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Benedict Comte de Cornouaille Bishop of Quimper
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✓ Benedict (Budic), Comte de Cornouaille and Bishop of Quimper (d. 1026), son of Budic, Comte de Cornouaille (charter [945/52] recording Budic's burial, witnessed by 'Benedictus episcopus filius istius Budic'); founded Locmaria de Quimper 'with the consent of Guiguoedon cum domino suo et filiis' ([1022/38]), confirmed by 'Alanus comes filius Benedicti supradicti'; father of Alain Caignart, Orscand (Bishop of Quimper), Guethenoc, Guerec and others. Source: Medieval Lands (fmg.ac, Cawley), read 5 Nov 2026: 'Brittany nobility: Cornouaille, Penthievre' (brittcope.htm). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]