Judith of Brittany

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Judith of Brittany (982 – 1017) was the daughter of Conan I, Duke of Brittany and the mother of Robert the Magnificent.

She was the first wife of Richard the Good, Duke of Normandy, whom she married in 996. They had six children:

1. Richard the Third, succeeded his father in the dukedom;
2. Robert, who succeeded his elder brother;
3. William, called William of Normandy, who became a monk in the Abbey of Fécamp, and died very young in 1025;
4. Alice, married to Renauld, earl of Burgundy;
5. Eleanor, to Baldwin, earl of Flanders;

The duchess Judith died in 1017 and was buried in the abbey of Bernay, which she had founded.

[edit] Ancestors

Judith of Brittany's ancestors in three generations

Judith of Brittany	Father: Conan I, Duke of Brittany	Paternal Grandfather: Judicael Berengar	Paternal Great-Grandfather: Berengar II of Neustria
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Daughter of Gurvand, Duke of Brittany
		Paternal Grandmother: Gerberge	Paternal Great-Grandfather: Unknown
			Paternal Great-Grandmother: Unknown
	Mother: Ermengarde of Anjou	Maternal Grandfather: Geoffrey I of Anjou	Maternal Great-Grandfather: Fulk II of Anjou
			Maternal Great-Grandmother: Gerberga of Maine
		Maternal Grandmother: Adele of Meaux	Maternal Great-grandfather: Robert of Vermandois
			Maternal Great-Grandmother: Adelaide of Burgundy