Berthe (Blois) Maine (aft. 1005 - 1085)

Born after 1005 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France

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Died 13 Apr 1085 before age 80 in Chartres, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France

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Biography

Berthe de Blois was born sometime after 1005 (est: the date of her parents marriage^[1]).

Berthe was the daughter of Eudes II Comte de Blois, de Chartres, de Châteaudun, de Tours, de Beauvais, and his second wife, Ermengarde d'Auvergne, daughter of Guillaume IV Comte d'Auvergne and his wife, Humberge de Brioude, whom he married in 1005.^[1]

Berthe was the sister of :

1. Thibaut de Blois (circa 1010-29/30 Sep 1089), succeeded his father in 1037 as Thibaut III Comte de Blois, de Chartres, de Châteaudun, de Meaux, de Sancerre et de Troyes;^[1]
2. Etienne (Stephen) de Blois died 19 May 1048, became Comte de Troyes;^[1]

Berthe married twice:

1. in 1018, Alain III Duke of Brittany, poisoned 1 Oct 1040, son of Geoffroy I Duke of Brittany and his wife Havise de Normandie,^[1] with whom Berthe had children:
   1. Conan de Bretagne, died 11 December 1066, succeeded his father in 1040 as Duke Conan II Duke of Brittany, lost the duchy to his paternal uncle Eudes, captured Uncle Eudes and reconfirmed himself as Duke in 1057;^[2]
   2. Havise de Bretagne, died 19 August 1072, married 1) Baudouin VII Count of Flanders from whom she separated on the grounds of consanguinity, and 2) in 1066 Hoel Comte de Nantes, de Cornouaïlle, et de Léon, son of Alain "Caignart" Comte de Cornouaïlle and his wife, Judith de Nantes;^[2]
2. after 14 May 1046, Hughues IV Comte du Maine, died 26 Mar 1051, son of Herbert I "Eveille-chien" Comte du Maine,^[1] with whom Berthe had children:
   1. Heribert [II] du Maine, died 9 Mar 1062;^[2]
   2. Marguerite du Maine, born circa 1047/51, died at Fécamp on 13 December 1063, and was buried there;^[2]

Berthe de Blois, Comtesse du Maine, outlived both of her husbands and all four of her children, dying on 11/13 April 1085,^[1] at Chartres, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Cawley, 2014, "EUDES de Blois".
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Cawley, DUKES of BRITTANY 970-1066 (FAMILY of COMTES de RENNES), "ALAIN de Bretagne".

See also:

• Charles Cawley, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG), "B. COMTES de BLOIS [943]-1218: CENTRAL FRANCE", A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, Medieval Lands, 23 May 2014, http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CENTRAL%20FRANCE.htm#_Toc359762884, accessed 7 December 2015.
• Charles Cawley, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG), "C. DUKES of BRITTANY 970-1066 (FAMILY of COMTES de RENNES)", A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, Medieval Lands, 15 November 2015, http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BRITTANY.htm#_Toc359762253, accessed 7 December 2015.
• Evergates, Theodore, ed., Aristocratic Women in Medieval France (University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1999) "Adela of Blois: Family Alliances and Female Lordship" by Kimberly A. LoPrete. Page 12.