Stephen of Penthièvre, Count of
Tréguier, 3rd Lord of Richmond (1058/62 – 21 April 1136) was a
Breton noble and a younger son of
Odo, Count of Penthièvre and Agnes of Cornouaille, sister of
Hoël II, Duke of Brittany. In 1093, he succeeded to the title of Count of Tréguier; in 1098, he succeeded his brother
Alain as
Lord of Richmond in
Yorkshire
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, England.
Life
Stephen was the son of
Odo, Count of Penthièvre and Agnes of Cornouaille. 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.
Stephen was a benefactor of religious houses. In 1110, he and his wife, Hawise, founded the
Augustine Abbey of St Croix in
Guingamp. 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.
Family
Stephen married Hawise of Blois, also known as Hawise ''of Guingamp'', daughter of
Theobald III, Count of Blois and
Adele of Valois. 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
Empress Matilda
Empress Matilda (10 September 1167), also known as Empress Maud, was one of the claimants to the English throne during the civil war known as the Anarchy. The daughter and heir of Henry I, king of England and ruler of Normandy, she went to ...
during
The Anarchy.
*
Alan de Bretagne, 1st Earl of Richmond (died 15 September 1146) married Bertha of Brittany, by whom he had issue, including his heir
Conan IV, Duke of Brittany. Alan is also known as Alan Niger II; he received Stephen's English lands and supported
Stephen, King of England during
The Anarchy.
*Henry, Count of Tréguier, married Mathilde de Vendome,
* Maud, married
Walter de Gant, by whom she had issue
* Olive, married firstly Henry de Fougères, by whom she had issue; secondly William de St. John.
* Theophania (Tiphanie), married Rabel de
Tancarville,
Chamberlain of
Normandy
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Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...
, by whom she had issue
* Eléonore, married Alan de
Dinan, by whom she had issue.
He died on 21 April 1136 and was buried in the
Abbey of St Mary at
York
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.
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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