Alan, Count of Nantes (988–90)

Alan
Part of Ancenis castle today
Duke of Brittany
Reign	988–990
Predecessor	Guerech
Successor	Conan I

Died	990
House	House of Nantes
Father	Guerech
Mother	Aremburga of Ancenis
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Alan (sometimes Alan II of Brittany or Alan III of Nantes) (born after 981, died 990) was the only known son of Guerech, Duke of Brittany, and Aremberg. With his mother he founded the castle of Ancenis around 987, according to the Chronicle of Nantes.^[1] In 988, he succeeded his father as Count of Nantes and perhaps nominal Duke of Brittany, after his father was murdered by Count Conan I of Rennes. The following two years were marked by endless warfare between Rennes and Nantes. In 990, Alan died, either of an illness or else killed by Conan, who took Nantes and had himself proclaimed Duke of Brittany by the bishop of Nantes, Orscand de Vannes.^[2]^[3] Alan is generally not counted among the dukes of Brittany and, as such, his ordinal number conflicts with the later Duke Alan III of Brittany.

References

↑ Jones (1988), p. 25.
↑ Chédeville and Tonnerre (1987), p. 34.
↑ Bachrach (1993), pp. 37–38.

Bibliography

Bernard S. Bachrach. Fulk Nerra, the Neo-Roman Consul, 987–1040. University of California Press, 1993.
André Chédeville and Noël-Yves Tonnerre. La Bretagne féodale XIe-XIIIe siècle. Ouest-France Université Rennes (1987) ISBN 9782737300141.
Michael Jones. Creation of Brittany: A Late Medieval State. The Hambledon Press, 1988.
Noël-Yves Tonnerre. Naissance de la Bretagne. Géographie historique et structures sociales de la Bretagne méridionale (Nantais et Vannetais) de la fin du VIIIe à la fin du XIIe siècle. Presses de l'Université d'Angers Angers (1994) ISBN 978-2903075583.

External links

René Merlet, ed. La chronique de Nantes (570 environ – 1049). Alphonse Picard, 1896.

Regnal titles
Preceded by Guerech	Duke of Brittany 988–990	Succeeded by Conan I
Preceded by Guerech	Count of Nantes	Succeeded by Conan I

Rulers of Brittany

Early monarchs

c. 578–907	Waroch Saint Judicaël Alain II Hir Morman Wihomarc Nominoe Erispoe Salomon Pascweten Gurvand Judicael Alan I Gourmaëlon

Viking Occupation

c. 907–938	Hroflr Rognvaldr Incon

House of Nantes

938–958	Alan II (938–952) Drogo (952–958) Hoël I (960–981) Guerech (981–988) Alan (III) (988–990)

House of Rennes

958–1072	Conan I (990–992)) Geoffrey I (992–1008) Alan III (1008–1040) Odo I (1008–1034) Conan II (1040–1066) Hawise (1066–1072) with Hoel II (1066–1072)

House of Cornouaille

1072–1156	Alan IV (1072–1112) Conan III (1112–1148) Bertha (1148–1156) with Odo II (1148–1156)

House of Penthièvre

1156–1196	Conan IV (1156–1166) Constance (1166–1201) with Geoffrey II (1181–1186), later Guy of Thouars (1199–1201)

House of Plantagenet

1196–1203	Arthur I (1196–1203)

House of Thouars

1203–1221	Alix (1203–1221) with Peter I (1213–1221)

House of Dreux

1221–1341	John I (1221–1286) John II (1286–1305) Arthur II (1305–1312) John III (1312–1341)

War of the Breton Succession

1341–1365	Joan (1341–1364) with Charles I (1341–1364) disputed by John of Montfort (1341–1345) and John IV (1345–1365)

Montfort of Brittany

1365–1514	John IV (1365–1399) John V (1399–1442) Francis I (1442–1450) Peter II (1450–1457) Arthur III (1457–1458) Francis II (1458–1488) Anne (1488–1514)

House of Valois

1514–1547	Claude (1514–1524) Francis III (1524–1536) Henry (1536–1547)

Courtesy title

1547–present	Louis de France (1704–1705) Louis de France (1707–1712) Francis de Bourbon (1973–1984)

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