Conan IV, Duke of Brittany

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Conan IV, Duke of Brittany

Conan IV of Penthièvre (1138 – February 20 1171), (Breton
Breton language

The Breton language is a Celtic languages spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany in France....
: Konan V Penteur, and Konan Breizh) called "the Young", was duke of Brittany

Duke of Brittany

The Duchy of Brittany was a medieval tribal and feudal state covering the Armorican peninsula west of Mont-Saint-Michel and north of Nantes/Naoned, including Rennes/Roazhon and Vannes/Gwened....
, from 1156 to his death. He was son of Alan the Black, 1st Earl of Richmond

Alan de Bretagne, 1st Earl of Richmond

Alan of Penthi?vre In a politically arranged marriage Alan married Bertha, Duchess of Brittany, daughter of Conan III, Duke of Brittany, perhaps in a move to draw Brittany onto Stephen's side in the conflict against the dispossessed Empress Matilda....
and Bertha of Brittany. He was his mother's heir as Duke Conan III

Conan III, Duke of Brittany

Conan III of Cornwall , was duke of Brittany, from 1112 to his death. He was son of Duke Alan IV, Duke of Brittany and Ermengarde of Anjou .Conan III allied himself with Stephen of England in his war against the dispossessed Empress Matilda....
. From his father’s side, Conan was great great grandson of duke Geoffrey I

Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany

Geoffrey I of Rennes was duke of Brittany, from 992 to his death. He was son of Duke Conan I, Duke of Brittany and Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Brittany, whose parents were Geoffrey I of Anjou and Adele of Meaux....
and great grandson of Eudes of Brittany. Conan and his daughter Constance would be the only representatives of the Penthièvre dynasty of Brittany.

With the death of his mother Bertha in early 1156, Conan IV expected to inherit the ducal throne.

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Eudes, Viscount of Porhoet

Eudes, viscount of Porhoet , was the second husband of Bertha, Duchess of Brittany, and her consort. On Bertha's death, Eudes denied her son Conan IV, Duke of Brittany his inheritance....
, who refused to let go over his authority. Eudas may have entered into a pact with Hoel, Count of Nantes, to divide Brittany between them. But Hoel was under threat of rebellion in Nantes, sponsored by Geoffrey VI, Count of Anjou

Geoffrey VI, Count of Anjou

Geoffrey VI , Count of Anjou, of Count of Maine and Count of Nantes from 1156 to 1158, was the son of Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou and Empress Matilda....
, and he could not send Eudas any aid. Within the year Conan IV was able to capture and imprison Eudas, and claim his inheritance.

By 1158, Geoffrey VI, Count of Anjou died and Conan seized Nantes, reuniting the Duchy once again. However, Geoffrey's brother King Henry II of England

Henry II of England

Henry II, called Curtmantle ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France....
, responded by seizing the Earldom of Richmond

Earl of Richmond

The title of Earl of Richmondshire was created many times in the Peerage of Peerage of England. The earldom of Richmond was held by various Bretons, Normans, the royal families of Plantagenet, Capet, Savoy, Tudor and Stewart....
, Conan's paternal inheritance, and demanded the return of Nantes. Conan and Henry made peace, and Conan married Henry's cousin, Margaret of Scotland

Margaret of Scotland

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, in 1160. Margaret was daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon

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and Ada de Warenne

Ada de Warenne

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, a daughter of William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey

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and Elizabeth de Vermandois.

Conan faced several revolts from his own nobles, rebellions possibly covertly supported by England. To put down the unrest, the Duke appealed for help to Henry

Henry II of England

Constance, Duchess of Brittany

Constance of Penthi?vre was hereditary Duke of Brittany between 1171 and 1196. Constance was the only child of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond, by his wife Margaret of Huntingdon, later called Countess of Hereford, a granddaughter of David I of Scotland....
to Henry's son Geoffrey Plantagenet

Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany

Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond was Duke of Brittany between 1181 and 1186, through his marriage with the heiress Constance, Duchess of Brittany....
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Conan IV, Duke of Brittany

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