France d.< 0929
- b.~ 0875 in Loches, Touraine, France
- b.~ 0858
- b.11 Nov 0938 in Anjou, France d.21 Jul 0987
- b.~ 0857 in Orleans, France d.> 0886
- b.0890 in Orleans, France d.~ 0942 in Gatinais, Orleanais, France
- b.0915 in Gatinais, Orleanais, France d.0952
- b.~ 0860 in Auvergne, France
- b.~ 0893 in Auvergne, France d.> 0942
- b.0865 in Auvergne, France d.> 0893
- b.~ 0952 in Anjou, France d.27 Jun 0992
- b.~ 0840 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0902 in Vermandois, Normandy, France (murdered)
- b.0885 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.23 FEB 942/43 in St Quentin, France
- b.~ 0850 in Morvois, France
- b.~ 0920 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.29 Aug 0968
- b.0866 in Bourgogne, France d.15 Jun 0923 in Soissons, France
- b.~ 0890 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.0931 in France
- b.0870 in France d.< 0894
- b.~ 0950 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.08 Apr 0976
- b.0865 in Chalons, Champagne, France d.31 Oct 0920
- b.0890 in Chalons, Champagne, France d.08 Apr 0956 in Bourgogne, France
- b.0870 in France d.12 Apr 0935
- b.~ 0916 in Bourgogne, France d.~ 0959
- b.~ 0867 in Ardennes, France d.9 JAN 920/21 in Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France
- b.~ 0893 in Bourgogne, France d.0952
- b.~ 0872 in Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France d.0929
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Geoffrey I Duke of and Hawise of were married in a religious ceremony in 0996. They had four sons named Alan III Duke of, Eudes Count of Penthievre &, Geoffrey II of and Robert Sire de.
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Children
Alan III Duke of Brittany
Alan III Duke of was born in 0997 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France. He died at the age of 43 in 1040.
Eudes Count of Penthievre & Brittany
Eudes Count of Penthievre & was born about 0999 in Penthievre, Morbihan, Bretagne, France.
Geoffrey II of Brittany
Geoffrey II of was born about 1003 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France.
Robert Sire de Breval
Robert Sire de was born in 1008 in Breherval, Eure, Normandy, France. He died at the age of 75 in 1083.
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