![]() On the journey to the battle site near Hastings, the Breton forces formed the vanguard, arriving a good half-hour before the rest of William's army. Īlan was probably present at the Battle of Hastings in October 1066. Alan Rufus) to St-Ouen de Rouen of the church of Saint-Sauveur without Rouen, and of the nearby church of Sainte Croix des Pelletiers, which had been his gift to Alan. In 1066 or 1067, William of Normandy assented to the gift by Alan Comes (i.e. ![]() Albinus of Angers).Īlan already held some property in Rouen, the capital of Normandy, and was lord of Richemont in Upper Normandy before September 1066. Biography Īlan Rufus is first mentioned as a witness (along with his mother Orguen and brothers Gausfridus, Willelmus, Rotbertus, Ricardus) to a charter dated to 1056/1060, issued by his father Eozen to the Abbey of Saint-Aubin in Angers (q.v. William the Conqueror granted Alan Rufus a significant English fief, later known as the Honour of Richmond, in about 1071. He was the second son of Eozen Penteur (also known as Eudon, Eudo or Odo, Count of Penthièvre) by Orguen Kernev (also known as Agnes of Cornouaille). 1040 – 1093), 1st Lord of Richmond, was a Breton nobleman, kinsman and companion of William the Conqueror (Duke William II of Normandy) during the Norman Conquest of England. ![]() Alan Rufus, from a larger 14th century illumination, swearing fealty to William the Conqueror Īlan Rufus, alternatively Alanus Rufus ( Latin), Alan ar Rouz ( Breton), Alain le Roux ( French) or Alan the Red (c.
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