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Richard I had married the daughter of Hugh I the Great, and after this marriage had re-asserted his father's claim as Overlord of the Breton duchy. Conan I's pact with Normandy strengthened that assertion but the historical documentation for that Overlordship claim remains doubtful because it
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in the spring of 990 following his attack on Nantes and the subsequent death of Count Alan. As Duke, his rule succeeded the Regency that governed Brittany during the life of
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was openly hostile to Conan and stated that after he married Ermengarde-Gerberga, Fulk Nerra's sister, he was "the most insolent of
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Price also refers us to de la Borderie 1898, for a discussion of the relationship between Conan I and Richard I.
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largely appears only in the less than authoritative writings of Dudo of Saint-Quentin.
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and the fractured rule of Brittany after Drogo's death by his illegitimate brothers
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in order to defeat Judicael Berengar before he could assume the title of Duke.
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The alliance with Blois eventually became troublesome and he later needed to
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In a charter dated 28 July 990, Conan gave the lands of
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Index

Conan I, Duke of Brittany
Conquereuil
Kingdom of France
Noble family
Rennes
Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou
Judicael Berengar
Duke of Brittany
Judicael Berengar
Brittany
Drogo
Hoël
Guerech
Alan
Duke of Brittany
Odo I, Count of Blois

Mont Saint-Michel
Villamée
Mont Saint-Michel
Fougères
Ermengarde-Gerberga of Anjou
Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou
Adele of Vermandois
Fulk Nerra, Count of Anjou
Battle of Conquereuil
Mont Saint-Michel
Abbey
Geoffrey
Judith

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