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Birth:          ABT  977 
Death:          21 Feb 1034 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawise_of_Normandy
awise of Normandy (died 21 February 1034) was Countess of Rennes, Duchess of 
Brittany and Regent to her son Alan III, Duke of Brittany.[a]
Life[edit]

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.[1]

Hawise and her two sisters all formed important dynastic alliances.[2] Emma of 
Normandy was twice Queen consort of England marrying firstly Æthelred the Unready 
and secondly Cnut the Great.[2] Maud of Normandy married Odo II, Count of Blois.[2] 
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.[3] This double alliance 
between Normandy and Brittany, probably designed to safeguard both families, 
certainly functioned as such regarding Brittany.[3] 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.[3]

Hawise acted as regent of Brittany during the minority of her son Alan III.[4] 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.[5] Hawise died on 21 February 1034.[6]

Family[edit]

She and her husband Geoffrey had four children:
Alan III of Brittany (997-1040).[7]
Evenus (c. 998 - aft. 1037).[7]
Odo, Count of Penthièvre (d. 1079).[7]
Adela, Abbess of St. Georges.[8]

Parents
____ Richard I "the Fearless" (28 Aug  933 - 20 Nov  996)
DE CREPON Gunnora (ABT  942 - 5 Jan 1031)

Siblings
____ Richard II "the Good" (23 Aug  963 - 28 Aug 1026)
____ Robert (ABT  964 - 1037)
____ Mauger ( 974 - 1040)
____ Avicia (Hawise) (ABT  977 - 21 Feb 1034)
OF NORMANDY Beatrice (ABT  980 - 18 Jan 1035)

Marriage To OF RENNES Geoffrey (ABT  980 - 20 Nov 1008)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Conan I "Le Tort" (ABT  950 - 27 Jun  992)
D'ANJOU Ermengarde-Gerberga (ABT  956 - ABT 1024)

Children by OF RENNES Geoffrey ABT  980 - 20 Nov 1008
____ Alan III (ABT  997 - 1 Oct 1046)
____ Eudo (Eudes) ( 999 - 7 Jan 1079)
OF BRITTANY Geoffrey II (ABT 1003 - )

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