Constance of Normandy

Constance of Normandy
Duchess Consort of Brittany
Tenure	1086–1090
Born	c. 1057/1061 Normandy
Died	13 August 1090
Burial	Church of St. Melaine, St Melans, Redon
Spouse	Alan IV, Duke of Brittany
Dynasty	Norman
Father	William I of England
Mother	Matilda of Flanders
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Constance of Normandy (between 1057 and 1061 Normandy - 13 August 1090) was a daughter of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders. She was a Princess of England by birth and also Duchess of Brittany through her marriage to Alan IV, Duke of Brittany.

Life

It was said she was the most highly gifted of all of the Conqueror's daughters. As she was the favourite of her mother, she was offered later in marriage, in 1086, to Alan IV of Brittany, and the two were married at Caen, Normandy. Constance died childless, perhaps poisoned, on 13 August 1090, and was buried in the Church of St. Melaine, in Rennes.

In 1672, her tomb was discovered and opened. Inside were some fragments of a woollen material which at the time the body had been wrapped in and a leaden cross with her epitaph engraved with the name of her father, husband, and date of death.

Ancestors

Family of Constance of Normandy

16. Richard I, Duke of Normandy               8. Richard II, Duke of Normandy                       17. Gunnora, Duchess of Normandy               4. Robert I, Duke of Normandy                             18. Conan I of Rennes               9. Judith of Brittany                       19. Ermengarde of Anjou               2. William the Conqueror                                   10. Fulbert of Falaise                       5. Herleva of Falaise                             1. Constance of Normandy                                         24. Arnulf II, Count of Flanders               12. Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders                       25. Rozala of Italy               6. Baldwin V, Count of Flanders                             26. Frederick of Luxembourg               13. Ogive of Luxembourg                       3. Matilda of Flanders                                   28. Hugh Capet               14. Robert II of France                       29. Adelaide of Aquitaine               7. Adela of France                             30. William I of Provence               15. Constance of Arles                       31. Adelaide of Anjou

References

• Lives of the Princesses of England from the Norman Conquest - Mary Anne Everett Green Pages 23–33

Preceded by Bertha of Blois

Duchess consort of Brittany 1086–1090

Succeeded by Ermengarde of Anjou