Hawise Of Brittany, Countess Of Flanders
Hawise may refer to: *Hawise, Duchess of Brittany (ca. 1037–1072), hereditary Duchess of Brittany from 1066 until her death *Hawise of Normandy (died 1034), Countess of Rennes, Duchess of Brittany and Regent to her son Alan III, Duke of Brittany *Hawise of Chester, 1st Countess of Lincoln (1180–ca. 1242), Anglo-Norman noblewoman and heiress * Hawise of Monmouth (fl. early 12th century), wife of William fitzBaderon *Hawise, Countess of Aumale Hawise, Countess of Aumale (died 11 March 1214) was ruling Countess of Aumale from 1179 until 1194 with her husbands. She was the daughter and heiress of William, Count of Aumale and Cicely, daughter and co-heiress of William fitz Duncan. She bec ...

Hawise, Duchess Of Brittany
Hawise of Rennes ( br, Hawiz Breizh; french: Havoise de Bretagne) ( 1024-1037 – 19 August 1072) was sovereign Duchess of Brittany from 1066 until her death. She was the second child and heiress of Alan III, Duke of Brittany, by his wife, Bertha of Blois, and as such, a member of the House of Rennes. Hawise succeeded her older brother, Conan II, who was assassinated by poisoning on 11 December 1066. 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 o ...
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Hawise Of Normandy
Hawise of Normandy (died 21 February 1034) was Countess of Rennes, Duchess of Brittany and Regent to her son Alan III, Duke of Brittany from 1008 until 1026.Her husband, Geoffrey, Count of Rennes, assumed the title Duke of Brittany in 992 but it was never recognized by the French king at the time and was not formerly legitimized until 1213. See: ''The New international Encyclopædia'', Volume 3 (1918), p. 789. Life Hawise was the daughter of Richard I of Normandy and Gunnor, and was sister of Richard II "the Good", Duke of Normandy as well as Robert, Archbishop of Rouen, Count of Evreux. Duchess of Brittany Hawise and her two sisters all formed important dynastic alliances.David Crouch, ''The Normans; The History of a Dynasty''(London: Hambledon Continuum, 2007), p. 27 Emma of Normandy was twice Queen consort of England marrying firstly Æthelred the Unready and secondly Cnut the Great. Maud of Normandy married Odo II, Count of Blois. And Hawise was a part of an important dynastic ...
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Hawise Of Chester, 1st Countess Of Lincoln
Hawise of Chester, 1st Countess of Lincoln ''suo jure'' (1180- 6 June 1241/3 May 1243), was an Anglo-Norman noblewoman and a wealthy heiress. Her father was Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester. She was the sister and a co-heiress of Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester. She was created suo jure 1st Countess of Lincoln in 1232. She was the wife of Robert de Quincy, by whom she had one daughter, Margaret, who became heiress to her title and estates. She was also known as Hawise of Kevelioc. Family Hawise was born in 1180 in Chester, Cheshire, England, the youngest child of Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester and Bertrade de Montfort of Évreux, a cousin of King Henry II of England. Hawise had five siblings, including Maud of Chester, Countess of Huntingdon, Mabel of Chester, Countess of Arundel, Agnes of Chester, Countess of Derby, Beatrice de Keviloc and a brother Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester. She also had an illegitimate half-sister, Amice of Cheste ...
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Hawise Of Monmouth
Hawise or Hadewis (lived early 12th century), whose origin and parentage are unknown, was the wife of William fitzBaderon, who held Monmouth, Wales and lived in Monmouth Castle from the year 1082 on the orders of King William I of England. Monmouth was previously held by William's uncle, Withenoc, who never married and retired from this charge to become a monk. Hawise is the first woman resident of Monmouth whose name is recorded. Hawise and William fitzBaderon had two daughters and one son: * Iveta and Advenia were their daughters, one of whom married a member of the de Cormeilles family. The children of this marriage, grandsons to Hawise and William, were Richard, Robert and Alexander de Cormeilles. * Baderon fitzWilliam was their son. He was his father's successor as lord of Monmouth and held the lordship until about 1170/1176. In 1101, when William presented the newly completed St Mary's Priory Church and its attached Priory to the parent Abbey of Saint-Florent de Saumur, ...
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