Judicael Count of Rennes
- 888
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Judicael Count of Rennes (son of Gurvand, Y M Count of Rennes); died in 888. Notes:
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Judicael is brother of Alain le Grand of Nantes and in 879 was "Chief of
Half." Rennes is a town in western France and was the capital of Brittany;
its Roman era name was Condate (hence Condat and Conde), a center of the
Roman road network.married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Berrenger Count of Rennes died in 930.
2. Gurvand, Y M Count of Rennes (son of Erispoe Chief of Brittany); died in 877. Notes:
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He was Chief of Half in Brittany in 847. W.H.Turton, "The Plantagenet
Ancestry" (Balt.:Gen.Pub.Co.,1968), p.188, shows Gurvand, Count of Rennes,
as husband of the daughter of Erispoe, King of Brittany.Children:
- 1. Judicael Count of Rennes died in 888.
Generation: 3
4. Erispoe Chief of Brittany (son of Nomenoe, (a Breton Chief)). Notes:
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Erispoe is son of Nomenoe, a Breton Chief.Children:
- 2. Gurvand, Y M Count of Rennes died in 877.
Generation: 4
8. Nomenoe, (a Breton Chief) Notes:
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"In the 9th century a national hero, Nomenoe, revolted against the tutelage
of Charles the Bald and conquered Nantes and Rennes, thus giving to
Brittany its definitive extension and its complex constitution of both
Celtic and Frankish country. The successors of Nomenoe, nominally vassals
of the king but in fact independent, rallied their people against the Norse
raiders..." - Encyclopedia Britannica, 1956, 4:205.Children: