Gottfried I (Brittany)

Gottfried I ( Geoffroi I. Béranger ) († November 20, 1008 ) was Duke of Brittany from 992 to 1008.

He was the son of Conan the Crooked and the Ermengarde of Anjou, daughter of Count Gottfried I of Anjou , through whom his first name came into the Breton regent list.

After the death of his father in the second battle of Conquereuil in 992 , Gottfried succeeded him as Count of Rennes . In 994 he defeated the young Count of Nantes , Judicaël , whom he forced to submit. In 995 he then assumed the title of Duke of Brittany. In order to secure his rule in Nantais after the deaths of Judicaël and Bishop Hervé (1004), he had a knight from Rennes chosen as the new bishop of Nantes : Walter II. (Gauthier II.) (1004-1041).

Gottfried I died in 1008 on a pilgrimage back to Rome .

He was married to Havoise of Normandy, a daughter of Duke Richard I of Normandy , with whom he had at least three children:

• Alain III. (* 997; † 1040), Duke of Brittany
• Odo (Éon, Eudon) (* 999; † 1079), Count of Penthièvre
• Adèle I († 1067), abbess of Saint-Georges de Rennes from 1032

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
Conan I.	Duke of Brittany 992–1008	Alain III.