Benedict de Cornouaille, Count & Bishop of Cornouaille, Bishop of Quimper

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Benedict de Cornouaille, Count & Bishop of Cornouaille, Bishop of Quimper

French: Benoît de Cornouaille, comte et évêque de Cornouaille
Also Known As: "Canhairt", "Budic", "Caignart"
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Birthplace: Cornouaille, Bretagne, [now France]
Death: between 1008 and 1021 (47-62)
Cornouaille, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Immediate Family:

Son of Benoit de Cornouaille, Castellin & comte de Cornouaille and Alava de Cornouaille
Husband of Guigoëdon de Vannes
Father of Allarum de Cornouaille; Alain "Canhiart" de Cornouaille, Comte de Cornouaille & Nantes; Avan de Cornouaille; Orscand de Cornouaille, bishop of Quimper; Guetheneuc de Cornouaille and 1 other
Brother of Alain de Cornouaille and Hamon de Cornouaille

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About Benedict de Cornouaille, Count & Bishop of Cornouaille, Bishop of Quimper

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_(comte_et_%C3%A9v%C3%AAque_de_Cornouaille)

Bishop and Earl
Benoît, born around 980, is the son of Budic , Count of Cornouaille in the last third of the 10th century , died between 1008 and 1019 1 , Qu 1 . His mother, Budic's wife, may have descended from the lineage of Benoît, abbot of Landévennec Qu 2 .

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https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain_Canhiart

Benoît ou Benedic († entre 1008 et 1019), [%C3%A9tait] comte et évêque de Cornouaille, puisqu'il a été élu au siège épiscopal de Quimper après 990 dans des circonstances inconnues et qu'il exerce les deux fonctions de Comte et d’Évêque3. Sa [femme] Guigoëdon ou Guiguoedon est la fille d’Orscand le Grand évêque de Vannes4 qui appartient à la famille du roi Alain de Bretagne dont Alain Canhiart porte d’ailleurs le nom qui n’appartient pas au stock onomastique de la famille de Cornouaille5.

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Benedict de Cornouaille, Count & Bishop of Cornouaille, Bishop of Quimper's Timeline

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Guilliers, Morbihan, Bretagne, France
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Cornouaille, Duché de Bretagne (Brittany), France
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