Stephen of Penthièvre, Count of

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, 3rd Lord of Richmond (1058/62 – 21 April 1136) was a

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noble and a younger son of

Odo, Count of Penthièvre Odo of Rennes (Medieval Breton: ''Eudon Pentevr'', Modern Breton: ''Eozen Penteur'', Latin: ''Eudo'', French: ''Eudes/Éon de Penthièvre'') (c. 999–1079), Count of Penthièvre, was the youngest of the three sons of Duke Geoffrey I of Britta ...

and Agnes of Cornouaille, sister of

Hoël II, Duke of Brittany Hoël II (c. 1031–1084) was Count of Kernev (''French: Cornouaille'', '' Breton: Kernev''), from 1058 as Hoël V. On the basis of his marriage to Hawise, Duchess of Brittany, in 1066, he became Duke of Brittany ''jure uxoris''. Life Hoël was the ...

. In 1093, he succeeded to the title of Count of Tréguier; in 1098, he succeeded his brother Alain as Lord of Richmond in

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, England.

Life

He is sometimes misidentified as "Stephen, Count of Brittany" in the court documents of King Henry I. This may be due to his Breton heritage, or the fact that he owned large estates there, but in fact at the time Brittany was a Duchy ruled by

Alan IV, Duke of Brittany Alan IV (c. 1063 – 13 October 1119) was Duke of Brittany from 1072 until his abdication in 1112. He was also Count of Nantes (from c. 1103) and Count of Rennes. His parents were Duchess Hawise and Duke Hoel II. He is also known as Alan Fergant. ...

. Stephen was a benefactor of religious houses. In 1110, he and his wife, Hawise, founded the

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Abbey of St Croix in

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. On an unknown date, he is recorded as having donated property to Rumbaugh Priory for the souls of his wife and children. He was the paternal grandfather of

Conan IV, Duke of Brittany Conan IV ( 1138 – February 20, 1171), called the Young, was the Duke of Brittany from 1156 to 1166. He was the son of Bertha, Duchess of Brittany, and her first husband, Alan, Earl of Richmond. Conan IV was his father's heir as Earl of Richmon ...

Family

He married Hawise of Blois, also known as Hawise ''of Guingamp'', daughter of

Theobald III, Count of Blois Theobald III of Blois (French: ''Thibaut'') (1012–1089) was count of Blois, Meaux and Troyes. He was captured in 1044 by Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou, and exchanged the county of Touraine for his freedom. Theobald used his nephew's involvement wi ...

and

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. Their children were: * Geoffrey II "Boterel", Count of Penthièvre, married Hawise de Dol, by whom he had issue. Geoffrey received Stephen's Breton lands and was a supporter of

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during

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. *

Alan de Bretagne, 1st Earl of Richmond Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond (before 1100 – 15 September 1146), Breton language, Breton ''Alan Penteur'', also known as "Alan the Black", was a Breton noble who fought for Stephen, King of England. Alan was the third son of Stephen, Count o ...

(died 15 September 1146) married Bertha of Brittany, by whom he had issue, including his heir

. Alan is also known as Alan Niger II; he received Stephen's English lands and supported

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during

. * Henry, Count of Tréguier, married Mathilde de Vendome, * Maud, married Walter de Gaunt, by whom she had issue, including: **

Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln Gilbert de Gant, 1st Earl of Lincoln ( 1126 – 1156) was an English nobleman who fought for King Stephen during The Anarchy. He was the son of Walter de Gant (third son of the Domesday magnate Gilbert de Gant, Gant being a contemporary name ...

** Agnes de Gaunt, married

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. * Olive, married firstly Henry de Fougères, by whom she had issue; secondly William de St. John. * Theophania (Tiphanie), married Rabel de

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, by whom she had issue * Eléonore, married Alan de

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, by whom she had issue. He died on 21 April 1136 and was buried in the Abbey of St Mary at

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stephen, Count Of Treguier 1050s births 1060s births 1136 deaths 11th-century English nobility 12th-century English nobility Counts of Penthièvre Counts of Tréguier Earls of Richmond Burials in North Yorkshire