Conan II (Brittany)

Conan II (* after 1018; † December 11, 1066 in Château-Gontier ) became Duke of Brittany in 1040 . He was the son of Duke Alain III. and Bertha from Blois . His father was poisoned when he was a child, so that he was under the tutelage of his uncle Odo von Penthièvre for the first 22 years of his reign, until 1062 . Rivallon de Combourg led an uprising against Conan, which was supported by William II , the Duke of Normandy . Conan II died of poison like his father in 1066, and his opponent Wilhelm was suspected of being the instigator.

Conan II was buried in the monastery church of Saint-Melaine in Rennes .

The rule of Brittany fell to his brother-in-law Hoel II , Count of Nantes and Cornouaille , who was married to Conan's sister Hawisa († 1072).

literature

• Patrick André et al. (Ed.): Dictionnaire d'histoire de Bretagne. Skol Vreizh, Morlaix 2008, ISBN 978-2-915623-45-1 .
• André Chédeville, Noël-Yves Tonnerre: La Bretagne féodale. XIe-XIIIe siècle (= Université. ). Ouest-France, Rennes 1987, ISBN 2-7373-0014-2 .
• Arthur de La Borderie, Barthélemy Pocquet: Histoire de la Bretagne. 6 volumes. Editions régionales de l'Ouest et al., Mayenne 1998, ISBN 2-85554-089-5 .
• Arthur de La Borderie (ed.): Recueil d'actes inédits des Ducs et princes de Bretagne. (XIe, XIIe, XIIIe siècles). Catel, Rennes 1888, ( digitized version ).
• Arthur de La Borderie (ed.): Nouveau recueil d'actes inédits des ducs et princes de Bretagne XIIIe et XIVe siècles. Prost, Rennes 1902, ( digitized version ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Alain III.	Duke of Brittany 1040-1066	Hoel II. (De iure uxoris)