- Constance of Normandy
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Constance of Normandy Duchess of Brittany Tenure 1086–1090 Spouse Alain IV, Duke of Brittany Father William I of England Mother Matilda of Flanders Born c. 1057/1061
NormandyDied August 1090 Burial Church of St. Melaine, Redon Religion Roman Catholicism Constance of Normandy (died 1090) was a daughter of William I of England and Matilda of Flanders, it was said she was the most highly gifted of all of the Conqueror's daughters. As she was favourite of her mother she was offered later in marriage to Alan IV of Brittany, the year being 1086. Constance died childless, perhaps poisoned, on 13 August 1090, and was buried in St Melans in Redon (Church of St. Melaine, Redon). In 1672 her tomb was discovered and opened, inside were some fragments of woolen stuff, which at the time the body had been wrapped and a leaden cross with her epitaph engraved with the name of her father, husband and date of death. Her husband later married Ermengarde of Anjou.
Ancestors
Ancestors of Constance of Normandy 16. Richard I, Duke of Normandy 8. Richard II, Duke of Normandy 17. Gunnora, Duchess of Normandy 4. Robert I, Duke of Normandy 18. Conan I of Rennes 9. Judith of Brittany 19. Ermengarde of Anjou 2. William I of England 10. Fulbert of Falaise 5. Herleva 1. Constance of Burgundy 24. Arnulf II, Count of Flanders 12. Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders 25. Rozala of Italy 6. Baldwin V, Count of Flanders 26. Frederick of Luxembourg 13. Ogive of Luxembourg 3. Matilda of Flanders 28. Hugh Capet 14. Robert II of France 29. Adelaide of Aquitaine 7. Adela of France 30. William I of Provence 15. Constance of Arles 31. Adelaide of Anjou References
- Lives of the Princesses of England from the Norman Conquest - Mary Anne Everett Green Pages 23–33
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