Hawise of Rennes ( br, Hawiz Breizh; french: Havoise de Bretagne) ( 1024-1037 – 19 August 1072) was sovereign

Duchess of Brittany This is a list of rulers of the Duchy of Brittany. In different epochs the sovereigns of Brittany were kings, princes, and dukes. The Breton ruler was sometimes elected, sometimes attained the position by conquest or intrigue, or by hereditary r ...

from 1066 until her death. She was the second child and heiress of Alan III, Duke of Brittany, by his wife,

Bertha of Blois Bertha of Blois (French: ''Berthe de Blois''; c. 1005 — c. 1080), was a Duchess consort of Brittany and a countess consort of Maine. Life Bertha was the daughter of Odo II, Count of Blois and Ermengarde of Auvergne. In 1029, she married Alain ...

, and as such, a member of the

House of Rennes This is a list of rulers of the Duchy of Brittany. In different epochs the sovereigns of Brittany were kings, princes, and dukes. The Breton ruler was sometimes elected, sometimes attained the position by conquest or intrigue, or by hereditary r ...

. Hawise succeeded her older brother, Conan II, who was assassinated by poisoning on 11 December 1066.Brittany Genealogy extracted 1 February 2008
/ref> Little is known of the life of Hawise of Rennes. She was married to Hoel of Cornwall some time before 1058. Hoel exercised authority '' jure uxoris'' and continued to control the government after her death in 1072 acting as regent for their son, Alan IV. A second son, Matthew, inherited the

county of Nantes The counts of Nantes were originally the Frankish rulers of the Nantais under the Carolingians and eventually a capital city of the Duchy of Brittany. Their county served as a march against the Bretons of the Vannetais. Carolingian rulers would s ...

Family

The daughter of Alan III and Bertha de Blois, Hawise had 2 siblings Conan II and Emma of Brittany. Hawise married Hoel of Cornwall and had 3 children - Orwen de Cornouailles, (1050-1103) -Hildeberge de Cornouaille, (1067-1095) - Alain IV Fergant de Cornouaille, (circa 1067- October 19, 1119) Duke of Brittany, Count of Rennes, Count of Nantes

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References

* Jean-Christophe Cassard, Houel Huuel : comte de Cornouaille puis duc de Bretagne (c. 1030–1084), t. CXVII, Société archéologique du Finistère, Quimper, 1988 (ISSN 0249-6763), pp. 95–117 1030s births 1072 deaths 11th-century dukes of Brittany 11th-century Breton women 11th-century women rulers Duchesses of Brittany Place of birth unknown Place of death unknown Dukes of Brittany {{Brittany-stub