Gurvand, Y M Count of Rennes
- 877
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Gurvand, Y M Count of Rennes (son of Erispoe Chief of Brittany); died in 877. Notes:
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He was Chief of Half in Brittany in 847. W.H.Turton, "The Plantagenet
Ancestry" (Balt.:Gen.Pub.Co.,1968), p.188, shows Gurvand, Count of Rennes,
as husband of the daughter of Erispoe, King of Brittany.Y married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Judicael Count of Rennes died in 888.
2. Erispoe Chief of Brittany (son of Nomenoe, (a Breton Chief)). Notes:
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Erispoe is son of Nomenoe, a Breton Chief.Children:
- 1. Gurvand, Y M Count of Rennes died in 877.
Generation: 3
4. Nomenoe, (a Breton Chief) Notes:
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"In the 9th century a national hero, Nomenoe, revolted against the tutelage
of Charles the Bald and conquered Nantes and Rennes, thus giving to
Brittany its definitive extension and its complex constitution of both
Celtic and Frankish country. The successors of Nomenoe, nominally vassals
of the king but in fact independent, rallied their people against the Norse
raiders..." - Encyclopedia Britannica, 1956, 4:205.Children: