Alan IV Fergant 
Alan IV was born about 1068. Alan IV's father was V Hoel and his mother was Hawise Of Brittany. His paternal grandparents were Count Of Cornuaille Alan and Judith Of Nantes; his maternal grandparents were III Alan and Bertha Of Blois. He was an only child. He died in 1119.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Duc De Bretagne
Name Suffix:<NSFX> Duke Of Brittany
The 1st Earl of Richmond was Alan, surnamed Rufus or Fergant, from his red hair, son of Hoel or Eudo, Earl of Brittany, in France, which Alan, coming over into England with the Conqueror, commanded the rear of his army in the memorable battle of Hastings and, for his services upon that occasion and at the siege of York, obtained the Earldom of Richmond with all the northern part of co. York, vulgarly denominated Richmondshire, previously the honour and co. of Edwyne, the Saxon, Earl of Mercia. This nobleman was esteemed a personage of great courage and ability -- and his benefactions to the church were munificent. He m. Constance, dau. of King William the Conqueror, but by her, who d. 13 August, 1090, had no issue. He m. 2ndly, in 1093, Ermengarde, the divorced with of William IXth, Duke of Aquitaine and, dying in 1119, was s. by his son, Conan. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 162, de Dreux, Earls of Richmond]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1036 d.13 Apr 1084
- b.~ 0910 d.0952
- b.0940
- b.~ 0970 d.1037
- b.~ 1068 d.1119
- b.~ 0910 in France d.~ 0970
- b.~ 0930 in France d.27 Jun 992 in Conquereuil, Loire-Atlantique, Bretagne, France
- b.~ 0910 in France
- b.~ 0980
- d.21 Jul 987 in France
- b.~ 0952 d.~ 0960
- b.Bet 930 and 935 d.~ 0978
- b.~ 0997 d.01 Oct 1040
- b.~ 0900 in Normandie, France d.17 Dec 943
- b.28 Aug 933 in Fécamp, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.20 Nov 966 in Fécamp, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.~ 0911 in Bretagne, France d.< 0940
- b.Bet 969 and 977 d.21 Feb 1032-1033
- b.~ 0917 in Denmark d.0979 in France
- b.~ 0936
- b.~ 1036
- b.~ 0910 d.16 Jan 973-974
- b.~ 0950 in Marmoutier, Touraine, France d.12 Mar 993-994 in Marmoutier, Touraine, France
- b.~ 0917 d.~ 0978
- b.Bet 983 and 990 d.15 Nov 1037 in Bar-DE-Luc, Fighting Conrad II The Salic
- d.19 Oct 993 in Regensburg
- b.~ 0964 d.1016
- b.0943 d.26 Jan 980-981
- d.1085
- d.< 1016
- b.~ 0970 d.< 1032
- d.10 Mar 1041-1042
- b.~ 0955 d.0994 in Avignon, , Fra
- b.~ 0990
- b.~ 0942 in Anjou, France d.1026
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They had a daughter named Havoise.
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