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
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, w ...
, 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
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'Armo ...
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
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 ...
, 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 of Rohan
The House of Rohan () is a Bretons, Breton family of viscounts, later dukes and princes in the French nobility, coming from the locality of Rohan, Morbihan, Rohan in Brittany. Their line descends from the viscounts of Porhoët and is said to tr ...
References
Alain 01 de Rohan
Alain 01 de Rohan
1084 births
1147 deaths
Porhoët family
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