(1st Viscount of Rohan) Alan I of ROHAN #78993

1084 - 1147
AKA: Alan of Porhoet
TITLE 1st Viscount of Rohan-
BIRTH 1084
DEATH 1147

Historical Notes

Founder of the House of Rohan

Alan I of Rohan, also known as Alain le Noir, was the 1st Viscount de Rohan and Viscount of Castelnoec. He was the third son of Odo I, Viscount of Porhoët, and Emma de Léon.

Life

He received as his inheritance, the sparsely populated western Porhoët, in 1116. He also owned a castle at Castennec and constructed another on the shores of the Oust which he named Rohan, the name he passed on to his descendants. In 1128, Alain de Rohan finished constructing his permanent residences and founded the Priory de la Coarde at Castennec for the monks at Redon Abbey, and a priory for Marmoutier Abbey near the château de Rohan.

Marriage

Alan I married a woman named Villana.

Parents

Father : Odo I of PORHOET #78994

Family 1

Source References