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Hawise of Normandy

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House
  
House of Rennes

Name
  
Hawise Normandy

Religion
  
Roman Catholicism

Mother
  
Gunnora

Father
  
Richard the Fearless


Hawise of Normandy

Issue
  
Alan III of Brittany Odo, Count of Penthievre

Died
  
February 21, 1034, Rennes, France

Spouse
  
Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany (m. 996 AD–1008)

Children
  
Alan III, Duke of Brittany, Odo, Count of Penthievre

Parents
  
Richard I of Normandy, Gunnora

Grandchildren
  
Stephen, Count of Treguier

Cousins
  
John of Avranches, Hugues de Bayeux, Emma of Ivry, Raoul of Ivry

Similar People
  
Alan III - Duke of Brittany, Gunnora, Emma of Normandy, William I Longsword, Sprota

Hawise of Normandy (died 21 February 1034) was Countess of Rennes, Duchess of Brittany and Regent to her son Alan III, Duke of Brittany.

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Life

Hawise was the daughter of Richard I of Normandy and Gunnora, and was sister of Richard II "the Good", Duke of Normandy as well as Robert, Archbishop of Rouen, Count of Evreux.

Hawise and her two sisters all formed important dynastic alliances. 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 double marriage for in 996, she married Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany, while her brother Richard II, Duke of Normandy shortly afterwards married Geoffrey's sister Judith of Brittany. This double alliance between Normandy and Brittany, probably designed to safeguard both families, certainly functioned as such regarding Brittany. In 1008 when Geoffrey died leaving two young sons, Alan III and Eudo, Richard stepped in to protect them and played a major role in governing Brittany during their minority.

Hawise acted as regent of Brittany during the minority of her son Alan III. In 1010 her regency and the reign of her young son Alan III was seriously challenged by the peasant revolts that had spread from Normandy into Brittany. Alan, encouraged by his mother, led the nobles to quash the rebellion. Hawise died on 21 February 1034.

Family

She and her husband Geoffrey had four children:

  • Alan III of Brittany (997-1040).
  • Evenus (c. 998 - aft. 1037).
  • Odo, Count of Penthièvre (d. 1079).
  • Adela, Abbess of St. Georges.
  • References

    Hawise of Normandy Wikipedia