Matilda FitzRoy, Duchess of Brittany

12th-century illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England

Maud or Matilda Fitzroy, was a duchess consort of Brittany by her marriage to Conan III, Duke of Brittany. She was an illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England by one of his unknown mistresses.[1]

Duchess consort of Brittany

Matilda married, before 1113, Conan III, Duke of Brittany, and had:

  • Hoel (1116 - 1156) – disinherited from the Ducal crown; Count of Nantes;[2]
  • Bertha (1114 - after 1155) – married Alan of Penthièvre;[2][a] 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.

Notes

  1. ^ King Stephen of England created Alan 1st Earl of Richmond and 1st Earl of Cornwall

References

  1. ^ Bryan 2016, p. 173.
  2. ^ a b Warren 1977, p. 75.

Sources

  • Bryan, Elizabeth J. (2016). "Matthew Parker and the Middle English Prose Brut". In Rajsic, Jaclyn; Kooper, Erik; Hoche, Dominique (eds.). The Prose Brut and Other Late Medieval Chronicles. York Medieval Press.
  • Warren, Wilfred Lewis (1977). Henry II. Yale University Press.
Preceded by
Ermengarde of Anjou
Duchess consort of Brittany
ca. 1113–1148
Succeeded by
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Royal consorts of Brittany
Consorts to early monarchs
c. 578–907
  • Argentaela
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House of Nantes
938–958
  • Roscille of Anjou
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House of Rennes
958–1072
  • Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou
  • Hawise of Normandy
  • Bertha of Blois
House of Cornouaille
1072–1156
  • Constance of Normandy
  • Ermengarde of Anjou
  • Matilda FitzRoy
House of Penthièvre
1156–1196
House of Dreux
1221–1341
War of the Breton Succession
1341–1365
Montfort of Brittany
1365–1514
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1514–1547
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