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Alan Rufus

1100 - 1093

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Alan Rufus, alternatively Alanus Rufus (Latin), Alan ar Rouz (Breton), Alain le Roux (French) or Alan the Red (c. 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. 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). William the Conqueror granted Alan Rufus a significant English fief, later known as the Honour of Richmond, in about 1071. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Rufus is the 1,190th most popular nobleman (down from 1,069th in 2019). (down from 3,169th in 2019)

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Among noblemen, Alan Rufus ranks 1,190 out of 1,415. Before him are Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt, Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria, Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau, Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine, Anna of Trebizond, Queen of Georgia, and Ayşe Sultan. After him are Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg, Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia, Theodora Kantakouzene, Ludwig II, Count of Württemberg, and Alexander II of Imereti.

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Among people born in 1100, Alan Rufus ranks 87. Before him are Jayavarman VI, Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia, Edmund of Scotland, Elias I, Count of Maine, and Yasovarman II. After him are Alusian of Bulgaria, William of Apulia, Ordelafo Faliero, Konrad II, Count of Württemberg, Adalbero of Styria, and Ottokar I of Styria. Among people deceased in 1093, Alan Rufus ranks 10. Before him are Robert I, Count of Flanders, Saint Margaret of Scotland, Vsevolod I of Kiev, Constance of Burgundy, Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy, and Sophie, Countess of Bar.

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