Judicael Comte de Nantes

✓ Judicael, Comte de Nantes ([978/80]-1005), illegitimate son of Hoel, Comte de Nantes, by a concubine (Chronicle of Nantes: 'Judicael et Hoel', sons of Hoel 'd'une concubine', brought up by their paternal grandmother); m. Melisende; father of Judith, wife of Alain Caignart of Cornouaille (Chronicon Briocensi: 'Judith ... filia Juhelli quondam comitis Nannetensis'). Source: Medieval Lands (fmg.ac, Cawley), 'Brittany Dukes' (Families of the Comtes de Poher and of Nantes) and 'Brittany Nobility - Nantes', read 2 Nov 2026; the filiations rest on the 11th-century Chronicle of Nantes (chronicle-only, hence ~). [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.] ||2 Nov 2026 - EVIDENCE AUDIT|| PERSON attested: Comte de Nantes in charters (Redon cartulary: 'Postquam foeda traditione Judicael peremptus est, Budicus ejus filius...'); under the guardianship of Aimery, Vicomte de Thouars, after Conquereuil (992). FILIATION (son of Hoel by a concubine): Chronicle of Nantes only; accepted without qualification by Merlet, La Borderie and Medieval Lands. No charter naming him Hoel's son found. Grade stays ~ pending Aynsley's ruling on chronicle-plus-consensus rungs. Sources checked 2 Nov 2026: R. Merlet (ed.), La Chronique de Nantes (1896), text and notes; A. de La Borderie, Histoire de Bretagne II (1906); P. Lauer (ed.), Les Annales de Flodoard (1905), notes; Medieval Lands 'Brittany Dukes'. Not reachable: J. M. H. Smith, Province and Empire (1992) and Guillotel/Chedeville (lending-only or not online). ||2 Nov 2026 - STILL ~|| Smith (1992) ends her table at 'Counts of Nantes' and does not name Hoel's sons; the filiation Judicael <- Hoel rests on the Chronicle of Nantes with Merlet, La Borderie and Medieval Lands. The source to settle it is H. Guillotel, 'Le premier siecle du pouvoir ducal breton (936-1040)' - not yet seen. ||2 Nov 2026|| Kernevez (2023) says only that Alan Barbetorte's heirs 'were either eliminated or ousted' and does not name Hoel's sons - Judicael <- Hoel stays ~. Source: Patrick Kernevez, 'From Kings to Dukes: Brittany between the 5th and the 12th Century', Studia Celto-Slavica 13 (2023), pp. 29-44 (doi 10.54586/GAJV1095; HAL hal-04721566), p. 37, drawing on Chedeville & Guillotel (1984); read 2 Nov 2026 from Aynsley's copy. ||2 Nov 2026 - UPGRADED TO ✓|| Morin (2010), on Guillotel's edition of the ducal acts: 'Foulque Nerra donna la charge du Nantais au vicomte Aimery de Thouars qui administra la cite jusqu'a ce que le fils d'Hoel, Judicael atteignit sa majorite' and 'ni de Judicael, fils d'Hoel, a la generation suivante' (illegitimate, so barred from the ducal title); Geoffrey I forced 'le comte de Nantes Judicael' to do him homage. Quaghebeur (2004): Judith, Alain Barbetorte's companion, raised 'ses petits-enfants Hoel et Judicael, ce dernier etant le pere de la comtesse de Cornouaille'. With Merlet, La Borderie and Medieval Lands, this is reference-work consensus. NB a pasted AI summary attributed the Morin sentence to Chedeville & Guillotel (1984) and to 'contemporary diplomatic acts' - both wrong; it is Morin's own statement on Guillotel's Actes. Source: Stephane Morin, Tregor, Goelo, Penthievre. Le pouvoir des comtes de Bretagne du XIe au XIIIe siecle (Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2010), Introduction, paras 8-10 (OpenEdition books.pur.128019), citing H. Guillotel, Les actes des ducs de Bretagne (944-1148), pp. xxxi-xxxii; and Joelle Quaghebeur, 'Judith de Nantes ... comtesse de Cornouaille', in Corona Monastica (PUR, 2004), pp. 279-287 and n. 8 (OpenEdition books.pur.20174); read 2 Nov 2026.