This article is about the duchess regnant of Brittany (1066–1072). For her grandmother, duchess consort of Brittany (996–1008), see Hawise of Normandy.
Hawise of Rennes (Breton: Hawiz Breizh; French: Havoise de Bretagne) (c. 1024-1037 – 19 August 1072) was Duchess of Brittany from 1066 until her death.
Hawise was daughter and heiress of Alan III, Duke of Brittany, by his wife, Bertha of Blois,[1] and as such, a member of the House of Rennes. She had two siblings: Conan II[2] and Emma of Brittany. Hawise succeeded her older brother Conan, who was assassinated by poisoning on 11 December 1066.[3]
Little is known of the life of Hawise of Rennes. She was married to Hoel of Cornwall some time before 1058.[1] Hoel exercised authority jure uxoris and continued to control the government after her death in 1072 acting as regent for their son, Alan IV.
Jean-Christophe Cassard, Houel Huuel : comte de Cornouaille puis duc de Bretagne (c. 1030–1084), t. CXVII, Société archéologique du Finistère, Quimper, 1988 (ISSN 0249-6763), pp. 95–117
Everard, J. A. (2004). Brittany and the Angevins: Province and Empire 1158–1203. Cambridge University Press.
Keats-Rohan, K.S.B. (1992). "The Bretons and Normans of England 1066–1154: the Family, the Fief and the Feudal Monarchy". Nottingham Medieval Studies. 36(Jan). Brepols.
