Hato de Dol

• Preferred Name: Hato de Dol
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: ABT 1060 in France
  
• FSID: G8KM-GD5
  
• Birth: ABT 990 in France
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Biography
  Round and Fox agree on the person of Flaald de Dol but create somewhat different persons to be his father, as detailed in Round and Fox and the Seneschals of Dol.
  
  Hato de Dol is Fox's version. It is more recent and comprehensive and its implications are carried through WikiTree.
  Alain de Dol is Round's version. It is still viewed as authoritative by many genealogies. It is not linked to other profiles in WikiTree's data fields, but links are embedded in the narrative.
  Disputed Lineages, Seneschals of Dol
  This profile is affected by conflicting lineages, one provided in 1901 by J. Horace Round and the other a century later in 200 by Paul A. Fox. The two conflicting lineages and this profile's place in them are shown at Space: Round and Fox and the Seneschals of Dol.
  
  Name and Identity: Alain or Hato
  This is the profile for the father of Flaald de Dol. About Flaald's existence there is no controversy. However, researchers differ as to whether Flaald's father was Alain or Hato -- or unknown.
  
  Alain --- J. Horace Rounds' Perspective
  
  Alan is the name of the father of Flaald preferred by J. Horace Round. The Wikipedia article for Flaald's son, Alan Fitz Flaald primarily reflects Round's perspective.
  
  Unknown Father
  
  Unknown Father is the preference of Sir James Balfour Paul. Paul follows Round in viewing Flaald with brothers Alan and Rhiwallon, all of whom held the office of Senescal or Steward of Dol, under the Counts of Dol and Dinan, in Brittany, but he does not name the father of the three brothers.
  
  Hato --- Paul Fox's Perspective
  
  Hato is the name of the father of Flaald preferred by Paul A. Fox.
  
  Context: Stewardship of Dol
  Dol was a portion of the Duchy of Brittany, adjacent to the Duchy of Normandy, in this time period.
  
  The Stewardship of Dol was created by Archbishop Junkeneus of Dol (enthroned by 1008, died c. 1039) whose counsel was much valued by Duke Alan III of Brittany. Junkeneus appointed his youngest brother Rivallon as "vidame" of the archbishopric, with the role of defending the bishop, representing him, administering justice in his absence, and "controlling the temporalities of the see." Junkeneus had two fortifications at his disposal, the citadel of Dol and a new castle at Combourg.
  
  Flaald's father would have been the first Steward, or Seneschal, of Dol.
  
  Birth Year Estimation in Fox and Round
  990: the Fox Perspective
  
  Paul A. Fox reports that Hato, knight of Dol, flourished about 1013-1050 Since "flourishing" suggests a degree of mature adulthood, assume Hato was born, say, 990, and began to "flourish" at age 23.
  
  Fox suggests that Rivallon the vidame introduced into service in Dol a knight with the frankish name of Hato.
  
  Fox has identified a number of charters witnessed by Hato during the period in which he "flourished" in Dol:
  
  1013-1024. Rivallon of Dol possessed lands in adjacent Normandy. Hato apparently accompanied him in dealing with some of these lands and signed two charters of Duke Richard II of Normandy in the period 1013-1024. After Rivallon married a woman from a rival family, relations became strained and Duke Robert of Normandy invaded Brittany at Dol in 1029.
  1029-1037. Hato witnessed a charter of Archbishop Junkenaus in the period 1029-1037 and was referred to as "our man Hato."
  1034-1064. In the time of Abbot Albert of Marmoutiers (1034-1064), Hato and his son Flaald (Fledald), the steward witnessed a gift by Rivallon to Marmoutiers of half the church of St. Machut in the castle of Combourg.
  1050. Around 1050, Flaald and his father Hato witnessed a charter of Rivallon of Dol and Josselin of Dinan giving the tithes of St. pern to the new priory of St. Pern, a cell of St. Nicholas of Angers. Flaald and his father themselves made a donation to the same priory.
  1020: The Round Perspective
  
  Round's estimates for Flaald's life, and hence his father Alan, who would have been the first "Dapifer Dolensis" are somewhat later.
  
