Bertha OF BRITTANY 
Bertha was born in 1098. Bertha's father was Duke Conan III "The Fat" Of Brittany LE GROSS and her mother was Princess Maud Margaret OF ENGLAND. Her paternal grandparents were Duke Alan VI Of Brittany FERGANT and Princess Ermngarde DE ANJOU; her maternal grandparents were King William I The Conqueror "The Bastard" Duke of Normandy OF ENGLAND and Matilda OF FLANDERS. She had a sister named Constance. She was the younger of the two children.General Notes
in 1136, Gruffydd ap Rhys, under attack in Gower, hurried intoNorth wales to obtain assistance from his brothers-in-law. Hiswife, meanwhile, "Like an Amazon and a second Penthesilea",Commanded his followers in the south. She was slain in battle byMaurice of London, Lord of Kidwelly. Morgan, one of her youthfulsons, perished with her, and the second, Maelgwn, was takenprisoner. But Owain and Cadwaladr, sons of Gruffydd Ap Cynan,now came down from the north, destroyed Aberstwith Castle, andin the second week of Oct. they fought along with Gruffydd ApRhys a great battle near Aberteivi(Cardigan), in which thry wona decided victory over Stephen, constable of Aberteivi and "Allthe Flemings, all the marchers, and all the French from Aberneddto Aberteivi"
Daughter of the royal house of Gwynedd and the royal house ofthe Scandinavians of Dublin.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0957
- b.0975 d.1058
- b.1030
- b.0988
- b.1112
- b.0972
- b.0997 in Brittany, France
- b.0977
- b.1036
- b.1070 d.1148
- b.0970
- b.1000 in Gatinais, France d.01 Apr 1046
- b.0974
- b.1043 in Anjou, France d.14 Apr 1109 in Anjou, France
- b.0975 d.1040
- b.1018 in Semur, Anjou, France d.1075
- b.1078
- b.0990 d.1031
- b.1014 d.1087
- b.0995
- b.1060
- b.0986 d.1067
- b.1030 in Normandy, France
- b.0998
- b.1098
- b.0933 in Normandy, France d.0996 in Poisoned by the Count of Flanders
- b.0962
- b.0946 d.1031
- d.1035
- b.0937 d.0992
- b.0982 d.1017
- b.0952
- b.1024 in Normandy. France d.09 Sep 1087 in Rouen. France
- b.0978 in Falaise, Calvados, France
- b.1003 in Failaise, France
- b.0985 in Falaise, Calvados, France
- b.1072
- b.0970
- b.0990 in Flanders, France d.1038
- b.0970
- b.1012
- b.0965 in Moselgau, France
- b.1004
- b.0948 in Gleiburg, Germany
- b.1031 d.1083
- b.0938 in France d.24 Oct 0996 in Les Juif, Near Chatres, France
- b.27 Mar 0972 in Orleans France d.1031
- b.0945 d.~ 1004
- b.1010 d.1079
- b.0947 d.1037
- b.0973 d.1032
- b.0942
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