Judicael (or Juhel, Judhel, Judhael), thus called in Breton sources, alias Berengar (or Berengarius) his name in Frankish sources, and sometimes known as Judicael Berengar, with both names being used together, was a

Count of Rennes The Count of Rennes was originally the ruler of the Romano-Frankish ''civitas'' of Rennes. From the middle of the ninth century these counts were Bretons with close ties to the Duchy of Brittany, which they often vied to rule. From 990 the Count ...

in the 10th century.

Biography

There are conflicting accounts of his parentage, one popular solution making him the son and successor of a count Berengar (sometimes identified with Berengar of Rennes, sometimes with that man's supposed maternal grandson of the same name) by a daughter of

Gurvand, Duke of Brittany Wrhwant, Gurwant, Gurwent or Gurvand ( la, Vurfandus) (died 876) was a claimant to the Kingdom of Brittany from 874 until his death in opposition to Pascweten, Count of Vannes. Wrhwant was complicit in the conspiracy which assassinated Salomon ...

. However, an 11th-century collection of Angevin genealogies describes him as the son of Pascweten, son of

Alan I, King of Brittany Alan I (french: Alain; died 907), called the Great,F. McNair (2015), "Vikings and Bretons? The Language of Factional Politics in Late Carolingian Brittany", ''Viking and Medieval Scandinavia'' 11: 183–202. was the Count of Vannes and Duke of Br ...

. In 939 he fought alongside

Alan II, Duke of Brittany Alan may refer to: People *Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname *Alan (given name), an English given name **List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' *Al ...

and

Hugh II, Count of Maine Hugh II (920–before 992), Count of Maine, son of Hugh I, Count of Maine, and an unknown mother, probably a daughter of Gauzlin II, Count of Maine. He was, like his father, a vassal of his uncle Hugh the Great. After the death of Hugh the Gre ...

against the Vikings/Norsemen at the

Battle of Trans-la-Forêt The Battle of Trans-la-Fôret was fought on 1 August 939 between the occupying Norsemen and the Bretons, led by a joint army of Alan II, Hugh II of Maine, and Judicael Berengar. Political landscape Throughout the early 900's, the states of Br ...

.Kim Hjardar, Vegard Vike. ''Vikings at War.'' Casemate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC, 2016. p 334 He is first documented as a

count Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York ...

in the year 944. He witnessed charters of

, and on the latter's death apparently fell under the control of Wicohen, Archbishop of Dol. Later sources report the rescue of Judicael and his (unnamed) wife by his son Conan I. He appears to have been dead by 979, when his son was at the court of Odo I, Count of Blois.

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