Ermengarde of Anjou
Modern Standardized Name
Ermengarde of Anjou
Titles
duchess of Brittany
Origin
Rennes (48.1147, -1.6794)
Expedition Date/s
1132
Biography
Ermengard was the half-sister of Fulk V of Anjou, crusader and ruler of Jerusalem. She married Alan IV duke of Brittany, ruling the duchy of Brittany as his regent while he was on the First Crusade. After 1113 she ruled Brittany alone. She seems to have entered monastic life in 1130. In 1132 she left the monastery to travel to Palestine, possibly in order to celebrate her brother's coronation as king of Jerusalem. By 1134 she had returned to Brittany.
Bibliography
Amy Livingstone, "Daughter of Fulk, Glory of Brittany': Countess Ermengarde of Brittany (C.1070–1147)," Anglo-Norman Studies 40 (2018), pp. 165–178.
Citation
“Ermengarde of Anjou,” Independent Crusaders Project, accessed September 7, 2024, https://independentcrusadersproject.ace.fordham.edu/items/show/2388.