1. Family

2. Succession

3. Footnotes

4. Notes

5. Bibliography

6. See also

Conan III, also known as Conan of Cornouaille and Conan the Fat ({{lang-br|Konan III a Vreizh, and Konan Kerne}}; c. 1093–1096 – September 17, 1148) was duke of Brittany, from 1112 to his death. He was the son of Duke Alan IV and Ermengarde of Anjou.{{sfn|Everard|2004|p=10}}

Conan III allied himself with Stephen of England in Stephen's war against the dispossessed Empress Matilda.{{efn|Stephen created Conan's son-in-law Alan 1st Earl of Richmond. Alan rode by the side of Stephen in the Battle of Lincoln.}}{{efn|The Earldom of Richmond was inherited by Alan's son, and Conan III's grandson Conan IV. It would remain in the Ducal house of Brittany for some time.}}

Family

He married Maud, an illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England before 1113.{{sfn|Bryan|2016|p=173}} Conan and Maud had three children that are known:

• Hoel (1116 - 1156) – disinherited from the Ducal crown; Count of Nantes;{{sfn|Warren|1977|p=75}}
• Bertha (1114 - after 1155) – married Alan of Penthièvre;{{sfn|Warren|1977|p=75}}{{efn| King Stephen of England created Alan 1st Earl of Richmond and 1st Earl of Cornwall}} upon Alan's death in 1146, she returned to Brittany;
• Constance (1120 - 1148) – married Sir Geoffroy II, Sire de Mayenne, son of Juhel II, Seigneur de Mayenne.

Succession

On his death-bed in 1148, Conan III disinherited Hoel from succession to the Duchy, stating that he was illegitimate and no son of his. By this surprise move Bertha became his heiress and successor. However, Hoel was to retain the county of Nantes.{{sfn|Everard|2004|p=32}}

Footnotes

Notes

Bibliography

• {{cite book |chapter=Matthew Parker and the Middle English Prose Brut |first=Elizabeth J. |last=Bryan |title=The Prose Brut and Other Late Medieval Chronicles |editor-first1=Jaclyn |editor-last1=Rajsic |editor-first2=Erik |editor-last2=Kooper |editor-first3=Dominique |editor-last3=Hoche |publisher=York Medieval Press |year=2016 |ref=harv}}
• {{cite book |title=Brittany and the Angevins: Province and Empire 1158–1203 |first=J. A. |last=Everard |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2004 |ref=harv}}
• {{cite book |title=Henry II |first=Wilfred Lewis |last=Warren |publisher=Yale University Press |year=1977 |ref=harv}}

See also

• Dukes of Brittany family tree

• The Voyage of the Ui Chorra
• The Voyage of Time
• The Voyage of Unamun
• The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery
• The Voyager (song)
• The Voyage that Shook the World
• The Voyage That Shook The world
• The Voyage That Shook the World
• The Voyage to Icaria
• The Voyeur (1970 film)
• The Voynich manuscript
• The Vratsa waterfalls
• Thevray
• Thevray, France
• The VROOOM Sessions
• The V-Roys
• The V Show
• The V sign
• The V.S.S.
• The VSS
• The Vue
• The VUE at Lake Eola
• The Vulcan Academy Murders
• The Vulcan Project
• The Vulcans (band)