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Alain I De Rohan
Alan I of Rohan (1084–1147), also known as ''Alain le Noir'', was the 1st Viscount de Rohan and Viscount of Castelnoec. He was the third son of Odo I, Viscount of Porhoët, and Emma de Léon. Life He received as his inheritance, the sparsely populated western Porhoët, in 1116. He also owned a castle at Castennec and constructed another on the shores of the Oust which he named Rohan, the name he passed on to his descendants. In 1128, Alain de Rohan finished constructing his permanent residences and founded the Priory de la Coarde at Castennec for the monks at Redon Abbey, and a priory for Marmoutier Abbey near the château de Rohan. Children Alan I married a woman named Villana. They had two children:Frédéric Morvan, ''Les Chevaliers bretons. Entre Plantagenets et Capétiens du milieu XIIe siècle au milieu du XIIIe siècle'' éditions Coop Breizh, Spézet 2014, « Généalogie des Rohan », 286 * Alan II, 2nd Viscount de Rohan, * Josselin Coat of Arms See also *House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odo I, Viscount Of Porhoët
Odo is a name typically associated with historical figures from the Middle Ages and before. Odo is etymologically related to the names Otho and Otto, and to the French name Odon and modern version Eudes (other), Eudes, and to the Italian names Ottone (name), Ottone and Udo; all come from the Germanic word ''ot'' meaning "possessor of wealth". Historical Nobility * Odo the Great (died c. 735), Duke of Aquitaine * Odo I, Count of Orléans (died 834) * Odo I, Count of Troyes (died 871) * Odo II, Count of Troyes (held the title in 876) * Odo of France (860–898), King of the Franks * Odo of Toulouse (died 918 or 919), Count of Toulouse * Odo of Fézensac (died 985), Count of Fézensac * Odo I, Count of Blois (950–996) * Odo I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark (died 993) * Odo II, Count of Blois (983–1037) * Odo II, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark (died 1046) * Odo, Count of Dammartin (died after 1061) * Odo, Count of Penthièvre (c. 999–1079), co-Duke of Brittany * Odo I, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porhoët
The noble Breton family line of Porhoët () was a French noble family in the middle ages, from around 990 through the 1200's. Notable members included Odo I, Odo II, and Alan I. Alan I would go on to form the Franco-Breton House of Rohan, which survives to the modern day. History The first recognised Vicomte de Porhoët was Guithenoc ( 990–1040CE), was born in Guilliers. He married Allurum (994–?) of Guilliers. He became Vicomte, and in about 1008 he moved to La Trinite, in Porhoet. Both Guilliers and Porhoet are located in the modern day French departement of Morbihan in the province of Brittany. In Porhoët Guithenoc built Josselin Castle, which he named for his son, Josselin (1020–1074). It is still owned by the descendants of Porhoët and is the longest continuously held private estate in the world. Vicomte Josselin de Porhoët had three sons with the surname Rohan: Mainguy De Rohan, Jostho de Rohan, and Roger de Rohan. He had a fourth son, the third vicomte d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oust
The Oust (; ) is a river in Brittany, France, right tributary of the Vilaine. It is long. Its source is in the hills between Corlay and Quintin. It flows generally southeast, through the following ''départements'' and towns: * Côtes-d'Armor: Uzel * Morbihan: Rohan, Josselin, Malestroit * Ille-et-Vilaine: Redon The Oust flows into the river Vilaine The Vilaine (; ) is a river in Brittany, in the west of France. The river's source is in the Mayenne ''Département in France, département'' (53), and it flows out into the Atlantic Ocean at Pénestin in the Morbihan ''département'' (56). It is ... in Redon. The part of the Oust between Rohan and Redon has been made navigable for small ships, and forms part of the Canal de Nantes à Brest. The rivers Aff, Arz and Ninian are among its tributaries. References Rivers of France Rivers of Brittany Rivers of Côtes-d'Armor Rivers of Ille-et-Vilaine Rivers of Morbihan Brittany region articles needing translati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redon Abbey
Redon Abbey, or Abbey of Saint-Sauveur, Redon ("Abbey of the Holy Saviour"; ), in Redon in the present Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France, is a former Benedictine abbey founded in 832 by Saint Conwoïon, at the point where the Oust flows into the Vilaine, on the border between Neustria and Brittany. History In 832 Ratwili, a local noble, gave Conwoïon and his companions a piece of land on a bleak hill (''locus desertus'') overlooking the confluence of the Oust and the Vilaine, where Conwoïon founded a monastery, dedicated to the Holy Saviour, and became its first abbot. Both Count Ricwin of Nantes and Raginarius (Rainer), Bishop of Vannes, refused at first to support the new foundation, and influenced the Emperor Louis the Pious against it. In 834 however the new monastery gained the patronage of Nominoe, ''princeps'' and later the first Duke of Brittany, as evidenced by his charter to it, which was witnessed by Bishop Raginarius, who had apparently overcome his initial op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marmoutier Abbey (Tours)
Marmoutier Abbey — also known as the Abbey of Marmoutier or Marmoutiers — was an early monastery outside Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France. In its later days it followed the Benedictine order as an influential monastery with many dependencies. History The abbey was founded by Saint Martin of Tours (316-397), in 372, after he had been made Bishop of Tours in 371. Martin's biographer, Sulpicius Severus (''c.'' 363–''c.'' 425), affirms that Martin withdrew from the press of attention in the city to live in Marmoutier (Majus Monasterium), the monastery he founded several miles from Tours on the opposite shore of the river Loire. Sulpicius described the severe restrictions of the life of Martin among the cave-dwelling cenobites who gathered around him, a rare view of a monastic community that preceded the Benedictine rule: According to the French chronicler St. Denis, the Muslims in 732 had made the decision to attack and destroy the monastery. In 853 the abbey was pillaged and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan II, Viscount Of Rohan
The House of Rohan () is a Breton family of viscounts, later dukes and princes in the French nobility, coming from the locality of Rohan in Brittany. Their line descends from the viscounts of Porhoët and is said to trace back to the legendary Conan Meriadoc. Through the Porhoët family, the Rohans are related to the Dukes of Brittany, with whom the family intermingled again after its inception. During the Middle Ages, it was one of the most powerful families in the Duchy of Brittany. The Rohans developed ties with the French and English royal houses as well, and they played an important role in French and European history. The only surviving line of the family is the branch of Rohan-Rochefort, Dukes of Montbazon, Dukes of Bouillon and Austrian Princes of Rohan, who migrated in the early 19th century to what is now Austria.Fernand de Saint-Simon, Etienne de Séréville, ''Dictionnaire de la noblesse française'', 1975, p. 869.Henri Jougla de Morenas Raoul de Warren, ''Grand Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
