Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou

952 - 992  (40 years)

• Name	Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou  [1, 2]
  Born	952  [3]
  Gender	Female
  Died	992  [3]
  Notes	Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou a.k.a. Ermengarde of Anjou, was the Countess of Rennes, Regent of Brittany (992-994) and also Countess of Angoulême. Life She was the daughter of Geoffrey I of Anjou and Adele of Meaux. She married Conan I of Rennes, Count of Rennes, in 973. Her husband Conan of Rennes opposed her father and brother Fulk even though the marriage was apparently designed to form a political alliance between Anjou and Brittany. Even after Conan had been killed by Fulk at the battle of Battle of Conquereuil in 992, and during the period 992-994 when Ermengarde was Regent for their son Geoffrey, she remained loyal to her brother Fulk III, Count of Anjou. In 992 following the interests of her brother, and functioning as Regent, she accepted Capetian over-lordship for Rennes while rejecting that of Odo I, Count of Blois. About 1000 her brother Fulk III arranged his widowed sister to marry secondly, William II of Angoulême, one of his close allies. Issue By her first husband Conan I 'le Tort' Count of Rennes, she had the following children: Judith (982-1017), married Richard II, Duke of Normandy. Geoffrey I of Brittany, the eventual heir to Conan I. Judicael, count of Porhoet (died 1037). Hernod. By her second husband William II 'Taillefer' Count of Angoulême, she had the following children: Alduin, Count of Angoulême (d. 1032), married Alaisia de Gasçogne. Geoffrey, Count of Angoulême (d.1048), married 1stly Petronille d'Archiac, 2ndly Anceline. Fulk of Angoulême, married Aynors. Odon (flourished abt. 1030). Arnauld (died young). William (died young). Ermengarde of Anjou (952-992), was a Duchess consort of Brittany. She was the daughter of Geoffrey I of Anjou and Adele of Vermandois. She married Conan I of Rennes, Count of Rennes, in 973. Her husband became Duke of Brittany in 990, making her duchess. Issue: Judith (982-1017), married Richard II, Duke of Normandy Geoffrey I of Brittany, the eventual heir to Conan I Judicael, count of Porhoet (died 1037) Catuallon, abbot of Redon Hernod
  Person ID	I4142	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Geoffrey, I Count of Anjou,   b. Abt 939,   d. 21 Jul 987, Mâcon, France  (Age ~ 48 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Adele of Vermandois,   b. Abt 920,   d. 984  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	02 Mar 978/79  [4]
  Family ID	F66	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Conan I of Rennes,   b. 927,   d. 27 Jun 992  (Age 65 years)
  Married	973  [1, 5, 6]
  Children	1. Geoffrey, I Duke of Brittany,   b. Abt 980,   d. 20 Nov 1008  (Age ~ 28 years)   2. Judith of Brittany,   b. Abt 982,   d. 1017  (Age ~ 35 years)
  Family ID	F67	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

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