Judith de Nantes

✓ Judith de Nantes (d. 1063), 'filia ... Judicaelis Nannetensium comitis' (Quimperle charter [1031/55]); wife of Alain Caignart, Comte de Cornouaille; a nun for six years after his death. Her father not wired. TOP - nothing further wired. Source: Medieval Lands (fmg.ac, Cawley), read 2 Nov 2026: 'Brittany Nobility - Cornouaille, Penthievre'. [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 - PARENTS WIRED (~)|| Father Judicael, Comte de Nantes (Chronicon Briocensi), mother Melisende; line runs Judicael <- Hoel of Nantes <- Alain II Barbetorte <- Mathuedoi of Poher x a daughter of Alain I 'the Great' (styled rex 897). Chronicle-based, ~ throughout. NB Nominoe, Erispoe and Salomon remain NOTE-ONLY: the only route to them is the conjectural marriage of Count Berenger to a daughter of Gurwent (Borderie; no primary source) - see Juhel Berengar I100948. 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 ~). ||2 Nov 2026 - EVIDENCE AUDIT: RUNG UPGRADED TO ✓|| Father Judicael, Comte de Nantes: a contemporary charter for Sainte-Croix de Quimperle [1031/55] names 'Judith comitissa, filia ... Judicaelis Nannetensium comitis'; the Chronicon Briocensi agrees. Charter evidence in her lifetime - this rung is ✓. (Mother Melisende stays ~.) 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|| Quaghebeur (2004): Judith named her first sons Hoel and Guerech 'comme son arriere-grand-mere' (Judith, mother of Hoel and Guerech of Nantes) - consistent with the wired line Judith <- Judicael <- Hoel <- Alain Barbetorte x Judith. Her mother's identity is open (see Melisende). 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.