Alan I, Viscount of Rohan
Alan I of Rohan (1084–1147), also known as Alain le Noir, was the 1st Viscount de Rohan and Viscount of . He was the third son of Odo I, Viscount of Porhoët, and Emma de Léon.
Life[]
He received as his inheritance, the sparsely populated western Porhoët, in 1116.[1] He also owned a castle at Castennec and constructed another on the shores of the Oust which he named Rohan, the name he passed on to his descendants.[2] 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, and a priory for Marmoutier Abbey near the château de Rohan.
Children[]
Alan I married a woman named Villana. They had two children:[3]
- , 2nd Viscount de Rohan,
- Josselin
Coat of Arms[]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Yvonig Gicquel, Alain IX de Rohan, 1382–1462, Éditions Jean Picollec, 1986, 33.
- ^ Éric Mension-Rigau, Les Rohan. Histoire d'une grande famille, Perrin, 2017, 11.
- ^ 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
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