DE BRETAGNE, Judith

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Biography
Name

Judith de Bretagne. [1][2]
Judith de Rennes [3]
Judith of Brittany [4]

982 Birth and Parents

Cawley gives Judith de Bretagne an estimated birth year of 982.[2] By contrast, Baldwin simply states that her date and place of birth are unknown. [1]

Her father was Conan I, [5]d. 27 June 992, count of Rennes, count (princeps) of Brittany.[1] Cawley adds detail that he as Conan I "le Tort", Duke of Brittany

Her mother was Ermengarde, [6] d. aft. 992, daughter of Geoffrey I, count of Anjou. [7]
1000 Marriage

Cawley reports that Judith married, at Mont Saint-Michel, in about 1000, as his first wife, Richard II "le Bon/l'Irascible" Comte de Normandie, son of Richard I "Sans-Peur" Comte de Normandie & his second wife Gunnora, who died 28 Aug 1027. [8]

Baldwin places Judith's marriage within the time period when Richard II and Judith's brother Geoffrey of Brittany were both ruling, thus after 996 (the date of Richard I's death) and before 1008 (the date of Geoffrey's death). Baldwin states that she married Richard II, duke of Normandy, who died d. 23 August 1026, duke of Normandy. [3]

Douglas (1950), 289-291) asserts that the marriage probably took place well before 1008. Richardson also states that Judith married before 1008, as his first wife, Richard II, Duke of Normandy, 996-1026, son and heir of Richard I, Count (or Prince) of the Normans, by his second wife, Gunnor. [4]
1012 Subscription to Charter for Exchange of Land

Cawley reports that an agreement between the abbots of Jumièges and Bougeuil concerning an exchange of land in Poitou, by charter dated 13 Apr/4 Apr 1012, is subscribed by "Richardus…filius Ricardi principi magni…Judith…" [2]
Montevilliers Convent

Judith was a major donor of the convent of Sainte Marie at Montivilliers, which had been founded under the Merovingians and destroyed by vikings in the ninth century. Judith's father-in-law, Duke Richard of Normandy, had wanted to establish a monastery , and the best location, at Fecamp, was already occupied by a convent, so he rebuilt Montevilliers and moved the women there to free up the location at Fecamp for a monastery. [9]
1017 Death

Cawley states that Judith died 16 June 1017; the Chronicle of Caen Saint-Etienne records the death in 1017 of "Judita comitissa" [2] Richardson and Baldwin both give the date as 28 June, 1017[4][10]

Her place of death is unknown, [1] but richardson gives her burial site as Bernai Abbey. [4]
1017 Remarriage of Richard

After Judith's death, Richard married, secondly, probably soon after 1017, Papia. They had two sons, Mauger, Archbishop of Rouen, and Guillaume, Count of Arques. Richard II, Duke of Normandy, died at Fecamp 23 August 1026.[4]
Issue

If the marriage was in the year 1000 and Judith died in 1017, her children would have been born between these dates.

Judith de Rennes [3] and Richard had three sons and three daughters[4]

Adelaide or Adelais "Judith" , born 1000, died 07 Jul after 1030. She married, before 01 Sep 1016, Renaud I de Mâcon, Comte de Bougogne (990 - 03/04 Sep 1057. [11] [4][3]
Richard III, Duke of Normandy[4] was born about 1001. [11] He died in Rouen, [11] 5 or 6 August, 1027. [3]

Judith married Richard DE NORMANDIE in 1000 in Mont Saint-Michel. (Richard DE NORMANDIE was born on 23 Aug 963 in Évreux, Normandie and died on 28 Aug 1026 in Fécamp, Normandie.)