Eudes, Viscount of Porhoet

Eudes, Viscount of Porhoet

Eudes, viscount of Porhoet (died 1170) was the second husband of Bertha, Duchess of Brittany and her consort. On Bertha's death Eudas denied her son Conan IV from his inheritance. Eudas allied with his brother-in-law Hoèl, Count of Nantes, in his effort to deny Conan III his succession.


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