Matilda FitzRoy, Duchess of Brittany

{{Short description|Illegitimate daughter of Henry I of England}}

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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.{{sfn|Bryan|2016|p=173}}

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;{{sfn|Warren|1977|p=75}}
  • Bertha (1114 – after 1155) – married Alan of Penthièvre;{{sfn|Warren|1977|p=75}}{{efn|King Stephen of England created Alan 1st Earl of Richmond and 1st Earl of Cornwall}} 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.

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Sources

  • {{cite book |chapter=Matthew Parker and the Middle English Prose Brut |first=Elizabeth J. |last=Bryan |title=The Prose Brut and Other Late Medieval Chronicles |editor-first1=Jaclyn |editor-last1=Rajsic |editor-first2=Erik |editor-last2=Kooper |editor-first3=Dominique |editor-last3=Hoche |publisher=York Medieval Press |year=2016 }}
  • {{cite book |title=Henry II |first=Wilfred Lewis |last=Warren |publisher=Yale University Press |year=1977 }}

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{{S-bef|before=Ermengarde of Anjou}}

{{S-ttl|title=Duchess consort of Brittany|years=ca. 1113–1148}}

{{S-aft|after=Margaret of Huntingdon}}

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