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Henry Earl of Huntingdon & Northumberland
(Cir 1124-1152)
Gundred Adelaide de Warren Countess
(Cir 1117-1178)
Conan IV "la Petit" Duke of Brittany
(1138-1171)
Margaret of Huntingdon Countess of Hereford, Duchess of Brittany
(Cir 1140-1201)
Constance Duchess of Brittany, Countess of Richmond
(Abt 1161-1201)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Geoffrey IV Plantagenet Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond

2. Guy of Thouars Duke or Brittany

Constance Duchess of Brittany, Countess of Richmond 1884

  • Born: Abt 1161 1884
  • Marriage (1): Geoffrey IV Plantagenet Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond in Jul 1181 1884
  • Marriage (2): Guy of Thouars Duke or Brittany in 1199 1884
  • Died: 5 Sep 1201, Nantes, Brittany about age 40 1884

bullet   Cause of her death was Died in Childbirth or of Smallpox.1884

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bullet  General Notes:

Constance was Duchess of Brittany between 1186 and 1196. She was the only child of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond, by his wife Margaret of Scotland, countess of Hereford (granddaughter of king David II).

In 1181, Constance married Geoffrey Plantagenet, the fourth son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and had two children by him: Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1184-1241) and Arthur. Geoffrey assumed the title of Duke of Brittany and became the effective ruler of the duchy since the date. However, he died in 1186, stamped by a horse during a tournament. Constance then became ruler of Brittany until 1196, when she abdicated in favour of Arthur.

Constance married two more times: with Ranulph de Blundeville, Earl of Chester in 1188 and with Guy of Thouars in 1199. From Guy, Constance had a daughter, Alix of Thouars, who married Peter de Dreux, first Breton ruler of the House of Dreux. 1884

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bullet  Life Events:

1. Interred, 24 Nov 1225, Villeneuve Abbey, Nantes, Brittany. 1884


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Constance married Geoffrey IV Plantagenet Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond in Jul 1181.1884 (Geoffrey IV Plantagenet Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond was born on 23 Sep 1158,1884 died on 19 Aug 1186 in Paris, Rhône-Alpes, France 1884 and was buried in Notre Dame, Paris, France 1884.)


bullet  Marriage Notes:

In 1166, in furtherance of his father's policy of extending and consolidating Angevin power in France, Geoffrey was betrothed to Constance, daughter and heir of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany. 1884

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Constance next married Guy of Thouars Duke or Brittany in 1199.1884 (Guy of Thouars Duke or Brittany died on 13 Apr 1213 1884 and was buried in Villeneuve Abbey Church 1884.)



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