House Fougères

The house of Fougères was probably a branch of the house of Rennes , which split off at a time when the family came to rule in Brittany . Méen de Rennes is the first known lord of Fougères Castle and the town of Fougères , which then developed at the foot of the castle , who, with the ruling lords of Vitré to the south, secured the borders of Brittany against the county of Maine and thus the Kingdom of France, and thereby the mighty ones Lords of Mayenne and Laval faced each other (see also: House Vitré , House Mayenne and House Laval ).

The family first appeared at the beginning of the 11th century and existed for ten generations until the end of the 13th century. Members of the family took part in the Norman conquest of England in 1066 and received fiefs on the island, which resulted in some marital connections across the English Channel .

In 1307 Fougères was acquired by the French King Philip IV from the heirs of the last mistress.

Tribe list

1. Méen (I.) de Rennes, † 1020, Seigneur de Fougères; ⚭ NN - ancestors see house Rennes
   1. Alfred de Fougères, † 1048, 1020 Seigneur de Fougères; ⚭ NN
      1. Méen (II.) De Fougères, † before 1089 as a monk, 1048 Seigneur de Fougères, 1066 participant in the Norman conquest of England, buried in Sainte-Trinité in Fougères; ⚭ Adélaide, † after her husband, buried in Sainte-Trinité in Fougères
         1. Raoul (I.) de Fougères, † 1124, before 1089 Seigneur de Fougères, named in the Domesday Book as a landowner in Surrey and Buckinghamshire , donated the property on which the Savigny monastery was founded in 1112/13 ; ⚭ Avice de Clare, daughter of Richard FitzGilbert , Lord of Clare ( Clare (family) ), and Rohese Giffard of Buckingham ( House of Giffard )
            1. Méen (III.) (Franswalo) de Fougères, † 1138, 1124 Seigneur de Fougères
            2. Henri de Fougères, † 1154, 1138 Seigneur de Fougères, 1130 named with property in Wiltshire , 1150 monk in Savigny; ⚭ Olive de Penthièvre, daughter of Étienne (I.) , Comte de Penthièvre ( House Rennes ), and Havise de Guingamp (Havise de Blois) ( House Blois ), she married Guillaume, Seigneur de Saint-Jean-le- Thomas
               1. Raoul (II.) De Fougères, † May 16, 1194 in Savigny, 1154 Seigneur de Fougères, he rebelled against King Henry II of England , lost his English possession in 1166/73 and rebuilt Fougères Castle in 1173, which was destroyed by King Henry ; ⚭ Mathilde, possibly daughter of Juhael de Mayenne ( House Mayenne )
                  1. Juhael de Fougères, † after 1173
                  2. Guillaume de Fougères, † June 7, 1187; ⚭ (1) Agatha du Hommet, probably daughter of Richard du Hommet and Agnes de Say; ⚭ (2) Fulk (II.) Paynel
                     1. Geoffroy de Fougères, † 1212, 1196 Seigneur de Fougères; ⚭ Mathilde de Porhoët, daughter of Eudes, Vicomte de Porhoët ( Rohan House )
                        1. Raoul (III.) De Fougères, † February 24, 1257, 1212 Seigneur de Fougères, buried in Savigny; ⚭ Isabelle de Craon, * after 1223, † after 1271, daughter of Amaury (I.), Seigneur de Craon ( House of Craon ), and Jeanne des Roches
                           1. Jean de Fougères, * and † December 6, 1230
                           2. Jeanne de Fougères, † after 1273, Dame de Fougères, buried in Savigny; ⚭ January 29, 1254 in Fougères, Hugues (XII.) , † shortly after August 25, 1270, Seigneur de Lusignan , Comte de La Marche et d ' Angoulême , son of Hugues (XI.) Le Brun , Seigneur de Lusignan, Comte de La Marche et d'Angoulême ( House Lusignan ), and Yolande de Bretagne ( House France-Dreux )
                     2. Clémence de Fougères, † 1252; ⚭ (1) Alain de Vitré , Seigneur de Dinan , son of Robert, Seigneur de Vitré ( House Vitré ), and Emma de Dinan; ⚭ (2) before October 7, 1200 Ranulf de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester , * Oswestry Castle probably 1170, † October 28, 1232 in Wallingford , son of Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester ( House of Conteville ), and Bertrade de Montfort ( House Montfort-l'Amaury )
                  3. Henri de Fougères
                  4. Marguerite de Fougères; ⚭ (1) 1179 Guillaume Bertrand, probably son of Robert (III.) Bertrand, Seigneur de Bricquebec ; ⚭ (2) (marriage contract 1189) Waleran (V.) de Meulan , † 1190/91 in Palestine , son of Robert de Beaumont , Comte de Meulan ( House of Beaumont ), and Matilda of Cornwall ( House of Dunstanville )
                  5. Mabile de Fougères; ⚭ Alain (IV.), Vicomte de Rohan , † October 27, 1205, son of Alain (III.), Vicomte de Rohan ( House of Rohan ), and Constance de Penthièvre ( House of Rennes )
               2. Frangalo de Fougères, † after 1163
               3. Guillaume de Fougères ( William the Angevin ), † December 20, 1212, acquired the family property in Buckinghamshire
               4. Robert de Fougères, † after 1163
               5. Clémence de Fougères, † 1194 or later; ⚭ Robert, Seigneur de Montfort-sur-Risle, † 1178, son of Hugues van Gent, Seigneur de Montfort-sur-Risle ( House Gent ), and Adeline de Beaumont ( House Beaumont )
            3. Robert de Fougères, † after 1129 - probably identical to Robert Giffard, † after 1229, who received the Lordship of Weare , Devonshire , from King Henry I before 1129
               1. Walter Giffard, † probably 1160/70, Lord of Weare; ⚭ Matilda
               2. William Giffard, Lord of Weare
                  1. Walter Giffard, † probably after 1242/43; ⚭ Alice
                     1. Emma Giffard, † before August 26, 1276; ⚭ (1) Hugh de Wideworth, † before 1276; ⚭ (2) Sir William Trewin; ⚭ (3) Sir Robert Dynham
                  2. Rohese Giffard; ⚭ Ralph de Albemara
                  3. Cecila Giffard
         2. Eudes, Juhael, Godehldis and Junardaudis
      2. ? Guillaume de Fougères, † after 1085, named in the Domesday Book with property in Buckinghamshire
   2. ? Frangalo, Seigneur de Fougères; ⚭ Cana, daughter of Gelduin, Seigneur de Saumur , and Gerberge du Perche, sister of Gosfried de Montcalv ( Gosfridus de monte calvo ), she married Raoul (V.) Viscount de Beaumont for the second time
      1. Denise, † April 28 after 1081, buried in Pontlevoy Abbey ; ⚭ Sulpice (I.), Seigneur d ' Amboise , † June 1, probably 1081, son of Lisois, Seigneur de Bazoges, and Hersende de Buzançais , buried in Pontlevoy

Web links

• Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Brittany, Nantes, Porhoet, Rennes, Seigneurs de Fougères ( online )
• Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Untitled English Nobilty, Giffard (of Wearem Devishire) ( online )