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Brian fitz Count was an illegitimate son of Alan IV, Duke of Brittany, and thus the half-brother of Conan III, Duke of Brittany. He was sent to be raised at the court of King Henry I of England. He served Henry well at the Battle of Tinchebray in 1106 and elsewhere, winning the king's favour.
Rafe de Genville, vassal to Brian FitzCount, and loyal to the Empress Maud, will restore to Brian what is his, recovered in a fight between Rafe and the hermit. Rafe found the jewels which he sought in the reliquary.
- Edith Pargeter
- 1987
Brien FitzCount, lord of Wallingford and Abergavenny was one of the Empress Matilda’s staunchest supporters during her bid for the English crown, The third quote at the beginning of this article comes from the Gesta Stephani and concerns the Empress’s flight from Winchester in 1141.
Warrior & Author. Died: circa 1153. Brian FitzCount was the illegitimate son of Alan Fergant, Count of Brittany. From a most interesting letter, addressed to him by Gilbert Foliot, we learn that King Henry I reared him from his youth, knighted him and provided for him in life.
5 de nov. de 2022 · Brian Fitz Count, also known as Brian of Wallingford, is identified in Wikipedia as an illegitimate son of Alan IV, Duke of Brittany, and thus the half-brother of Conan III, Duke of Brittany and son of the brother-in-law of King Henry of England.
- Male
- Mathilde (Crispin) de Wallingford
After Miles Crispin’s death in 1107, Matilda married (in about 1114) Brian Fitz Count, one of the illegitimate sons of the Duke of Brittany, who was a protégé of Henry I.
20 de abr. de 2017 · Brian Fitz-Count, Lord of Wallingford Castle by marriage with the Lady Maude (Matildis Domina de Walingfort), the widow of the doughty Baron Milo Crispin, who died in 1107, without issue—was pacing the ramparts of his castle, which overlooked the Thames.