  Documentation for Hato
  Charles Cawley has identified one document referring to Hato: "…De nostris hominibus: Hato et Willelmus, butellarius" witnessed the undated charter (dated to [1027/39]) under which "Junkeneus archiepiscopus" donated "plebiculam Guernuidel" to Redon.
  
  Children and Grandchildren in Fox and Round
  Round and Fox assign the known facts to known persons in significantly different ways, leading to quite different configurations of families and different dates assigned to names. For a more detailed discussion see Space: Round and Fox and the Seneschals of Dol.
  
  Fox Scenario: Hato has two sons, Flaald and Hato
  
  In the Fox Scenario, Hato had two sons, Flaald, born about 1011 and Hato, born about 1020.
  
  Flaald. Estimated birth year 1011
  Alan FitzFlaald, Steward of Dol, married Avelina de Hesdin
  Flaald fitz Alan, (son of Alan before Avelina). In Monmouth 1101 or 1102
  William fitz Alan, ancestor of FitzAlans in England
  Jordan fitz Alan, steward of Dol
  Walter Fitz Alan, ancestor of Stewarts in Scotland
  Flaald FitzFlaald
  Rivallon, monk of St. Florent at Dol
  Hato, son of Hato [2] Estimated birth year 1020. Shortly after Rivallon's death in 1065, Rivallon's son William made a gift to Mont St.Michel signed at Dol and witnessed by Hato, brother of Flaald (Flotald).
  Cawley stresses that Flaald and Hato are two brothers, parents not known; and that the name and chronology suggests that Hato [I] may have been their father, but no primary source has been identified which confirms that this affiliation is correct beyond doubt.
  
  Round Scenario: Alain has three sons, Alain, Flaald, and Rhiwallon
  
  In the schema of J. Horace Round, the estimated births of Alain's sons Alain, Flaald and Rhiwallon, would be 1050, 1052 and 1054 respectively.[1] provides a pedigree of the early Dol family based on his research. Round's pedigree also appears on the Wikipedia page:
  
  Alan, Dapifer Dolensis born, say, 1020. Merge with *Alan de Dol, b. 1020, m. Tittenfor Unknown. Alan the Crusader, oldest son, oldest son. Under Fox's schema, this profile is superfluous, because the Crusade experience belongs to Alan FitzFlaald. But it is retained here as part of the Round scenario. Cawley comments: "Round, in his early 20th century study on the origins of the Stewarts, splits "Alan son of Flaald" into two persons, the second being the supposed nephew of the first. However, Round cites no primary source which confirms that this is correct, and it is more reasonable to suppose, as proposed by Fox, that all the primary source records for this name in the latter part of the 11th and the early 12th centuries refer to the same person."
  Alan the Crusader, died 1095. born, say, 1050.
  Flaald, occurs at Monmouth, 1101 or 1102, frater et filius Alana Dapiferi. Born, say, 1052. Another profile also fits: Fledaldus Seneschal Flaald younger son.
  Alan Fitz Flaald, son of Flaald. Founder of Sporle Priory. born 1075
  Walter Fitz Alan, Dapifer Regis Scotiae, ob 1177, Founder of Paisley Abbey. Walter has son
  Alan the Steward, "Senescallus Regis Scotie.
  William FitzAlan, Founder of Haughmond Priory ob 1160. Benefactor of Monmouth Priority. William has two sons,
  Alan. ob infans and
  William Fitz Alan, a qo Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel.
  Jordan Fitz Alan, occurs 1129-30 Benefactor of Sele Priory. Occurs also in Brittany as "Dapifer (Dolensis). Jordan has two sons,
  Jordan
  Alan Fitz Jordan, Dapifer Dolensis, Founder of Tronquet, 1155-1161, living 1167.
  Rhiwallon, Monk of St. Florent. Born, say, 1054. Rhiwallon of Dol. Perhaps Rhiwallon, son of Flaad, rather than Rhiwallon son of Hato

1. Flaald de Dol, b. ABT 1011 in Dol-de-Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France     d. AFT 1078 in Dol-de-Bretagne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France