Constance Duchess of Brittany, Countess of Richmond ¹⁶⁸⁸

   Cause of her death was Died in Childbirth or of Smallpox.¹⁶⁸⁸

  General Notes:

Constance was Duchess of Brittany between 1186 and 1196. She was the only child of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond, by his wife Margaret of Scotland, countess of Hereford (granddaughter of king David II).

In 1181, Constance married Geoffrey Plantagenet, the fourth son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and had two children by him: Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1184-1241) and Arthur. Geoffrey assumed the title of Duke of Brittany and became the effective ruler of the duchy since the date. However, he died in 1186, stamped by a horse during a tournament. Constance then became ruler of Brittany until 1196, when she abdicated in favour of Arthur.

Constance married two more times: with Ranulph de Blundeville, Earl of Chester in 1188 and with Guy of Thouars in 1199. From Guy, Constance had a daughter, Alix of Thouars, who married Peter de Dreux, first Breton ruler of the House of Dreux. ¹⁶⁸⁸

  Life Events:

1. Interred, 24 Nov 1225, Villeneuve Abbey, Nantes, Brittany. ¹⁶⁸⁸

Constance married Geoffrey IV Plantagenet Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond in Jul 1181.¹⁶⁸⁸ (Geoffrey IV Plantagenet Duke of Brittany, Earl of Richmond was born on 23 Sep 1158,¹⁶⁸⁸ died on 19 Aug 1186 in Paris, Rhône-Alpes, France ¹⁶⁸⁸ and was buried in Notre Dame, Paris, France ¹⁶⁸⁸.)

  Marriage Notes:

In 1166, in furtherance of his father's policy of extending and consolidating Angevin power in France, Geoffrey was betrothed to Constance, daughter and heir of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany. ¹⁶⁸⁸

Constance next married Guy of Thouars Duke or Brittany in 1199.¹⁶⁸⁸ (Guy of Thouars Duke or Brittany died on 13 Apr 1213 ¹⁶⁸⁸ and was buried in Villeneuve Abbey Church ¹⁶⁸⁸.)