Eudes (Comte De Penthievre Et De Bretagne) DE BRETAGNE

{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1343\cocoasubrtf160{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;}{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5600\tx6160\tx6720\pardirnatural\f0\fs24 \cf0 GEOFFREY, DUKE OF BRITTANY, married Hawise, daughter of Ric hard I, DUKEOFNORMANDY, and died in 1008, leaving two sons , Alan and Eudon. During their mother's lifetime the two br others seem to have been joint rulers of Brittany, but on h er death, on 21 February 1034, dissensions broke out betwee n them; peace was restored by a settlement under which Eudo n received a territory corresponding roughly to the diocese s of Dol, St. Mialo, St. Brieuc and Tr'e9guier, reduced in th e hands of his successors to the two last-named dioceses, w hile Alan retained the rest of Brittany. After the death o f Alan in 1040 Eudon seized the government of Brittany to t he exclusion of his nephew Conan, who recovered it in 1057 . Eudon died 7 January 1079. He married Orguen, whose paren tage is unknown.}

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