Hoel II, Duke of Brittany

Abt 1031 - 1084  (~ 53 years)

• Name	Hoel II
  Suffix	Duke of Brittany
  Born	Abt 1031
  Gender	Male
  History	Hoel was born about 1031, the son of Alain Cagniart, comte de Cornouaille, and Judith de Nantes. He was comte de Cornouaille from 1058 as Hoel V, and after his marriage in 1066 to Havise, duchesse de Bretagne, daughter of Alain III, duc de Bretagne, and Berthe de Blois, he became duke-consort of Brittany until his death. Hoel started the Cornwall dynasty of Brittany, which ruled the duchy until 1156. Little is known of the lives of Havise and Hoel of Cornwall, but their political marriage between the house of Rennes in the east and the house of Cornwall in the west may have further strengthened Brittany against external interference by William \'the Conqueror\', king of England. Hoel may have exercised authority through the right of his wife, and continued to control the government after her death in 1072. On Hoel\'s death in 1084 Havise and Hoel were succeeded to the ducal throne by their 18-year-old son Alain IV Fergent.  [1]
  Died	13 Apr 1084
  Person ID	I3140	Ellie Wood Keith
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Alain Cagniart, Comte de Cornouaille,   b. 995,   d. 1058  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Judith of Nantes,   b. Abt 1000, 27 Feb 1063
  Married	Abt 1026
  Family ID	F1705	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Havise, Heiress of Bretagne,   b. Abt 1037,   d. 19 Aug 1072  (Age ~ 35 years)
  Married	1066
  Children	+ 1. Alain IV Fergent, Duc de Bretagne,   b. Abt 1066, Chateaulin in Finistere ,   d. 13 Oct 1119  (Age ~ 53 years)  [putative]
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2018
  Family ID	F2057	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Genealogics, Leo Van de Pas, http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00020209&tree=LEO.